The rule aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who do not perform background checks. Gun rights groups are expected to fight it in court.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Breaking from routine with a mini sabbatical or ‘adult gap year’ can be rejuvenating
Cost is a common obstacle for people considering a break. There are creative ways around that.
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Homebuyers’ quandary: To wait or not to wait for lower mortgage rates?
Holding out for a more attractive rate can make a big difference, especially for first-time homebuyers who often struggle to find an affordable home. But lower rates could drive up prices, too.
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Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22
Navalny, 47, died in February while serving a 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges that he condemned as politically motivated.
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A major European nature protection plan stumbles at the final hurdle
The member states were supposed to give final approval to the biodiversity bill on Monday. But farmers’ protests of new environmental laws changed minds.
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Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the gunmen who raided a suburban Moscow concert hall and killed 139 people were ‘radical Islamists.’
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
The suit stems from the state’s decision last year to not count an Advance Placement course on Afridan American Studies toward state credit.
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Brothers tried to fight off mountain lion during fatal attack in Northern California, family says
The brothers from rural Mount Aukum were hunting for shed antlers Saturday afternoon near Georgetown, a historic town about 50 miles northeast of the state capital.
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Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?
So far, efforts to create a viable syrup industry in southern Jersey ‘have been very sweet,’ says the director of the university project.
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Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say
Two law enforcement officials said properties in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement.