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Georgia lawmakers approve tax credit for gun safety training, ban on merchant code for gun stores
ATLANTA (AP) — Separate gun bills passed by the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday would provide a tax credit to pay for gun safety training and gun safes, while another would prohibit financial institutions from using a code to distinguish firearms retailers.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams calls for expanded cooperation between police and immigration authorities
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams called Tuesday for expanded cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities, attacking the current city policies limiting such communication as detrimental to public safety.
Army personnel file shows Maine reservist who killed 18 people received glowing reviews
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history received a glowing review from his superiors even as some of his family members were growing increasingly worried about his mental health.
Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That’s left an opening for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepared to take office three years ago, Joe Biden’s incoming administration considered a host of possible options to fulfill a campaign pledge to end the federal death penalty.
Tennessee House advances bill to ban reappointing lawmakers booted for behavior
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republicans in the Tennessee House voted Monday to advance a bill that would prevent local governments from reappointing state lawmakers who were expelled due to behavior.
West Virginia Senate passes bill that would remove marital exemption for sexual abuse
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Married people in West Virginia could be charged with certain sexual assault acts against their spouses for the first time under a bill passed by West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Senate on Monday.
Chief enforcer of US gun laws fears Americans may become numb to violence with each mass shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The head of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says he fears that a drumbeat of mass shootings and other gun violence across the United States could make Americans numb to the bloodshed, fostering apathy to finding solutions rather than galvanizing communities to act.