Background checks for gun sales surged again in June, smashing the record for the highest number of background checks in a single month, according to FBI data released Wednesday. The FBI said it conducted 3.9 million checks in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), shattering the previous record of 3.7 million checks in…
ANALYSIS/OPINION: My older brother spent 30 years as a police officer in a small Wisconsin town where we’d grown up and our parents owned and ran a tavern. One Friday evening as we were sitting at a table near the bar enjoying the weekly fish fry a fellow walked up to the table, slugged my…
Officials in New York are threatening fines and said subpoenas are being issued to a group of partygoers to compel them to speak with health officials about a gathering that could be responsible for a cluster of coronavirus infections.The party occurred in mid-June, according to media reports, in Clarkstown, N.Y., just north of New York…
A Georgia dog is believed to be the second in the country to positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, the state Department of Public Health said Wednesday. The owners of the 6-year-old mixed breed dog tested positive for the coronavirus, the DPH said. But the dog did not have any evidence of respiratory disease.…
119 of 138 infected people were customers at Harper's Restaurant and Brew PubHarper's Restaurant and Brew Pub in East Lansing EAST LANSING, Mich. – Health officials have now linked 138 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) to an outbreak at a bar in East Lansing.On June 23, officials said more than a dozen people who visited…