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Aurora theater shooter James Holmes assaulted by fellow prisoner

James Holmes, condemned to spend the rest of his life in a Colorado prison, was allegedly assaulted there by a fellow inmate, a state corrections spokeswoman said Saturday.

Las Vegas family continues push for gun safety after daughter’s death

In 2013, 69 children under the age of 14 died from the accidental discharge of a gun, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brooklynn was one of them. But another comprehensive report on child gun deaths puts that number at 100, and American kids are 16 times more likely to be killed in accidental shootings than their peers in other high-income countries.

 
20-year-old avoids sex offender list in dating-app case

An Indiana man, who was looking at spending more than two decades on the sexual offender registry for a dating app hookup, got some good news.

Minnesota deputy killed after suspect grabs his gun

A deputy was shot dead at a Minnesota hospital Sunday after the suspect he was guarding grabbed his gun and opened fire.

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Oklahoma tries to halt 3 executions amid drug mix-up

The Oklahoma attorney general on Thursday sought an indefinite stay of three upcoming executions including that of Richard Glossip, whose planned execution a day earlier was stopped at the last minute because of a mix-up with lethal injection drugs.

 
Illinois cop was killed with his own gun, authorities say

A suburban Chicago police officer whose shooting death has confounded investigators for weeks was killed with his own service weapon, authorities said Thursday.