GUNS

Mr. Universe tells us of a solar system experiencing an identity crisis, we go on Pizza Quest volume IV, and the folx from Swords to Plowshares join us ahead of their event in Southampton this weekend.

Having grown up with active shooting drills led them to live with fear and anxiety, many students said.

A conversation with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern in the wake of the Nashville shooting. We also tour a new exhibit as MASS MoCA.

Smith College professor Matt Donovan's new collection of poems is called "The Dug-Up Gun Museum."

A new gun enforcement unit will be responsible for filing briefs in court to protect Massachusetts gun laws.

It’s a heartbreakingly familiar pattern across the U.S. Another mass shooting. Another shrine appears at the site of the tragedy — flowers, teddy bears, candles. Later, communities have to decide what to save and how to tell the story. Here's how some choose to archive the aftermath.

The mother of 6-year-old Catherine Violet Hubbard, who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, is constructing an education center and veterinary intake facility in Newtown.

Take a photo tour of the machine gun range at Camp Ethan Allen, in Jericho, Vermont, where Massachusetts Army National Guard currently go to train on the big .50 caliber machine gun. The Guard wants to build a comparable range on Cape Cod.

A judge in Connecticut on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $500 million to relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, on top of a previous award of almost $1 billion. Commentator Jenny Hubbard lost her 6-year-old daughter Catherine in the tragedy. Hubbard says those parents who sued Jones have her unwavering support — but she chose not to join them in the lawsuit.

Holyoke's City Council recently voted to use federal grant funds to implement ShotSpotter, a technology to identify and locate gunshots, in the city's downtown. Some are skeptical of its efficacy, but Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia says it’s worth a try.