Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, similar laws in California now in question
The conservative majority expanded gun rights in New York, California and a handful of other states.
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The conservative majority expanded gun rights in New York, California and a handful of other states.
In a press conference Tuesday, District Attorney George Gascón offered a stern rebuttal to growing criticism of his office's handling of the man who killed two El Monte Police officers last week.
El Monte Police officer Joseph Santana, 31, grew up in El Monte and was a deputy in San Bernardino County. He leaves behind a wife and three kids.
The suspect, 33-year-old Pejhmaun Iraj Khosroabadi had seen combat in Afghanistan with the United States Marine Corps.
A recent study by the school district found that LAUSD has been losing 100 Black educators every year since 2016.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, told dispatchers he had traveled from California to Maryland to kill a specific Supreme Court Justice, and had a firearm in his suitcase while having "suicidal thoughts," Department of Justice officials said.
The vote took place earlier Thursday afternoon, where officials opted to end their efforts to widen the freeway, instead using the $750 million allocated to the project to improve communities bordering the 710.