HARTFORD, Connecticut — Ten states and nearly two dozen members of Congress are joining the National Rifle Association in supporting gunmaker Remington Arms as it fights a Connecticut court ruling involving liability for the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. ...

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Welcome to Monday, the final day of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Boeing chief’s apology fuels lawsuits by crash victims’ families. — This copyright case is bananas. — ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Gun control advocates ...

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Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones argued he was acting as a journalist, comparing himself to the Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal, when he questioned on his talk show "Infowars" the official narrative given by officials in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

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The mother of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and a Connecticut State Police trooper who investigated the incident are leading a safety training session for school workers in Frederick. The daylong event Wednesday is the ...

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The word “restraint” and the First Amendment usually exist in uneasy tension. The 45 words of the First Amendment don’t include it. The Pentagon Papers case in 1971 settled the issue of “prior restraint” by the government on what the press may publish: Nothing doing.

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ROCKVILLE — The family of a 6-year-old Silver Spring boy who was suspended from school from pointing his finger like a gun and saying “pow” wants the incident stricken from the child’s record. The family’s attorney filed an appeal Wednesday ...

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By now, we may all be aware of the assault weapon’s devastating force. But just in case, meet the Bushmaster AR-15 XM.

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I went to a toy store on Saturday in accord with my traditional last-minute Christmas shopping efficiency. I found a nifty model airplane for the 6-year-old boy and a scrapbook kit for his sister, 8. Some Dr. Seuss for the younger kids.

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MIAMI — Hurricane Irene has weakened slightly to a Category 2 storm as it approaches the East Coast, where a hurricane warning has been extended to New Jersey. The new hurricane warning area now extends from North Carolina’s coast, northward ...

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