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The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Colorado governor signs 4 major gun bills into law to make it harder to obtain firearms

The gun measures follow high-profile shootings in the state recently.

Axios

Illinois’ assault weapons ban enforcement blocked by federal judge in southern Illinois

U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn made clear that his ruling is “not a final resolution” of the matter, and nothing in his order “prevents the state from confronting firearm-related violence” through “a wide array” of other laws.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jury selection continues in Pittsburgh synagogue killings

The first week of jury selection has wrapped up in the federal trial of the man charged with killing 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018

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Parental Rights Amendment Proposal Allowing For Parents To Choose Their Children’s School

The Texas State Senate passed two constitutional amendments allowing them to choose a school they want their kids to attend.

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Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

Colorado’s governor has signed four gun control bills five months after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub

The Independent UK

Bloomingdale doctor accused in lawsuit of choking physician assistant, pointing guns inside office

Dr. Greg Sharon would “routinely engage in gender-based touching” and would “from time to time physically strike or grab” the assistant, according to a lawsuit filed in Cook County.

Chicago Sun-Times

Road rage driver jailed for shooting 13-year-old dead because his mother pulled over for an emergency vehicle

Jeremy Webster, 27, murdered Vaughn Bigelow Jr after 2018 confrontation in Westminster, Colorado

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Neighbors and business at odds over crowds, a late U.S. rep’s mob ties and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov's office: Tennessee session on guns likely after July 4

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says a special lawmaking session dedicated to possible changes to the state’s gun laws in the wake of a deadly school shooting last month would likely have to take place after July 4

The Independent UK

Senior police officer felt 'sick to stomach' waiting for Thomas Cashman verdict

The newly appointed Deputy Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Chris Green, sat down with ECHO Crime Reporter Jonathan Humphries.

Liverpool Echo

Cops fatally shoot man with knife for trying to stab police dog in tense 10 hour standoff

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Suspect Matvey Klimenko can be seen briefly struggling with the police dog outside a home in Jacksonville, Florida, before an officer starts shouting for his colleagues to 'stop him'

Daily Mirror

Murderer 'smeared himself in urine' after shotgun killing

Luke Kendrick was previously convicted of Vinny Waddington's murder

Liverpool Echo

Maine highway shooting victims healing, grateful, confused

The father of two of the victims of a deadly shooting rampage in Maine says he and his children are recovering from their injuries and grateful for the support they’ve received from the community

The Independent UK

Fox News poll finds voters overwhelmingly want restrictions on guns

87% of voters surveyed said they support requiring criminal background checks for all gun buyers.

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Reuters

Canada and U.S. agree to trace guns intercepted at border

Canada and the United States have agreed to trace guns that are intercepted at the border, a move meant to enhance efforts to stop the smuggling of handguns to the north from the world's biggest private firearm market, officials from both countries said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Far-right extremist who blew up own kitchen found guilty of terrorism charges

College student Vaughn Dolphin denied being a terrorist, saying he had bought explosive ingredients for ‘gardening’.

Chicago Sun-Times

A year after he lost his mom and his home, 14-year-old shot dead in South Chicago. ‘He was a baby.’

Ronald Nolton went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald. After his mother died, “everything changed. His whole life changed,” his older sister Paulina Nolton says. “A part of him left with her.”

The Guardian - US

Illinois man using leaf blower in yard allegedly shot dead by neighbor

Ettore Lacchei, 79, arrested and charged with first-degree murder over death of William Martys, 59, in Antioch, north of Chicago

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Arthur's Hill killer admits stabbing man to death in West End of Newcastle

Yasim Ismael, of Newcastle, pleaded not guilty to murdering Beimnet Gebreab but guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

Daily Mirror

US teen convicted of murders of dad, stepmom and siblings he carried out when he was just 14

Mason Sisk has been found guilty of shooting dead four members of his family back in September 2019 in Elkmont, a small town near the Tennessee state line

Daily Record

High Court: Killer behind bars for fatally stabbing Lanarkshire man

Stuart Dunsmore, 50, repeatedly punched David Devine and struck him with a knife, resulting in the victim dying in hospital days after the assault at a house in Larkhall.

The Hindu

Supreme Court directs UP govt. to submit status report on steps taken post killing of Atiq Ahmed, his brother

The Supreme Court on April 28 directed the UP government to file a comprehensive affidavit on steps taken to enquire into the murders of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother on April 15.

The Independent UK

Death sentence upheld for Thai gold robber who killed 3

Thailand’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for an ex-elementary school principal convicted of killing three people, including a toddler, during a gold shop robbery in 2020

ABC News

Prosecutors say leak suspect Jack Teixeira kept arsenal of weapons, wanted to kill 'ton of people'

Arguing he should remain in jail, prosecutors say the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking classified military documents poses a grave threat to national security.

The Independent UK

Teen accused in death of transgender woman from documentary

A 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the shooting death earlier this month of Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women and the dangers they face

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