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Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator is trying to change the terms of an entrenched partisan debate, saying he’s not interested in restricting gun ownership but in preventing the fatal shooting of children.
Army, Police Missed Chances To Intervene Before Gunman Killed 18 In Mass Shootings
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserve and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people.
Trump's Latest Claim About Crime Is A Real Doozy
Most people who’ve been around since 2015 are probably aware that Donald Trump tells a helluva lot of lies.
Bill Maher says Trump assassination attempt was his ‘favorite day of 2024’
Bill Maher has said that the day of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was “one of his favorite days of 2024.”
After months of intense hearings, final report on Lewiston mass shooting to be released
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — After more than a dozen public meetings, scores of witnesses and thousands of pages of evidence, a special commission created to investigate the deadliest shooting in Maine history is ready to issue its final report on Tuesday.
Biden Designates Site Of 1908 Illinois Race Riot A National Monument
President Joe Biden on Friday designated the site of a 1908 race riot in Illinois a national monument.
Deploying on U.S. Soil: How Trump Would Use Soldiers Against Riots, Crime and Migrants
During the turbulent summer of 2020, President Donald J. Trump raged at his military and legal advisers, calling them “losers” for objecting to his idea of using federal troops to suppress outbreaks of violence during the nationwide protests over the police murder of George Floyd.