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Any commercial use of this content requires a subscription. Click here to find out more. As deadly wildfires devastated a wide area of Los Angeles in early 2025, social media posts claimed that ...

Both courts relied on an earlier ruling by the 4th Circuit that had upheld other portions of Maryland’s assault-weapons ban on the ground that there is no fundamental right to possess military-style ...

“There’s a certain set of parents that believe weapons-inspired names have a renegade spirit, which has been a rising theme among today’s trendy baby names,” Kihm noted. “Maverick ranks higher than ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Salah, 32, is one of the Liverpool's all-time greatest players, with the Egyptian having scored a remarkable 232 goals in 376 games for the club since joining from Roma in 2017 for an initial £36 ...

Dan McKee promised to push harder for a ban on assault-style weapons. McKee, who has been a strong proponent for gun safety, announced that his budget proposal “will include a ban on assault ...

The school issued a shelter in place to allow school staff and police to locate the weapon. The suspect was arrested and transported to a nearby hospital. Police said they were charged with ...

As wildfires continue to wreak havoc in southern California, Israeli officials are sounding alarm bells about the possibility of similarly destructive blazes striking the Middle East. The ...

Mansour's arrest may ease Egyptian worries over HTS rise Egypt fears Syria's upheaval aids Islamist regrouping Egyptian media critical of Damascus power change, Brotherhood resurgence DAMASCUS ...