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A collection of illegal guns is displayed during a gun buyback event, May 22, 2021, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the latest legal upheaval since a major Supreme Court ruling on gun rights, a federal appeals court has ruled against a law that bans drug unlawful users from having guns. The opinion handed down Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2023, overturned the conviction of a Mississippi man, finding past drug use shouldn't automatically ban people from possessing guns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case
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Thu,08/10/23-2:35PM , 435 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation's firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden.
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Hunter Biden is expected to appear before a federal judge in Delaware on Wednesday on tax and gun charges. AP correspondent Norman Hall reports.

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Hunter Biden's guilty plea is on the horizon, and so are a fresh set of challenges
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Tue,07/25/23-9:47PM , 467 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, faced new challenges on the eve of a scheduled court appearance Wednesday in which he's set to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors on tax and gun charges.
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Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A security operations leader for the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced on Friday, July 21, 2023, to two years of probation. Michael Greene's acquittal on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot had marked a rare setback for prosecutors. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Capitol riot defendant gets probation after rare setback for prosecutors at Oath Keepers trial
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Fri,07/21/23-4:52PM , 340 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A security operations leader hired by the far-right Oath Keepers group — whose acquittal of conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot marked a rare setback for prosecutors — was sentenced Friday to two years of probation.
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Tape cordons off the scene where multiple people were shot including police officers in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. In a report issued this week, homicides in 2023 are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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New report points to homicide rate declines in US cities after pandemic-era spike
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press
Fri,07/21/23-10:46AM , 213 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homicides are declining in a cross-section of American cities, though their numbers remain higher than before the coronavirus pandemic took hold, according to a new report analyzing data from 30 U.S. cities.
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