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Safety policy not enforced before Michigan school shooting
OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — Policies and procedures that could have prevented a mass shooting that left four students dead at a Michigan high school last year were approved earlier but never implemented, two former school board officials said Monday.
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Uvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in school massacre
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Walmart shooter left ‘death note,’ bought gun day of killing
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Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons
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Gay club shooting suspect evaded Colorado’s red flag gun law
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Michigan teen pleads guilty to killing 4 in school shooting
A teenager has pleaded guilty to terrorism, first-degree murder and other charges in a Michigan school shooting.
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Nevada senator says her adopted son shot, wounded nephew
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A veteran Democratic state senator now running for mayor of North Las Vegas said Friday that her 21-year-old adopted son shot and wounded her nephew at her home while she was at a community event.
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Philadelphia DA facing impeachment says he expects vote soon
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia’s elected prosecutor said Friday he’s making plans to defend himself against a possible impeachment process by the Republican-controlled Legislature and that it could begin as early as next week.
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New York judge blocks state ban on guns in places of worship
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the part of a New York state law that makes it a crime for people to carry guns in places of worship.
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Demings goes on attack against Rubio in Fla. Senate debate
Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida went on the attack in her first debate against Republican Sen.
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NC Democrats seek bipartisan gun laws after mass shooting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic legislators pleaded with the General Assembly’s Republican majority on Tuesday to consider gun safety and mental health measures, citing last week’s shootings in Raleigh that left five people dead.
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Union head: Vegas officer killing should bring death penalty
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With police officers filling the courtroom gallery, a man accused of killing a veteran patrol officer stood silently before a judge Tuesday in a case that the top prosecutor in Las Vegas has said might bring the death penalty.
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Police: High-powered handgun used in Vegas officer killing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man accused of killing a veteran Las Vegas patrol officer fired 18 shots with a high-powered handgun that an official described as an “AK-47 pistol,” including one that penetrated the officer’s ballistic vest and one that wounded the man’s mother-in-law in the leg, a top police of
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2 in custody, 2 sought in fatal shooting outside high school
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have named two more juvenile suspects in last month’s ambush shooting outside a Philadelphia high school that killed a 14-year-old and wounded four other teenagers after a football scrimmage.
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Jamaica bans broadcasts deemed to glorify drugs, crime
Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons.
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Fetterman, Oz vie for Black voters in close Pa. Senate race
Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race.
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Seller exploits gun-buyback loophole with help of 3D printer
The New York attorney general’s office has tightened rules on gun buybacks after a critic of the policy boasted online about receiving $21,000 in gift cards for weapon parts made on a 3D printer.
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Demand soars for kids’ books addressing violence, trauma
As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings.
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10 teens, 6 guns, 42 bullets complicate Iowa murder trials
From the start, the case stemming from a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near a Des Moines high school has been among the most complex prosecutions ever in Iowa’s capital city, involving 10 teenagers, six guns and at least 42 fired bullets.
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Teen, 15, arrested in shooting at amusement park that hurt 3
A 15-year-old has been arrested in last month’s shooting at a western Pennsylvania amusement park that wounded three people, including two teenagers.
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Johnson, Barnes polished in 1st Wisconsin Senate debate
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes stuck to their scripts as they met for a debate Friday evening in a hotly contested race that could determine party control of the U.S.
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GOP steps up crime message in midterm’s final stretch
In cities and suburbs across the U.S., Republicans up and down the ballot have overwhelmingly focused on sending a message that violent crime is out of control.
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Federal judge halts key parts of New York’s new gun law
New York’s attorney general has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that halted key provisions of the state’s new rules on guns.
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FBI finds US crime rate steady in 2021, but data incomplete
The FBI estimates violent crime rates didn’t increase substantially last year, though they remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to annual crime data.
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Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings persist
Saturday marks five years since a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.
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NJ official eyed for chief in city where George Floyd died
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday that he is nominating a former public safety director from Newark, New Jersey, as his top pick for the city’s next police chief, at a time when the department is struggling with depleted staffing and the uncertainty of an ongoing federal
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Smith & Wesson sued over link to July 4 parade mass shooting
Nearly a dozen lawsuits in Illinois accuse gun-maker Smith & Wesson of illegally targeting young men at risk of violence with ads for firearms.
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Police search for 5 shooters in high school football ambush
Authorities have publicly identified the 14-year-old killed in a shooting that also wounded four other teens as they walked away from a Philadelphia high school athletic field after a football scrimmage, saying they believe he was not the intended target of the shooting.
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Democrats in Florida seek to win over Latinos on gun control
Democrats in Florida are trying to make inroads with Latino voters by focusing on gun safety. It’s part of an effort to curb the gains made by Republican in Latino-heavy areas as Democrats address gun violence and highlight what they say is the lack of action by Republicans.
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Trooper shot flown to Seattle, suspect appears in court
SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington State Patrol trooper who was shot Thursday while on duty in Walla Walla was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.
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Portland, Oregon, to use microphones to track gunshots
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — To help combat a growing gun violence problem, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, is launching a system proponents say can track the location of gunshots using hidden microphones.
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Child, 3, accidentally shoots and kills mother in SC home
Authorities say a mother was shot and killed by her 3-year-old child who found a gun inside their South Carolina home.
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Four men shot standing near street on Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — Four men standing near a street were shot Thursday afternoon in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, police said.
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Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting
A lawyer representing families of victims of a Michigan high school shooting says some teachers and a counselor were aware of the suspect’s troubling behavior months before the mass shooting last fall.
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2nd Circuit rejects NRA claims against ex-NY state official
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel on Thursday rejected the National Rifle Association’s First Amendment claims against a former New York state official who urged banks and insurance companies to discontinue their association with gun promoting groups after the deadly school shooting in Parklan
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