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Local youth in Springfield, Massachusetts had a chance to speak directly to lawmakers about their experiences with gun violence and more.
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Thursday's Albany Common Council meeting was peppered with public comments regarding water fluoridation and public safety.
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The latest update Monday on the Albany Police Department’s efforts to enhance public safety focused on a decline in overall crime.
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The Albany County Sheriff is calling on state lawmakers to help address violence in the city of Albany, which was on full display Wednesday.
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Police in Vermont are investigating after three young men of Palestinian descent were shot on Saturday. No arrests have yet been announced.
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Mayor Joshua Garcia calls for a $1 million initial investment
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In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century.In "American Gun," the veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity.
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Initiative follows a summer of gun violence that elevated the city's murder rate to an historic level.
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City will distribute money to local nonprofits, non-government agencies
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Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Police Chief Eric Hawkins held the first of a promised series of “regular periodic updates” on public safety in the city on Monday. The move came after Common Council President Corey Ellis called for public safety enhancements.