Public Safety and Justice Update: 9/6/24

On Wednesday, 9/4, a 14-year-old used an AR-15-style semi automatic rifle to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia…

In the aftermath of America’s latest deadly school shooting, President Joe Biden renewed calls for stronger gun laws…

The 14-year-old arrested after the mass shooting at Apalachee High School had been “begging for months” for mental health help before he allegedly carried out the deadly attack Wednesday, according to his aunt…

America’s high rate of fatal fentanyl overdoses could be halved if users were treated with another opioid, Biden administration officials and a bipartisan group of senators believe…

Youth vaping in the U.S. hit its lowest level in a decade this year, the FDA and CDC said…

A federal appellate court has rejected qualified immunity for a San Jose police officer who infamously shot an activist with a projectile during George Floyd-related protests four years ago, allowing an excessive force lawsuit to resume…

Community backlash over a Santa Clara County proposal to purchase a San Jose-owned interim housing site for a jail diversion program has left officials looking for options to assuage residents’ mounting public safety concerns…