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Judge temporarily blocks Illinois gun ban from being enforced on plaintiffs in lawsuit

CHICAGO — An Effingham County judge on Friday temporarily blocked Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers.

Chicago Tribune

Developmentally disabled man may lose sight, taste after shooting, says father, who witnessed the Back of the Yards attack

CHICAGO — Panic and fury have taken hold of Philip Rega, the father of a developmentally disabled man wounded in a hail of gunfire in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday while he waited for a school bus.

Chicago Tribune

Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim

Los Angeles police had repeatedly Tasered the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in the hours before his death.

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Stoneman Douglas panel readies police policies for stopping mass shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nearly five years after the Parkland school massacre, some police departments still don’t have policies in place for stopping mass shooters. But a state panel on Friday moved closer to making it a requirement to have such policies in place across Florida.

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Shooter was drunk, had been told to leave Kansas City funeral before opening fire, witness says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man who opened fire at a funeral home in south Kansas City Friday morning, injuring four people, was drunk and had been asked to leave before the shooting, according to one employee.

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Woman fatally stabbed in Humboldt Park

The woman, 24, was in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 p.m. when she was stabbed in the neck and ear, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shane Whitla latest: Two more men charged with father-of-four's murder

Two men, one aged 29 and the other 28, were charged on Friday evening after a third man appeared in court charged with murder

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Thousands of weapons surrendered to police

Nearly 18,000 weapons were surrendered in the first year of a permanent national amnesty, but authorities don't know how many others are remain out there.

AAP

Attackers shouted name of rival gang before firing nearly 40 shots that critically wounded man with mental disabilities: source

Police believe the attackers were Latin Saints but identified themselves as members of another gang to ambush potential rivals, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois sheriffs inflamed public for no good reason by refusing to enforce assault weapons law

Law enforcement discretion is a long-accepted policy. But sheriffs issuing written statements flatly declaring they won’t enforce a state law no matter what sure does appear to go well beyond that.

Chicago Sun-Times

Girl, 14, dead in apparent murder-suicide involving father, police say

Authorities say they were called to harassment incident involving teenager’s parents just days earlier

The Independent UK

Gun used by 6-year-old in school shooting was ‘secured’, family lawyer claims

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, has now been released from hospital after shocking incident

The Independent UK

Horror injuries of Alex Murdaugh’s son revealed

‘Brain was severed and exited through the anatomical right side of (his) head,’ forensics report states

The Independent UK

'She can't be forgotten': Elle Edwards' dad vows to set up anti-gun foundation in her name

Tim Edwards said Christmas 'will never be the same'

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Police training site protest in Atlanta has national reach

ATLANTA — From North Carolina to Seattle, the police shooting of a protester at the site of a planned public safety training center in Atlanta on Wednesday has reverberated across a wide swath of left-wing activist groups.

The Independent UK

News outlets join to oppose gag order in Idaho stabbing case

Twenty regional and national news organizations have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case of a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students

The Independent UK

Four injured in shooting at Kansas City funeral home

The victims were found across a funeral home, parking lot, and laundromat

Leeds Live

Leeds St James's Hospital staff and patients speak out after 'gunman' arrested in dramatic bomb scare

Patients and staff were evacuated from the hospital with counter-terror police arresting a 27-year-old man who had a 'suspicious device'

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Permanent gun amnesty recovers almost 18,000 weapons, including flamethrower, in first year

Almost 18,000 weapons have been surrendered in the first year of Australia's national permanent gun amnesty, including automatic weapons and a flamethrower from the Vietnam War-era.

Nottingham Post

Man lost an eye after knife attack and 'relentless' beating at hands of friend in Nottingham

His attacker had recently been released from prison in Poland

The Independent UK

Illinois medics charged in patient's killing held for trial

An Illinois judge has ruled that prosecutors presented enough evidence to justify first-degree murder charges against two paramedics accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher

Liverpool Echo

Elle Edwards' devastated dad breaks down in tears talking about daughter

Tim Edwards said he will never see Christmas as a celebration again

The Independent UK

Met Police ‘missed chances to protect woman killed by ex-husband with crossbow’

Two officers binned a ‘burglary kit’ linked to the killer, discovered outside his ex-wife’s home the year before she was murdered.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania woman charged in chainsaw murder of elderly parents: ‘They’re dead’

A chainsaw was found near one of the bodies at the home in Montgomery County, police say

Tribune News Service

Charges unsealed against 17-year-old accused in fatal shooting at Mall of America

MINNEAPOLIS — Charges have been made public against a teenager accused of being one of two shooters who killed a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America four weeks ago before his mother allegedly drove him to Georgia.

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