The men accused this summer in two of America’s worst mass murders came from remarkably different environments. Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, was a regular church-goer and altar boy, trained in Roman ...

It was disappointing to see that Gary Lavergne, after producing a whole book about Charles Joseph Whitman, mentioned “150 high-powered rounds of ammunition” (“The Legacy of the Texas Tower Sniper,” ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- The modern era of mass shootings began here on a searing summer day in 1966. Just before noon, from high atop the University of Texas Tower, an ex-Marine sharpshooter named Charles ...

On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower, in Austin, and in 96 minutes fired 150 high-powered rounds of ammunition down upon an unsuspecting university family.

Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at the 2016 ...

1907: The U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force. 1936: The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. 1966: ...

In the Aug. 1 Associated Press “Today in History” section of the Quad-City Times, was a statement that is hard to understand. "On this date in 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman shot 14 people," not gunned ...