The New York City shooter who sought to attack NFL offices said he had the degenerative brain disease CTE, thought to be related to playing contact sports like football.

The Washoe County School District (WCSD) celebrated the grand opening of the Debbie Smith Career and Technical Education (CTE) Academy with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning. The event ...

The New York City shooter allegedly claimed to have CTE. The condition remains mysterious to researchers.

Every fall, more than a million young Americans don helmets and shoulder pads to play high school football. But this year, questions are intensifying over the risk youth athletes face from ...

New York City's Office of Chief Medical Examiner told USA TODAY Sports it would examine the brain of NYC shooter Shane Tamura.

CTE has been linked to concussions in contact sports and has been diagnosed in more than 100 former NFL players.

Follow along for live updates on the New York City shooting, where police investigate motive after five people, including the gunman, were killed in the Monday shooting.

The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players.

Shane Tamura carried a note in his pocket claiming he suffered from CTE, asked that his brain be studied and made references to the NFL.

A three-page note was found in the wallet of the shooting suspect who opened fire in a midtown Manhattan office building, killing four people, including an NYPD officer.

Mayor Eric Adams told MSNBC the gunman referenced CTE, a disease linked to head trauma, in a note before killing four people at 345 Park Ave., which houses the NFL.

The gunman, who said in a note he believed he had CTE, targeted skyscraper that houses the NFL's headquarters.