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[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year’s Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. A U.S. district judge issued a ruling Dec. 20 to block the law from taking effect, saying it …

[ad_1] Nearly 10 months after two close friends and a neighbor were fatally shot days apart in Georgia, authorities have offered the public few answers about their deaths. But a relative of one of the victims said police have identified the possible killer and are planning to close the case …

[ad_1] Three people were killed and three others were injured when an explosion Saturday obliterated a home in Northfield Township, Michigan, police said. Lt. David Powell of Northfield Township police said three people were dead at the scene and three survivors were rushed to medical facilities in unknown condition Saturday …

[ad_1] Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was the target of a “swatting call” on Friday night, state police said. The incident happened just a day after Bellows, a Democrat, ruled former President Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot next year. State police said they …

[ad_1] Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police there no longer will be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror of the windshield. That means air fresheners, parking placards and, yes, even those dice are fair game to …

[ad_1] TEL AVIV — Tragedy envelops Gaza and its people. Despite the catastrophic war that has killed thousands of his fellow residents, Nawaf Muttar says he would never leave the enclave even if he had the chance. “I cannot go to Sinai,” he told NBC News’ crew on the ground, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has bypassed Congress for the second time this month to provide an emergency arms sale to Israel amid its war with Hamas. The sale of $147.5 million in equipment such as fuzes, chargers and primers is intended to help the functionality of the U.S. …

[ad_1] Michael Cohen, a former fixer for Donald Trump, said in a court filing Friday that he sent his lawyer fictitious artificial intelligence-generated citations that were later submitted to court. Cohen, who was also an attorney for the former president, said he mistakenly thought that the AI bot Google Bard …

[ad_1] If you don’t know the actor Milana Vayntrub by name, then chances are high that you would recognize her face. Since 2013, Vayntrub has been the o n-and-off again star of many AT&T commercials as the character Lily, a jolly AT&T employee who has comedic interactions with customers. Vayntrub’s Lily was …

[ad_1] A party at a top Moscow nightclub has turned into something not very nice: public humiliation and the threat of arrest. An “almost naked” party at Mutabor, a popular Moscow nightclub, days before Christmas attracted top Russian celebrities, influencers and socialites, some of whom showed up in revealing clothes …