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Month: January 2024

Gun rights groups sue Colorado over the state’s ban on ‘ghost guns,’ which lack serial numbers

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Colorado’s ban on so-called ghost guns. Those are firearms without serial numbers that are difficult for law enforcement to trace and allow people to circumvent background checks. The challenge filed Monday is the latest of several

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88 pounds of meth found in storage unit in South Carolina, deputies say

By Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story     PICKENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — More than 85 pounds of methamphetamine were found in a storage unit in Pickens County, South Carolina, as part of a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional, year-long drug investigation, according to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation was conducted over the

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‘Lo and behold a bullet hole’: Celebratory gunfire in West Palm Beach injures teen, damages property

By Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story     WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Police in West Palm Beach say celebratory gunfire left a 17-year-old male injured and several properties damaged during the early morning hours on New Year’s Day. Officers responded to the Presidential Golfview Condominium complex on North Congress Avenue and

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Proposed merger of New Mexico, Connecticut energy companies scuttled; deal valued at more than $4.3B

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials with New Mexico’s largest electric utility say a proposed multibillion-dollar merger with a U.S. subsidiary of global energy giant Iberdrola has been scuttled. Under the proposal, Avangrid would have acquired PNM Resources and its two utilities — Public Service Co. of New Mexico and Texas New Mexico Power. The all-cash

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Brother of powerful Colombian senator pleads guilty in New York to narcotics smuggling charge

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press New York (AP) — The brother of a powerful leftist senator in Colombia has pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges. Álvaro Córdoba entered the plea Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors say he was arrested during a sting in which he offered to introduce U.S. drug informants

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Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Tuesday, asking the justices to put on hold last month’s appellate ruling in favor

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