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Ballotpedia tracked four new state-level candidates in Texas between Oct. 30-Nov. 5. This was two more candidates than the prior week.

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Texas inmate who says death sentence based on false expert testimony faces execution

A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing an Amarillo man during a robbery more than 33 years ago

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'Shock and fear': cop recalls threat over film spoiler

A former junior police officer has described his terror when a colleague pointed a gun at his head over a film spoiler.

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Rapper FBG Duck’s girlfriend recalls gunfight with his killers

Cashae Williams offered the trial’s first eyewitness account of the fatal shooting of FBG Duck in the heart of the Gold Coast in August 2020.

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7 Nashville officers on 'administrative assignment' after Covenant school shooter's writings leaked

Seven police officers in Nashville, Tennessee, have been placed on “administrative assignment” amid an investigation into the unauthorized release of some writings by the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at a private elementary school in March

The Independent UK

In some Black and Latino neighborhoods, gun violence hits over and over ‘with no mercy’

Recent mass shootings in Chicago did not receive the same level of news media coverage as the mass shooting in Maine, but they underscore the relentless nature of violence in communities of color.

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The Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting was the first test of Biden's new gun violence prevention office

The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in Lewiston, Maine, helping the community recover from a mass shooting

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Only 'Dangerous Individuals' Lose Their Gun Rights Because of Protective Orders, the Government Says

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar falsely claims a federal gun ban "requires individualized findings of dangerousness."

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Nashville DA seeks change after suspect released from jail is accused of shooting college student

The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution

The Independent UK

Maine looks to pay funeral costs for families of mass shooting victims

The office of Gov. Janet Mills says Maine’s government is going to cover the cost of funerals for families who lost loved ones in the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history

The Independent UK

Which states have the highest murder rates?

Mississippi’s homicide rate — the highest in the nation — is more than 11 times New Hampshire’s — the nation’s lowest.

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GOP blaming mental illness for gun violence is counterproductive and cruel, say experts

Dr Paul Appelbaum, a psychiatrist, challenges assumptions about the connections between mental health and violence risk

The Guardian - US

Gunman who killed Ashley Dale tells court he has had year of ‘torture’

Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol in Old Swan, Liverpool, at about 12.30am on August 21 last year.

The Independent UK

How effective are public service announcements? Three scholars weigh in

When Erek L. Barron, U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, premiered a 60-second video that seeks to show how gun violence devastates families, he said his goal was to create an innovative public service announcement that would help “turn around violent crime and improve safety in our neighborhoods.”

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Police chief questions mental health call-outs after 'bean bag' death

No police have been charged over Krista Kach's death at Stockton.

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Verdict in Stockton shooting murder of grandmother Stacey Klimovitch

The former bikie said he was a 'patsy' who had been 'set up' by the mastermind.

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Third man sought to crack case of 'well-planned murder'

Fresh CCTV vision has been released as police investigate the execution-style killing of Amar Kettule, who was gunned down in Sydney nearly three years ago.

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Uvalde mother whose daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting loses bid for mayor

A mother in Uvalde, Texas, whose 10-year-old daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting has lost her run for mayor

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Advocates angered by delay in passing ‘Karina’s Bill,’ aimed at taking guns from those accused of domestic violence

“There’s no reason that they couldn’t call this bill and save additional lives in Illinois, and they simply chose not to,” said Amanda Pyron of the Network, a coalition of advocacy groups for victims of domestic violence.

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Three new candidates declare in Florida

Ballotpedia tracked three new state-level candidates in Florida between Oct. 30-Nov. 5. This was two more candidates than the prior week.

The Independent UK

Man killed after pointing gun at Baltimore police, officials say

Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them following a foot pursuit Tuesday afternoon, officials said

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh prosecutors fire back at jury tampering claims

‘Only Alex Murdaugh could conceive of such a confounded gambit as even remotely possible,’ the Attorney General’s office wrote in a Tuesday filing

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Supreme court leans towards upholding US gun ban for domestic abusers

Justices appear to be against further unravelling of gun laws as DoJ makes passionate call for preservation of 1994 firearms ban

The Independent UK

Supreme Court seems poised to keep guns away from domestic abusers

Justices will decide if courts went too far overturning federal law intended to protect survivors

The Independent UK

Teenager wanted over murder of sleeping bus passenger turns himself in

Miguel Rivera Dominguez, 17, is accused of killing 21-year-old Marcel Wagner in Seattle

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