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The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday approved operating life extensions of up to 20 years for two more reactors at Kansai Electric Power’s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. The Takahama No. 3 and No. 4 reactors are the seventh and eighth to receive such approval in the country. They began operation in 1985 … Read more
Associated Press NEW YORK — A man who shot and critically wounded another passenger on a New York City subway train may have acted in self-defense and will not immediately be charged with any crime, prosecutors said Friday. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting. The investigation into this tragic … Read more
By Patrick Whittle, Steve LeBlanc and Nick Perry | Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — The sheriff’s office investigating the man who would later commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting had cause to take away his guns and put him in protective custody before the tragedy, an independent commission concluded in a report Friday. The commission was … Read more
By Sabrina Souza and Emma Tucker | CNN A jury in a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office against the National Rifle Association found Friday that the powerful gun rights group mismanaged its charitable funds when it failed to stop its top executives — including its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre — from … Read more
By Philip Marcelo | Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and its former executives over years of questionable spending is nothing more than an attempt by a politically motivated public official to take down the powerful gun rights group, a lawyer for former NRA … Read more
By Patrick Whittle | Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — Law enforcement officers spoke Thursday of the difficulty in implementing the state’s yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis, describing a cumbersome and time-consuming process in testimony to an independent commission that is investigating a mass shooting … Read more
By Nicki Brown, Nic F. Anderson and Ray Sanchez | CNN Kevin Monahan was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday for shooting and killing a woman who was a passenger in a car that mistakenly drove up his driveway in rural New York last year, according to Katherine Thompson, deputy chief clerk of Washington County Supreme and … Read more
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told jurors Monday. Wayne LaPierre’s methods … Read more
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a New York civil trial that’s poised to scrutinize his leadership of the powerful gun rights organization. Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president and chief executive … Read more