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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Illinois' Assault Weapons Ban
Note: The video in the player above is from a previous story. A federal judge in downstate Illinois announced a ruling in a lawsuit Friday afternoon, temporarily blocking enforcement of the state’s controversial assault weapons ban. Judge Stephen McGlynn in the Southern District of Illinois issued a preliminary injunction in a consolidated lawsuit involving several gun owners and gun...
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Heartbroken Mother Remembers Son Fatally Shot by Waukegan Police Officer
Two hours before he was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette recorded a video of himself rapping and sent it to his mother. “He musta knew he was going to die,” Zharvellis Holmes, Stinnette’s mother, said during an exclusive interview with NBC 5. “Tell my momma I love her. These are the words my son…
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New Jersey Twin Sisters Get Accepted to Five Ivy League Schools
While a lot has been taken away from the class of 2020, learning where they have been accepted to go to college remains a thrill — especially for twin sisters Nicole and Jessica. The Alexander sisters earned acceptance letters from five Ivy League schools: U-Penn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth. “Coming from Clifton, we’re not producing people going to Ivy…
