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Florida does not require a permit to purchase rifles, shotguns or handguns, neither does the state necessitate gun owners to be licensed in any way.

According to reports, 31 states in the United States, including Washington, still have the death penalty, while 19 states have abolished the punishment.

Russia and China are currently perusing anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons to thwart the “US and allied military effectiveness,” a report by United States intelligence community warns.

Heidi Todd went missing Tuesday during a home invasion, and her mother was brutally beaten. Todd was found safe in Alabama and is with the FBI.

Police found a missing Toronto skier halfway across the country and he can't remember how he got there.

Nikolas de Jesus Cruz was identified as the suspected shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Reports say 16 people are dead.

The NRA Twitter account promoted buying a gun on Valentine's Day, hours before a deadly school shooting in Florida.

Delta Air Lines pulled a female passenger from its flight after she screamed about being seated next to a crying baby.

After Wednesday's shooting at a Florida High School, here's a quick look at the state's lax gun laws.

A Texas student's homework assignment instructed for her to draw a slave.

A former police officer has been charged with sexual assault stemming from an incident with a pregnant woman.

If it maintains it's current rate, the opioid crisis could cost an additional $500 billion by 2020.

A Florida shoplifter publicly apologized on Facebook Live in order to avoid jail time, as part of an ultimatum offered by the shop's owner.

Reports of an active shooter at have left least dozens hurt, with Coral Springs police telling area residents to avoid the area around Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida's Parkland City, Broward County.

A Miami-area pastor was caught red-handed sneaking into a beekeper's property and stealing hives, in a literal sting operation.

A lock of George Washington's hair was found inside of an envelope at a New York college's book.

The U.S. Marshals arrested a Florida assistant principal based on a Homeland Security investigation.

A top lawyer for ICE in Seattle has been accused of identity fraud.

Melania Trump will visit the National Institutes of Health's Children's Inn on Valentine's Day.

A student wounded in a school shooting still had a bullet in his head two weeks after leaving the hospital.

The helicopter was tracking an elk at the time, and was attempting to drop a net in order to immobilize it enough to put a tracking collar on it.

The Facebook group claims that the "Miracle Mineral Solution" can be used to treat HIV, hepatitis, the H1N1 flu virus, common colds, acne, cancer, and other conditions. 

One of the parade attendees who received the figures said they were made "to make African American people and slaves sub-human."

Johnson’s arrest came a few weeks after her live-in boyfriend Tyree Williams was booked on murder charges for the toddler’s death. 

Hours after the Twitter page of New York Times' communication department posted a tweet about hiring Quinn Norton, many social media users posted Norton's earlier tweets where she was seen admitting to be friends with neo-Nazis and had also used racial slurs.

Christian Desgroux was charged with pretending to be a military officer, and if convicted can be sentenced to three years in prison.

Sam Cordero initially thought he was seeing a black dot moving from left to right, until he realized the dot was actually a pork tapeworm that had made its home in his left eye.

Adam Rippon made no secret of the fact he was against everything President Trump’s administration stands for, including Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT views.

The investigating officers found 1,000 prescription pills at the woman's residence, which included the likes of Morphine, Xanax and Oxycodone. They also seized $12,000 in cash and assets.