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Findings from a study released earlier this month say background checks and permits are effective in reducing gun homicides.

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As jurors visited the scene Wednesday where a former South Carolina officer shot and killed an unarmed motorist, the judge in the case decided he'll let the jury consider a lesser charge of manslaughter.

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A columnist in West Virginia is wondering whether the state's concealed carry law is partly to blame for an incident where a 62-year-old white man shot and killed a 15-year-old black boy last week.

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Three alleged gang members were charged Tuesday in connection with the September shooting death of a 19-year-old Marine in Los Angeles.

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Reno, who was the first female to serve as attorney general, died early Monday morning as a result of complications from Parkinson’s disease.

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The "ambush-style" attacks of two police officers in Iowa is strengthening the call from lawmakers to pass so-called "Blue Lives Matter" legislation.

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Scott Michael Greene, 46, is suspected of shooting two officers in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, according to authorities.

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Character actor Michael Massee, the man who accidentally shot and killed Brandon Lee on the set of "The Crow" in 1993, has died.

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The Brady bunch is back with a new campaign satirically calling to get rid of the toddlers, saying, "Round them up. Deport them. Get them out of our country. And keep them away from our guns."

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Ernst Tremmel was accused of being an accessory to the murder of more than 1,000 people and was set to begin his trial on Wednesday.

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The other actors who were present at the time told authorities they heard Kashino let out a moan, then turned around to see him hunched over.

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Harrison didn’t realize the helicopter was a news crew, not the police, and the cops who were nearby were there investigating a death, not him.

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