Staff working in the building were instructed to remain quiet and silence all electronics.
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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
The DOJ has placed a moratorium on federal executions and has declined to authorize the death penalty in hundreds of new cases, but federal prosecutors said death was the appropriate punishment for Bowers.
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Binary triggers: Here’s what to know about the device that’s worrying police
The man who fired on police officers in North Dakota earlier this month used a gun modified with a binary trigger.
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Three teens shot, wounded in Times Square as tourists run for cover
Video recovered by police shows the gunman having an argument with the victims, who were part of a larger group, then opening fire.
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U.S. sets grim milestone with record for deadliest 6 months of mass killings
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
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Teens are ordering, assembling – and shooting – ‘ghost guns’ bought online
The families of 2 slain Virginia teens are suing the distributor and manufacturer of the gun used to kill them, alleging gross negligence.
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Baltimore police arrest 17-year-old in block party shooting that killed 2
The gun violence that flared this week left more than a dozen dead and more than 60 wounded – including children as young as 2 years old.
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Racist Texas gunman who killed 23 people gets 90 consecutive life sentences
Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government’s largest hate crime cases.
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Maine Voices: The times have changed. Our gun laws must change with them.
As a teenager, I willingly handed over a firearm I’d created for fun when I found out that owning it was a federal offense. Why can’t we restrict the most deadly weapon of our own era?
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Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday
Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Florida, Philadelphia, Texas and Baltimore left more than a dozen dead and almost 60 wounded – including children as young as 2 years old.