Canada to Cap the Market for Handguns with New Law

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has introduced legislation that would put a national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns. Trudeau said Monday that the government will cap the market for handguns. The
You can be fined for “gifting” marijuana

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The practice of exchanging cannabis or cannabis-related products for donations or other purchase _ known as “gifting” _ could now carry a heavy price tag in Connecticut. Under legislation signed last week by
The brakes put on rising gas prices in New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices have halted their sharp rise just in time for the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend, and analysts say the record-high prices aren’t expected to keep travelers from taking to the
Biden Sees Chance of ‘Rational’ Republican Approach on Guns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says there may some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman in the Texas school shooting. Biden told reporters at the White House
$2M Relic Stolen, Angel Statue Beheaded at Brooklyn Church

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel. The incident happened between
Plane Wreckage Found in Nepal Mountains; 21 Bodies Recovered

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal have recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier. The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter
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Knife-wielding Maniac Reportedly Menaced Former Top NYPD Official

NEW YORK (77WABC) — On Wednesday, police released surveillance video of a knife-wielding man who had allegedly threatened a former assistant deputy NYPD commissioner. Police say the frightening incident occurred about 3:30 P.M. May 22 on a
Police: 6 Wounded in Shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say six people were wounded during an exchange of gunfire in a downtown Chattanooga business district. Police spokesman Jeremy Eames says at least one person of interest was detained shortly
Justice Dept. To Review Response to Texas School Shooting

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department says it’ll review the law enforcement response to the Texas school shooting. It’s an unusual federal look back that’s been prompted by questions about the shifting and at times contradictory
JFK Airport TSA Worker Shot in Brooklyn While on Phone With Sister

NEW YORK (77WABC) — Police say a veteran Kennedy Airport TSA worker was on the phone with his sister when he was shot to death on a Brooklyn street two blocks from his mother’s home early Sunday.
Russian Intelligence: Putin ‘Given Three Years To Live’ By Doctors

MOSCOW (77WABC) — A Russian Intelligence source tells The Mirror that Vladimir Putin has been given a maximum of three years to live by doctors. The FSB officer said the 69-year-old Russian president “has a severe form