California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.
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Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting.
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These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed.
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The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.
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"Is this the moment to reform gun laws?" British reporter Mark Stone from Sky News asked the U.S. senator.
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Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees are using their Twitter accounts to bring awareness to gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night.
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An unknown person made the telephone threat against Del Norte High School via a call to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department in the early afternoon, a lieutenant said.
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School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.
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The Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting is the second-deadliest mass shooting on record. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed.
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Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.
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