FBI Confirms Rise in Mass Shootings in US
FBI Confirms Rise in Mass Shootings in US by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News) Thursday September 25 th , 2014 at 8:17 AM Voice Of America 1 Share A new FBI study confirms that the number of mass shootings in the United States has increased steadily over the past decade. The Bureau issued a report Wednesday that identifies 160 active shootings between 2000 and 2013. Active shootings are defined as incidents in which a gunmen fired at a large group of people and killed or attempted to kill more than one person. The data show that between 2000 and 2007, there was an average of 6.4 active shooter incidents per year, but that... Intersecting Cultures, Languages in New Play of NYC Neighborhood Thursday September 25 th , 2014 at 8:17 AM Voice Of America 1 Share Four years ago, theater artist Ari Laura Kreith founded a theater company to present plays reflecting the multicultural, multilingual lives in her New