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Are gun shops 'essential' businesses during a pandemic?
In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren't essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronavirus. In other places, officials are stopping background checks for concealed carry permits. Elsewhere, city leaders have invoked emergency powers allowing bans on...
Delaware reports its first 2 coronavirus deaths
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Officials on Thursday announced Delaware's first two coronavirus deaths, including one that occurred after the first known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the state. The death of an 86-year-old man who had lived at Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence in Newark was...
School closures extended; Wolf issues stay-at-home order
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday ordered residents of Pennsylvania's hardest-hit areas to stay home for at least two weeks to help combat the spread of the new coronavirus that has already sickened hundreds and caused six deaths statewide. He also extended a statewide schools shutdown through...
Wolf retrenches sweeping order, amid complaints, lawsuits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Under fire from business groups and Republican lawmakers and facing lawsuits over a broad shutdown order designed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration defended its actions as critical to preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed, but it also made...
GOP unveils 'diverse' slate in move to take New Mexico House
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Republicans on Wednesday introduced the slate of candidates they hope will flip the Democratic-controlled New Mexico House amid rural anger over a new red-flag gun law and uncertainty over oil prices. Standing in front of candidates, Republican Party of New Mexico chairman Steve...
Giffords endorses Biden in Democratic presidential race
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is endorsing Joe Biden for President. Giffords said Wednesday that Biden was there for her after she was shot in a 2011 assassination attempt, and he's supported her efforts to enact strong gun-control laws. The gun-control group that carries...
The Latest: Sanders wins North Dakota caucuses
DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries (all times local): 7:55 a.m. Bernie Sanders has won North Dakota's Democratic presidential caucuses. Participation in Tuesday's contest was expected to be dramatically higher than it was four years ago. That's mainly due to a...
Lawmaker fights gun ban at New Hampshire House
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker took his fight against a rule banning firearms inside New Hampshire's 400-member House of Representatives to the state supreme court on Tuesday, asking it to weigh in on the issue. For the last decade, rules on allowing guns in Representatives Hall, including the...
Virginia reshaped as Democrats put historic stamp on laws
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic legislators in Virginia have dramatically reshaped the state in two months, sweeping aside many of the state’s old business-friendly and socially conservative laws and replacing them with a broad, progressive policy agenda. Lawmakers wrapped up this year's session...
Not going away: Virginia Tech families fight for gun control
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — She made a commitment a long time ago, so Lori Haas calmly stood up from her chair, put down her stack of notes and approached a table of state legislators. “For 12 years, I’ve stood in this building and in many of these meetings pleading and pleading and pleading for...
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