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The latest legal attempt to block Washington’s ban on sales of semiautomatic firearms came up short Friday. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Allyson Zipp rejected a Moses Lake gun dealer’s request for a temporary restraining order halting enforcement of House Bill 1240, which prohibits the sale, distribution and importation of certain assault-style weapons. Guardian Arms, the lead

Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tim Moore (R) has been accused of using his position to secure sexual favors, according to a lawsuit. The allegations against Tim Moore erupted after Scott Lassiter, a Wake County assistant principal and former state House candidate, filed a lawsuit claiming that the state representative had an affair with his wife, Jamie Liles Lassiter,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Nashville International Airport (BNA) was evacuated following an incident inside one of the concourses that left many with breathing problems Sunday afternoon. The airport’s Concourse C was evacuated shortly before 2:45 p.m. because of “the presence of a noxious odor,” BNA said in a statement posted to Twitter. At the time, the Nashville Fire Department told

The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, will receive immunity from all current and future civil claims over the company’s role in the opioid crisis as part of a deal approved by a federal appeals court on Tuesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit cleared the way for a settlement that would see the Sackler family pay up to $6 billion from its