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24+ min ago  (910+ words) Jay Jones’s office wants a Virginia court to declare common semiautomatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines outside the right to keep and bear arms. Virginia’s gun-control machine is trying to save its new rifle and magazine restrictions with an audacious argument:…...

36+ min ago  (426+ words) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has found another city in the Sunshine State that appears to be non-compliant with the state's carry laws. Uthmeier has sent a letter to officials in Winter Garden, Florida warning that the prohibition on "weapons…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (755+ words) (Bloomberg) -- Several of Russia's richest people including some close to President Vladimir Putin have moved billions of dollars abroad in the past year after growing concerned about the country's economy and the government budget. Thailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago  (643+ words) From meat grown in labs to intense fires raging across the globe, life in 2100 could look very different from today. That's according to a new study that predicts what we can expect next century. Experts say that significant global warming…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (962+ words) Although short sales remain relatively rare, they have been gradually creeping up as underwater homeowners seek ways to avoid foreclosure, with a handful of midpriced markets seeing the highest concentration of these deals. A short sale is a real estate…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (147+ words) In April, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's San Francisco home, and within days a second attack put gunfire into the property. The Wall Street Journal reports that AI executives are hardening personal security as opposition to the…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (443+ words) Everyone in the Second Amendment community is rightly overjoyed that at long last, the Supreme Court will be deciding whether so-called “assault weapon” bans are constitutional. These bans on some of the most common guns in the country exist in…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (407+ words) Since then, they've continued to pass anti-gun laws. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2015, Washington state recorded 209 total homicides, of which 141 involved firearms. In 2016, the number of homicides dipped to 195, again according to FBI data, but in 2017, the…...

4+ hour, 50+ min ago  (267+ words) You’re reading The Morning Dispatch, our flagship daily newsletter explaining all the news you need to know today in fewer than 15 minutes. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. Happy Thursday! Twitter launched 20 years ago yesterday on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (643+ words) America is celebrating its 250th birthday and hosting the world's biggest sporting event this year. But these days, we are welcoming fewer guests to the party. Declining travel is a material indicator of a dynamic that pollsters have identified: Canadians are…...