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High-capacity-magazine bans could save lives if they hold up in court, experts say

Many modern gunmakers ship their AR-style rifles with larger magazines. These magazines have been popular with a particular subgroup: America’s mass shooters.

By Mark Berman and Todd C. Frankel

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Police response in Nashville was ‘exact opposite’ to Uvalde, experts say

Body-camera footage shows heavily armed officers methodically sweeping classrooms and hallways until they find and kill the suspect — a police response experts described as “textbook.”

By Robert Klemko

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Shooter legally purchased 7 firearms, was under a doctor’s care for ‘emotional disorder’

By Silvia Foster-Frau, Joanna Slater, Mark Berman and Holly Bailey

Three 9-year-olds. Three adults. Remembering the students, staff members killed.

By Karina Elwood, Lori Rozsa, Justine McDaniel, Praveena Somasundaram and Rachel Hatzipanagos

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He came to D.C. as a Brazilian student. The U.S. says he was a Russian spy.

A former graduate student in Washington, who claimed to be Brazilian but was unmasked as a Russian spy, has been charged by the U.S. with acting as a foreign agent.

By Greg Miller

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Biden to push new banking rules after Silicon Valley Bank collapse

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A fire killed 38 at a migrant center. One video shows guards walking away.

Mexico’s National Migration Institute said the blaze started shortly before 10 p.m. Monday in the sleeping area of its office in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso.

By Lorena Figueroa, Mary Beth Sheridan and Adela Suliman

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Even moderate drinking is bad for us. Enter nonalcoholic beer.

Drinking in moderation is no longer considered good for your health. Fortunately, nonalcoholic beer options are better than ever.

By Tamar Haspel

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The pitch clock is saving baseball — by returning it to the past

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