SHERO on Sunday

Here's your lightning-fast comprehensive rundown of the week's biggest events for January 5th - 12th, 2024.

The US flag is flown at half staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2025 in Washington, DC., as the Capitol Complex is readied for the 2025 Inauguration. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/via Getty Images)

Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with a minimal time commitment, and make sure you did not miss anything. There are also several links within each snippet to give you more detail from credible and free sources if you want to dive deeper on any issue.

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Gun Violence This Week

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 503 mass shootings in the United States in 2024. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. There were two separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where four people were killed and four were injured.

1. Sunday, January 5, 2025: Tucson, Arizona

2. Wednesday, January 8, 2025: Santa Rosa, California

• Blocking Donald Trump's inappropriate Cabinet Nominees is imperative and it is up to us. Be sure to read my latest in SHERO for a blueprint for how to do it:

• At least 16 people have died in the Eaton and Palisades fires so far, according to the latest update from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner, as the flames have already have burned down more than 10,000 homes in a 25-mile expanse north of downtown Los Angeles.