Chicago teen to be sentenced in 2014 Facebook feud slaying

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago teenager will be sentenced Wednesday for using a gun given to her by an uncle to kill another girl in what started as a Facebook feud over a boy, ending a chapter in a case that came to symbolize how the gun violence that plagues parts of the city passes... Read More

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June 18, 2018

Parkland mom: ‘Shooter may as well have just shot us’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Helena Ramsay was wise beyond her years, shy until you got to know her and discovered she had a wicked wit. She dreamed of seeing the pink dolphins in the Brazilian rainforest — a dream her mother said was cut short by the gunman who killed Ramsay and 16 others... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 18, 2018

Police say 2 Kansas deputies killed by inmate were parents

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas sheriff’s deputies who were shot and killed by an inmate while transporting him between the courthouse and jail were both parents, authorities said Saturday. The inmate, whose name hasn’t been released, shot Wyandotte County Sheriff’s deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer on Friday in a gated area behind... Read More

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Patrick Rohrer, Theresa King

June 15, 2018

Judge toss conviction in officers’ murders, cites torture

CHICAGO (AP) — The conviction of a man for the murder of two Chicago police officers 40 years ago was overturned Thursday by a Cook County judge who cited alleged police torture in the case. Judge William Hooks tossed out the confession of Jackie Wilson that he fatally shot officers Richard O’Brien and William Fahey... Read More

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Jackie Wilson

June 14, 2018

2 gamers plead not guilty in Kansas ‘swatting’ death

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Two online gamers whose dispute over a $1.50 Call of Duty WWII video game bet allegedly led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in a “swatting” case that drew national attention. Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, and Shane Gaskill, 19, of... Read More

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Casey Viner, Shane Gaskill

June 13, 2018

Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence

CHICAGO (AP) — With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis. At its annual policymaking meeting, the nation’s largest physicians group bowed to... Read More

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AMA

June 11, 2018

Boy in Indiana school shooting hears charges, denial entered

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy showed no emotion and said little on Monday as a juvenile court judge read the attempted murder and other charges he faces for a shooting inside a suburban Indianapolis middle school classroom. The boy wore an orange and white jail uniform as he sat between his parents during... Read More

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Indiana Shool Shooting

June 11, 2018

Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre

DALLAS (AP) — A family that lost several relatives during a mass shooting at a Texas church says the federal government was negligent by failing to report the gunman’s criminal information to a national database, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The suit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, said that even though... Read More

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Devin Patrick Kelley, Texas Church Massacre

June 8, 2018

The Rifleman says he witnessed killing of nightclub owner

BOSTON (AP) — An 83-year-old former gangster who’s testifying against a one-time New England Mafia boss said Thursday that he happened to walked in on the killing of a nightclub owner more than two decades ago. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi told jurors he walked into the home of then-Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme on... Read More

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Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi

June 8, 2018

Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighborhood shooting near flow

HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who evacuated her Hawaii home because of the erupting Kilauea volcano said Thursday she filmed an angry neighbor shooting at a man near a lava flow. Patty Jones told The Associated Press she started recording cellphone video after the man stormed out of his pickup truck and accosted another neighbor... Read More

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John Hubbard

June 8, 2018

Florida officials told student diversion programs often work

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The school district where the Florida high school massacre happened defended its controversial student diversion program Thursday, telling a commission investigating the shooting that the program has reduced on-campus crime and kept children in school — a claim many members remained skeptical of. Broward County schools administrator Michaelle Pope told the... Read More

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Guns

June 8, 2018

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge is holding a hearing on an effort by attorneys for Florida school-shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz to block public release of parts of what police call his confession in the Valentine’s Day massacre. The hearing Friday concerns a motion claiming that parts of the statement “will cause significant trauma... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

June 7, 2018

Man sentenced in killings of Muslim cleric and assistant

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man convicted of killing a Muslim cleric and his assistant in broad daylight has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Thirty-seven-year-old Oscar Morel was convicted of murder in the deaths of Imam Maulana Akonjee (mow-LAHN’-ah ah-KOHN’-jee) and Thara Uddin (THEHR’-uh oo-DEEN’) and... Read More

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Oscar Morel

June 7, 2018

Oregon’s high court to consider proposed gun-control measure

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A proposed ballot measure that would restrict ownership of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines wound up in the Oregon Supreme Court after a gun rights proponent on Wednesday petitioned for a review of the ballot title, saying it was politically charged and deceptive. The state’s high court received the review one... Read More

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Gun Control

Chicago teen to be sentenced in 2014 Facebook feud slaying

Parkland mom: ‘Shooter may as well have just shot us’

Police say 2 Kansas deputies killed by inmate were parents

Judge toss conviction in officers’ murders, cites torture

2 gamers plead not guilty in Kansas ‘swatting’ death

Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence

Boy in Indiana school shooting hears charges, denial entered

Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre

The Rifleman says he witnessed killing of nightclub owner

Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighborhood shooting near flow

Florida officials told student diversion programs often work

Attorneys want Florida school shooting confession blocked

Man sentenced in killings of Muslim cleric and assistant

Oregon’s high court to consider proposed gun-control measure

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