The assault at the Excel Industries lawnmower parts plant in the small town of Hesston ended when a police officer killed the gunman during a shootout.

"If we are going to bring peace...we are going to have to make an unprecedented effort."

Father Hallak tries to keep up people's morale in his homilies. A positive attitude "is our only way to survive."

At a rare showing of “Miserere et Guerre” (“Mercy and War”), the pious and the curious will have a chance to judge for themselves.

"He was a law-abiding citizen up until he pulled the trigger on the first victim".

Obama cast his proposal as a moment to turn the page on a facility that for years has raised nettlesome legal questions.