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Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Three people shot, two fatally, during Kenosha protests. The full circumstances of the shootings are unclear as of this morning,…
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Breaking down the allegations in the New York attorney general’s lawsuit seeking to dissolve the gun group.
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Austin, Texas, to reallocate millions from the police to social services. In a unanimous vote, the City Council…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: Gun violence left a mark on his childhood. He says people like him should lead efforts to…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: The demise — and rebirth —of a notorious Nevada gunmaker. In 2018, federal agents…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Why it may be difficult to convict the officers who killed Breonna Taylor. The 26-year-old EMT was shot by police in…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Why young people carry where the violence is high. A new Department of Justice-funded…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. CRISIS AT THE NRA NEW from THE TRACE: New York Attorney General Letitia James sues to dissolve the NRA. In a civil complaint filed yesterday…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY More gun cases and confusion as feds get hands on in Chicago. In late July, as part of…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: Officials pledge to address increase in Black suicides in Chicago. Cook County is on pace to have…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY NEW from THE TRACE: How many guns did Americans buy last month? We’re tracking the sales boom. With 2.61 million guns…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Twitter could contain clues for interrupting cycles of community violence. Police departments already surveil social media posts for evidence of crimes…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY “It’s a first step toward anarchy”: Legal coalition warns of the unchecked rise of armed groups. Some of the nation’s biggest…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY A motorist fatally shot an armed demonstrator during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas. Marchers were moving through an intersection…
