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WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not mention the raging debate over gun control when he opened the Senate on Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump created widesprea...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly he has once again been diagnosed with oral cancer. Kelly released a statement Thursday through his publicist saying he is &#...

Orlando, Fl. — Survivors of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting are opening old wounds to seek justice as the trial of the gunman’s widow opens in Orlando.Jury selection begins Thursday in t...

CHARLESTON, WV — All West Virginia public schools will remain closed Thursday, which was the day teachers were to return to work after what is turning into a week-long strike over pay and benefi...

FAIRFAX, VA — President Donald Trump’s televised meeting Wednesday with lawmakers on gun control “made for great TV,” a National Rifle Association spokesperson told CNN —...

CANBERRA — A rocket launcher and automatic rifles were among the 57,000 firearms handed in during a three-month gun amnesty in Australia, the country’s first since tough gun laws were intr...

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — A young woman was mauled to death Tuesday by a lion during a visit to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa run by Kevin Richardson, the so-called “lion whisperer.&...

NEW YORK — Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman responded to a question Tuesday night on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” about the fate of the country under Presiden...

NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart says it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21. The retailer's new policy comes after Dick's Sporting Goods announced earlier Wednesday that it w...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who’s worked on a bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, whether he left out a proposa...