By MATT SEDENSKY and ASTRID GALVAN, Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) 08/06 — Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31,
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) 08/05 — The Latest on the aftermath of the Ohio shooting (all times local):8:35 p.m. A Twitter account appearing to be from the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton,
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) 07/23 — Cellphone videos of people brazenly dousing uniformed New York Police Department patrolmen with water have sparked outrage and led police officials to urge the force not to tolerate the behavior.
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press 07/23 – Joe Biden is proposing to reverse several key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped write in an acknowledgment that his tough-on-crime positions of the past are at odds with the views of the modern Democratic Party.
By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) 07/14 — As a nationwide immigration crackdown loomed, religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action to help those potentially threatened by the operation.
By DAKE KANG and KATIE TAM, Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) 07/14 — Police in Hong Kong fought with protesters on Sunday as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s chief executive and an investigation into complaints of police violence.
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) 07/08 — Mexican police, soldiers and National Guard are raiding hotels, buses and trains to round up migrants,
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) 06/29 — A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California,Read more »
By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 06/25 — California has among the most stringent gun laws in the country and on Monday a far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase.
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 06/14 — All law enforcement agencies in Florida will have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a bill signed by Gov.
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 05/29 — Special counsel Robert Mueller plans to make his first public statement on the Trump-Russia investigation Wednesday,
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 05/14 — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,”
By ELANA SCHOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 05/06 — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government,
By JILL COLVIN and LISA MARIE PANE, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 04/26 — In a largely symbolic gesture to a group that helped him win the White House,
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) 04/13 — An American flag graphic on the side of freshly painted police cars is dividing a small coastal city in Southern California.Read more »
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 04/11 — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she owns a gun and called it a “false choice”
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 04/10 — Attorney General William Barr declared Wednesday he believes “spying did occur” on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,
By NICK PERRY, Associated Press DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) 03/24 — New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned the 74-page manifesto written and released by the man accused of slaughtering 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 03/25 — Special counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated”
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) 03/22 — Four rural Nevada counties are balking at a new state law calling for strict background checks,