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Crime

Confusion besets new police reform laws in Washington state

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police ... Read more

Louisiana lawmakers embark on the unknown: A veto session

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday enter uncharted territory, holding their ... Read more

Louisiana heads into historic veto session with uncertainty

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ahead of the opening of an unprecedented veto ... Read more

National Sports

Report: Father-in-law pepper-sprayed NFL’s Richard Sherman

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Richard Sherman’s father-in-law armed himself with a handgun and fired ... Read more

Crime

Some states to seek gun waiting periods after shootings

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through Asian ... Read more

Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Katia Sastre was walking her 7-year-old to class in ... Read more

Crime

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and LARRY FENN Associated Press A faction of local, county and ... Read more