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AG Ford Warns Rural Sheriffs On Enforcement Of New Gun Laws

Dec 05, 2019

State attorney general Aaron Ford has been on the job less than a year.

But he hit the ground running.

“There hasn’t been any downtime since day one on the job,” Ford told KNPR's State of Nevada.

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Air Date: Friday, December 6, 2019

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Next month, new state gun laws are set to kick in, but several sheriffs in Nevada's rural counties have said they won't enforce the new rules. AG Aaron Ford says sheriffs who refuse will be making a big mistake.

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Law

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (center) arrives at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles this week.

Los Angeles Jury Finds No Defamation In Elon Musk's 'Pedo Guy' Tweet

Dec 06, 2019

The Tesla CEO was embroiled in a Twitter spat with one of the rescuers of 12 boys and their soccer coach in Thailand last year.

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Politics

Rep. Duncan Hunter said Friday he would soon resign his congressional seat.

GOP Rep. Hunter Says He Will Resign 'After The Holidays,' Days After Guilty Plea

Dec 06, 2019

The California Republican congressman's resignation marks a dramatic change in fortunes for the son of a once-powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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Trump Impeachment Inquiry

The White House called the House impeachment process "completely baseless" and ruled out participation in next week's hearing.

Trump Declines to Take Part in 'Baseless' House Impeachment Inquiry

Dec 06, 2019

Democrats had offered to allow the president to have attorneys representing him at future impeachment hearings in the House.

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Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks toward the main railway entrance to Birkenau, the largest of the camps that made up the Auschwitz complex in Poland. It was the German chancellor's first visit to the former Nazi death camp, an enduring symbol of the

Merkel Tours Auschwitz With 'Sense Of Shame' And Warns Of Resurgent Anti-Semitism

Dec 06, 2019

It was the German leader's first official trip to the Nazi concentration camp. "These crimes are and will remain part of German history," she said, "and this history must be told over and over again."

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History

Lauren Bruner, a survivor of the USS Arizona which was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, died earlier in 2019 at the age of 98.

Pearl Harbor Veteran Expected To Be Last USS Arizona Survivor Interred On Ship

Dec 06, 2019

Lauren Bruner died in September and on Saturday, his remains will return to the USS Arizona. He is expected to be the final USS Arizona survivor to be interred on the sunken warship.

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Shots - Health News

Medicare's overhauled Plan Finder debuted at the end of August. But health care advocates and insurance agents say the website has had big problems ever since, including inaccurate details about prices, which drugs each plan covers and their dosages.

Will Glitches In Medicare's 'Plan Finder' Leave Some Seniors Stuck In The Wrong Plan?

Dec 06, 2019

With a deadline for Medicare enrollment looming, some lawmakers and advocates are concerned that Medicare hasn't done enough to reach out to consumers who might be affected by website problems.

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National

Va. Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Friday that he is "deeply disturbed" by reports of a young girl being strip searched at a corrections facility last month.

Virginia Governor Suspends Policy Allowing Strip Searches Of Children At Prisons

Dec 06, 2019

An 8-year-old girl was strip searched at Buckingham Correctional Center last month. A prison spokesperson says the prison staffer who approved the search didn't have the authority to do so.

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Politics

Pete Buttigieg talks to the press after a Sunday morning service at Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., last weekend.

Amid McKinsey Contract Controversy, Buttigieg Asks Company To Release His Client List

Dec 06, 2019

The global consulting firm has become a talking point on the campaign trail lately. Pete Buttigieg, particularly, has been criticized for his time there.