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California: Officials say festival shooter brought gun into state illegally – Residents under 21 are barred from buying rifles or shotguns

By The Associated Press,  07/30 – Officials say a 19-year-old gunman used a rifle he legally bought in Nevada and illegally brought into California to kill two children and a man at a food festival before he was killed by police.

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July 31, 2019

California: Gunman posted on Instagram minutes before killing 3 at Gilroy Garlic Festival

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and JULIE WATSON,  Associated Press  GILROY, Calif. (AP) 07/30 — Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his California hometown,

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July 30, 2019

California: 3 fatally shot, at least 15 injured in garlic festival shooting – Gunman, killed by police, cut fence to gain entry to avoid tight security

GILROY, Calif. (AP) 07/29 — The Latest on a shooting at an annual food festival in Northern California (all times local): 12:30 a.m. Edward and Jane Jacobucci said they were standing at their booth selling garlic graters when the shooting started Sunday afternoon at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

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July 29, 2019

US government will resume death penalty for first time since 2003 – A look at 5 of the federal inmates on death row

WASHINGTON (AP) 07/26 — The Justice Department said Thursday the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, ending an informal moratorium even as the nation sees a broad shift away from capital punishment.Read more »

July 28, 2019

Italy: 2 US teens jailed in murder of policeman – A member of the Carabinieri, just returned from honeymoon, victim was stabbed eight times

By FRANCES D’EMILIO,  Associated Press  ROME (AP) 07/28 — Two American teenagers who were classmates at a California high school spent a second night in a Rome jail Saturday after they were interrogated for hours about their alleged roles in the murder of an Italian policeman.

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July 28, 2019

California: Smugglers offer cash to Marines, to drive illegal immigrants from border area to north of San Diego

By JULIE WATSON,  Associated Press  SAN DIEGO (AP) 07/26 — On the surface, it seemed like a simple task: Drive to a spot a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border,

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July 28, 2019

1 dead, 11 others shot at community event in Brooklyn – No suspects yet, unknown whether one or more gunmen involved

By MALLIKA SEN,  Associated Press  NEW YORK (AP) 07/28 — Late night gunfire at a large, outdoor event in Brooklyn killed one man, wounded 11 others and sent hundreds and perhaps thousands of people running for cover.

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July 28, 2019

California: Obama judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border, hours after Trump judge in DC upholds the rule

By AMY TAXIN and ASHRAF KHALIL,  Associated Press  07/25 – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S.

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July 25, 2019

Mexico sets new record for murder in first half 2019 – 17,608 killed, up 5.3% over 2018

MEXICO CITY (AP) 07/22 — Mexico set a new record for homicides in the first half of the year as the number of murders grew by 5.3% compared to the same period of 2018,

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July 25, 2019

Immigration roundup that targeted 2,100 nets 35 arrests – ICE Chief: ‘Part of the way you stop people from coming is having a consequence to the illegal activity’

By COLLEEN LONG and SOPHIA TAREEN,  Associated Press  WASHINGTON (AP) 07/23 — An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump said was part of an effort to deport “millions”

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July 24, 2019

Hong Kong: Who are the men in white behind mob attack on protestors? – Chief: ‘Some of [those arrested] have triad backgrounds’

By YANAN WANG,  Associated Press  07/24 Hong Kong is reeling after a large gang of men in white shirts brutally beat dozens of people inside a train station in a shocking new twist to the city’s summer of protest.

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July 24, 2019

Videos of water buckets dumped on NYPD officers sparks outrage – Union Prez: ‘Our anti-cop lawmakers have gotten their wish: the NYPD is now frozen’

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.

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July 24, 2019

Pennsylvania: Review urged after 3 recent parolees charged in unrelated homicides – Victims were an 8-year-old, a two-year-old, and a 49-year-old woman

By MARC LEVY,  Associated Press  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) 07/22 — At least three men recently paroled from Pennsylvania prisons have been arrested in unrelated homicides over the past two months,

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July 23, 2019

Dallas: Family sues facility where man linked to 19 deaths allegedly killed another woman

DALLAS (AP) 07/22 — A lawsuit alleges a 90-year-old woman is another victim of a Dallas man who has been linked to 19 deaths.

The suit was filed Monday in Dallas County against The Tradition-Prestonwood,

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July 23, 2019

Biden walks back support for 1994 crime bill he helped write – Will call for end to federal death penalty, ban on ‘assault rifles’ and high-capacity magazines

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.

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July 23, 2019

Australia: Sydney police seize more than 600 lbs of crystal meth in van that crashed into parked police cars

SYDNEY (AP) 07/23 — A driver has been charged after methamphetamine valued at more than $140 million was found in a van that crashed into police cars parked outside a Sydney police station,

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July 23, 2019

Fast-growing web of doorbell cams aids police with digital neighborhood watch – Critic complains ‘Amazon is profiting off fear’

By AMY FORLITI and MATT O’BRIEN,  Associated Press  07/19 The woodsy community of Wolcott, Connecticut, doesn’t see a lot of crime. But when the police chief heard about an opportunity to distribute doorbell cameras to some homes,

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July 20, 2019

Chicago: Police overseers fire 4 officers for alleged cover-up in Laquan McDonald case

By HERBERT G. McCANN,  Associated Press  CHICAGO (AP) 07/18 — The Chicago Police Board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer’s 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

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July 19, 2019

Alabama: Police ID man killed in shootout, officer critically wounded – Chief: Bulletproof vest likely saved officer’s life

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) 07/19 — Authorities in Alabama have identified a man who was killed by police during a gun battle that left an officer critically wounded.

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July 19, 2019

Florida: Naturalized US citizen from Pakistan gets 20 years for posting bomb guides to aid Islamic extremists – ‘Kill the devil’s soldiers without hesitation’

By CURT ANDERSON AP,  Legal Affairs Writer  MIAMI (AP) 07/18 — A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for posting bomb-making instructions on websites frequented by extremist groups such as the Islamic State.

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