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Federal judge halts key parts of New York’s new gun law, says state turned a constitutional right into a “mere request”

A federal judge halted key provisions Thursday of New York’s latest attempt to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought, saying multiple parts of a law the state passed this year are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby focused on multiple parts of …

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Michael Carbo Jr. gets life in prison for killing Nancy Daugherty 36 years ago in Minnesota

A man convicted of raping and killing a woman 36 years ago on Minnesota’s Iron Range was sentenced Friday to life in prison. Michael Allan Carbo Jr., 54, of Chisholm, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder while committing criminal sexual conduct in the 1986 slaying of 38-year-old Nancy …

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Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates 98th birthday

Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former U.S. president, celebrated his 98th birthday on Saturday. The Carter Center — which he and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, established in 1982 — announced it would hold a weeklong virtual celebration for the former president. “As the longest-living president in U.S. history, …

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