As shootings become part of the backdrop of Lewiston, the city is trying to come to grips with a growing problem
Data from the Lewiston Police Department show gun violence over the last six years has take a dramatic upturn.
Federal judge pauses Maine's 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group of individuals who contend it is illegal to require a person who passed a background check to wait 72 hours before completing a gun purchase. Maine's ...
Teen arrested in Valentine's Day school shooting plot inspired by Parkland massacre: docs
A detective said they interviewed Shockley Wednesday and learned she had been planning the shooting for at least a year.
Judge grants injunction pausing Maine's 72-hour waiting period to buy firearms
A federal judge granted an injunction Thursday pausing the implementation of Maine's 72-hour waiting period to buy firearms.
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Federal judge suspends Maine's 3-day waiting period on gun purchases
Supporters argue the law passed last year will help avoid suicides by preventing impulsive gun purchases. But opponents see ...
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Federal judge pauses Maine’s new waiting period for gun sales
Lawmakers passed the new waiting period as part of a slate of gun safety reforms following the October 2023 mass shooting in ...
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Maine's 72- hour waiting period for gun purchases halted
PORTLAND - A federal judge has temporarily stopped a Maine law that requires a 72- hour waiting period to buy a gun.
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Justice Wathen to discuss mass shooting commission’s work at Lewiston Public Library
The program will feature a conversation between former Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Daniel E. Wathen and Sun ...
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Antioch school shooting: Nashville suspect, 17, posted alt-right paraphernalia, photos from past school shootings
Two students are dead and one injured after a 17-year-old male student armed with a handgun opened fire in the cafeteria of Antioch High School in Nashville on Wednesday morning. The student then ...
One of the victims of Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting called his fiancée to say he loved her
OREBRO, Sweden (AP) — Wounded and bleeding, Salim Karim Iskef managed to video-call his fiancée to tell her he loved her one last time before he died this week in what was Sweden’s deadliest mass ...