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Illinois workplace shooting raises questions over gun permit checks

Illinois workplace shooting raises questions over gun permit checks

An initial background check five years ago failed to flag an out-of-state felony conviction that would have prevented a man from buying the gun he used to kill five co-workers at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant, authorities say.
by Associated Press

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Authorities ID three who died in Hubbard County shootings

Authorities ID three who died in Hubbard County shootings

Authorities have identified the three people who died in a series of shootings late Thursday in northern Minnesota's Hubbard County.
by MPR News Staff

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Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

Trump emergency declaration faces fights in the courts

President Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court. That might have been the only thing Trump said Friday that produced near-universal agreement.
by Associated Press

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Vatican defrocks former U.S. cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

Vatican defrocks former U.S. cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.
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Federal judge imposes gag order in Roger Stone case

Federal judge imposes gag order in Roger Stone case

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that lawyers and others in the case must refrain from statements that risk creating "material prejudice" but neither they nor Stone must keep completely silent.

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U.S. agency tightens immigration rules to spotlight child marriage

U.S. agency tightens immigration rules to spotlight child marriage

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released new rules for officers to identify visa petitions in which spouses are minors. No minimum age requirement for such requests currently exists.
by Sasha Ingber

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Trump declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

Trump declaration faces uncertain fate in coming court fight

The coming legal fight seems likely to hinge on two main issues: Can the president declare a national emergency to build a border wall in the face of Congress' refusal to give him all the money and can the Defense Department take money from some congressionally approved military construction projects to pay for wall construction?
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State paid $45K to ex-IT official ousted over MNLARS not to sue

State paid $45K to ex-IT official ousted over MNLARS not to sue

Newly disclosed documents show the state settled with former chief technology officer Paul Meekin after he was fired over the rollout of the troubled vehicle licensing system. He also got his firing changed to a resignation.
by Brian Bakst

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