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Hawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court ruling, but bans guns in most places
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms but at the same time prohibit people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol and movie theaters. Private...
Florida deputy faces trial for alleged failure to confront Parkland school shooter
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In a prosecution believed to be a national first, a former Florida sheriff's deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago. Jury...
Officer accidentally shot gun while holstering it during Massachusetts school shooting hoax
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A police officer accidentally fired his gun inside a school bathroom earlier this week while trying to holster the weapon, escalating the law enforcement response for what turned out to be a hoax school shooting, authorities in Massachusetts said. Some...
Today in History: May 25, death of George Floyd
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 25, the 145th day of 2023. There are 220 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on...
Hoax school shooting made worse when Massachusetts officer accidentally fires gun
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) — A police officer accidentally fired their gun while investigating a report of an active shooter at a school in northern Massachusetts, causing a heightened law enforcement response for what turned out to be a hoax, authorities said. While alone in a school...
School shooter asks for mercy from life sentence; teacher, principal want him to stay in prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to lessen his sentence so he can eventually get out of prison. Jesse Osborne's lawyer asked Judge Lawton McIntosh...
Families affected by Oxford school shooting win key decision in lawsuit against district
DETROIT (AP) — A group of families won a key court victory Friday in an effort to pin some responsibility on a Michigan school district for a shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021. The families can pursue claims that the Oxford district pushed Ethan...
Burials held in Serbia for some victims of mass shootings
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Heart-wrenching cries echoed as funerals were held in Serbia on Saturday for some of the victims of two mass shootings that happened just a day apart this week, leaving 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children. The shootings on Wednesday in a...
Texas mass shooting suspect could be anywhere, sheriff says
CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard stretched into a second day Sunday, with authorities saying the man could be anywhere by now. Francisco Oropeza, 38, fled after the...
Telegram app back on in Brazil after judge lifts suspension
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Internet providers and wireless carriers in Brazil stopped blocking Telegram on Saturday after a federal judge partially revised a ruling suspending the social media app over its failure to surrender data on neo-Nazi activity. However, the judge kept...
