Crews battle fire after reported house explosion
Firefighters are working to put out a big fire at a home in the area of 2nd Street and 21st Avenue North in Hopkins.
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Gunfire has long echoed in New York's Adirondack Mountains. So June's landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court establishing a constitutional right to carry weapons in public seemed like a vindication of an upstate, gun-centric way of life. The ruling by the court's conservative majority appalled Democratic leaders across the country who said it would lead to more gun violence.
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Trump's endless attacks on the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid are pressuring Merrick Garland to break the DOJ's 'no comment' norm until there's an indictment — if that ever happens
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North Carolina deputy killed; search on for shooter
A sheriff’s deputy was killed after stopping along a dark stretch of road in North Carolina, prompting authorities to launch a manhunt for whoever fired the shots late Thursday night. The sheriff’s office identified the slain deputy as Deputy Ned Byrd, 48, a K-9 officer who had been with the office for 13 years. Byrd was fatally shot in the line of duty after 11 p.m. Thursday on a dark section of Battle Bridge Road adjacent to open land about a quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) from a gas station, sheriff’s office spokesperson Eric Curry said by telephone.
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Yellen tells IRS not to use new funding to increase middle-class audits
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