The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates. Federal regulations and state law …

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The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department says there are five people dead and six injured in the Kentucky city Monday following a shooting. The shooter in the incident – who has not been publicly identified – has been “neutralized,” according to …

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A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests in Akron last summer. Eight officers fired …

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An Arizona woman wanted for a murder that happened in February was arrested in Phoenix on Friday, and now faces additional charges connected to another fatal shooting in January, according to reports. The Mesa, Arizona, police department announced on Friday …

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An ex-convict friend told the Las Vegas shooter, “Please don’t go on any shooting rampage like some fool,” in a handwritten letter months before the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. It was one of 10 letters Jim Nixon …

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A friend of Stephen Paddock, who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history in Las Vegas in 2017, said in letters that he was concerned about Paddock committing a shooting and asked him not to “shoot or …

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