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How red flag laws could help families grappling with guns and mental illness

While some states have "red flag" laws that allow a judge to temporarily remove a mentally ill person's access to guns, it's not easy to balance their rights with the need for public safety. Special correspondent John Ferrugia of Rocky…

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How Chicago communities are trying to stop gun violence

Sixty-six people were shot over the weekend in Chicago, and behind those numbers are stories of the victims and their families. Nick Schifrin talks with Lance Williams of Northeastern Illinois University and Tamar Manasseh of Mothers and Men Against Senseless…

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Trump administration to move ahead with tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese imports

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The new taxes are in addition to 25 percent tariffs that took effect July 6 on $34 billion in Chinese products. China has responded with retaliatory tariffs of its own.

Teachers are getting targeted anti-union emails from conservative groups

By Sarah Schwartz, Education Week

Conservative, free-market groups across the country have launched campaigns aimed at persuading teachers to drop out of their unions, in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will put a dent in unions’ finances and membership numbers.

Rick Gates says he and former boss Paul Manafort disguised foreign income as loans

By Eric Tucker, Matthew Barakat, Chad Day, Associated Press

Longtime Manafort deputy Rick Gates returns to the witness stand in the fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Tesla stock halted as CEO Elon Musk tweets he may take electric car company private

By Michael Liedtke, Alexandra Olson, Associated Press

The unusual step taken early Tuesday afternoon came shortly after Musk dropped a bombshell on his Twitter account by announcing he had lined up the financing to buy all of Tesla's stock at $420 per share.

Kansas man sentenced to life in prison for 2017 shooting that targeted Indian men

By Joshua Barajas

The white man who fatally shot Indian national Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounded two other men at a bar in northeastern Kansas last year targeted them "because of their race, color, and national origin," federal prosecutors said.

Where do young Americans stand on guns?

By Laura Santhanam

Safety is a growing concern among young Americans when it comes to guns.

Largest wildfire in California history still growing

By Associated Press

On Monday, twin fires in Northern California being treated as one became the largest wildfire in state history, destroying 443 square miles — nearly the size of the city of Los Angeles.

AP fact check: Wildfire, water experts rebut Trump's claims

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

For one thing, the wildfires are in the hills, far from the Pacific Ocean and from the man-made storage and distribution system that carries water from California's wetter north to the drier, more populated south.