Guns and Gun Control

The killing of the four officers in a usually quiet neighborhood, where a running gun battle left people scrambling for cover, stunned residents and brought anguish across the city.

A new legal standard is gaining traction among conservative judges — one that might turn back the clock on drag shows, gun restrictions and more.

Supporters of new legislation to allow some teachers to carry firearms say it will make the state’s schools safer. Many parents and educators are not convinced.

As his bullet-riddled panels go up at Gagosian, the artist, in a rare in-person interview, tells why he turned his sardonic gaze on a violence-filled world.

The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.

In Baton Rouge, a public safety experiment could help to answer a critical question: Do community efforts to reduce street violence work?

Readers praise the House speaker over the passage of the aid bill. Also: A juror’s duty; banning guns; poverty and health; anxious parents and kids.

The Supreme Court temporarily revived the regulations in August by a 5-to-4 vote after lower courts blocked them.

Responses to an essay that suggested that the affluent forgo some deductions. Also: Aid to Ukraine; gun safety on the set; plastics and pollutants.

The gun group settled with the District of Columbia’s attorney general, who said it had misused tax-deductible donations. The N.R.A. denies all wrongdoing in the case.