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Guns in America

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Supreme Court to decide if Biden administration can regulate 'ghost guns'

The latest gun rights dispute concerns the Biden administration's effort to regulate gun-making kits the same way as commercially available firearms.
Seized ghost guns are displayed on a table.
Seized ghost guns are displayed on a table.

Teen held on murder charge after fatal shooting following Arkansas high school prom

Donterious Stephens, 19, was placed in police custody hours after Lorenzo Harrison III, 18, was fatally shot in the town of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.
Teen held on first degree charge after fatal shooting at Arkansas prom party.
Teen held on first degree charge after fatal shooting at Arkansas prom party.

2 dead, 6 injured in shooting at block party in Memphis

One victim was in critical condition, Memphis police said.

Tennessee teacher arrested after bringing guns to preschool and threatening to shoot colleague

Sheneca Cowart faces multiple felony gun charges following the incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane on Thursday.
Officers recovered a handgun from Cowart’s purse and a second firearm in the driver’s side door of her vehicle.
Officers recovered a handgun from Cowart’s purse and a second firearm in the driver’s side door of her vehicle.

Maryland teenager accused of plotting school shooting in 129-page document

Alex Ye, 18, of Rockville, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of threats of mass violence, the Montgomery County Police Department said in a statement Thursday.
Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md.
Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md.

Bronx shooters on scooters kill 1, injure 3

Officials say 9,500 scooters have been confiscated in NYC this year — 2,500 of them in the Bronx.
Police at the Bronx
Police at the Bronx

Las Vegas lawyer and wife were killed by her ex-father-in-law during custody fight for her kids

Ashley Prince’s parents said their daughter tried for years to gain sole custody of her two children. Prince’s former father-in-law, also an attorney, fatally shot her and her husband during a deposition hearing.
Paul and Julie Page speak to reporters in Las Vegas on Monday, April 15, 2024, while a photo of their daughter Ashley Prince is projected behind them on a screen.
Paul and Julie Page speak to reporters in Las Vegas on Monday, April 15, 2024, while a photo of their daughter Ashley Prince is projected behind them on a screen.

Police officer and sheriff's deputy killed in Syracuse shootout at runaway driver's home

“We lost two heroes tonight, men who answered the call of duty, put on the badge the protect the community,” the police chief said.
Officers shot in Salina New York shooting
Officers shot in Salina New York shooting

Ohio man, 81, fatally shoots Uber driver, 61, after scammers target both of them, officials say

William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall because he thought she was working with a man who called and threatened him and his family. Hall didn't threaten Brock and didn't have a weapon or assault him, according to the sheriff’s office and court documents.
William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall, 61, outside his home March 25 because he thought she was working with a man who called him pretending to be an officer at the local court, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.
William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall, 61, outside his home March 25 because he thought she was working with a man who called him pretending to be an officer at the local court, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

Mass shooting outside New Orleans nightclub leaves 1 dead, 11 injured

The shooting occurred in the city's Warehouse District near Republic NOLA on Sunday night.
Republic NOLA nightclub in New Orleans
Republic NOLA nightclub in New Orleans

Chicago mass shooting leaves young girl dead, 10 others injured

Police say among the injured are a 1-year old and a 7-year-old who are in critical condition.
police on the scene of a shooting in Chicago
police on the scene of a shooting in Chicago

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