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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people.
The ban on shock gloves will take effect next year and remain in place until 2030. It comes weeks after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to equip its officers with the gloves, which are designed to gain compliance from combative individuals. Last month, the agency awarded a nearly $17 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs.
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A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on "American Idol" was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.
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NASA and Boeing are putting more resources behind the Starliner program, working to get a troubled early history for the spacecraft back on track.
On Monday, NASA announced updates to the program that would add more missions to the schedule and certify a new rocket to carry Starliner to orbit.
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A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent in Texas is now facing a federal assault charge.
Prosecutors say he struck an immigration officer with his side mirror while trying to leave the scene. His attorney says he still has a bullet lodged in his back from the Sept. 20 shooting.
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The woman accused of spraying bullets at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's home, hitting a trailer the couple was inside and a nursery where their children were, has been found mentally fit to stand trial.
She faces attempted murder and multiple other felony charges.
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More than a year after the flood that claimed 27 lives, Camp Mystic's owners are proposing to sell the historic girls' camp as part of a bankruptcy plan.
The 749-acre property could be auctioned off, though owners say they hope a buyer will preserve the camp's legacy. Meanwhile, victims' families are fighting to keep the damaged site intact as lawsuits continue.
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North Korea used its yearly U.N. platform on Monday to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation,” but said that it would endure and, in a multilateral world, “surely attain all that we plan to, relying entirely on our own efforts.”
It was, by Pyongyang's standards, a relatively mild speech that contained no direct threats.
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The CDC, FDA and public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to certain cheeses sold across nine states.
According to officials, all Graziers raw milk cheeses sold by Sierra Nevada Cheese Company have been recalled due to possible contamination.
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President Donald Trump is announcing a new $15 billion steel plant in Iowa being built with backing from an Indian conglomerate, creating what the White House says will become the largest steel plant in U.S. history.
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The United States and China on Monday released reciprocal lists of nonsensitive products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to help bolster bilateral trade.
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