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Age Limit Now 21 Across US for Cigarettes, Tobacco Products
Anyone under 21 can no longer legally buy cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco products in the United States. The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine. Usually, new legislation doesn’t take effect right away. The change simply increased the age limit in existing law, so…
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Massive Bill Calls for $1.4 Trillion in Federal Spending
Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill. The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.
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Thieves Ram Truck Through Florida Gun Store
A group of thieves rammed a stolen pickup truck through the front door of a Florida gun shop and stole firearms and ammunition.
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Miami Gardens' ‘Zone 3' Gang Targeted in Federal Investigation
Federal agencies targeted a Miami Gardens street gang in an operation involving about 200 officers, seizing dozens of firearms and drugs.
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Gunman Killed After Shootout With Police Outside Federal Courthouse in Dallas
An Army veteran wearing a mask and carrying more than 150 rounds of ammunition for his high-powered rifle was shot dead Monday after he opened fire outside a busy federal courthouse in downtown Dallas, authorities said. Brian Isaack Clyde, 22, was pronounced dead at a hospital following the shooting outside the downtown Earle Cabell Federal Building, FBI Special Agent in...
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Beverly Hills Moves Ahead With a Plan to Outlaw All Tobacco Sales
On Tuesday night, the Beverly Hills City Council is expected to consider recommendations from the health and safety committee to ban the sale of all tobacco products.
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Suspicious Canisters Found Inside Car in Kendall
Local and federal law enforcement officers blocked off a shopping center parking lot in Kendall on Thursday after numerous suspicious metal canisters were found within a vehicle.
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BSO, ATF Seek to End Serial Armed Robber's 15-Store Streak
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the suspect accused in at least 15 armed robberies in South Florida since September.
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Missing Pieces: More Firearms Stolen in South Florida
An investigation by NBC investigative units and the journalism nonprofit The Trace follows the flow of hundreds of thousands of stolen firearms to thousands of crime scenes.
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Tampa Police Release New Video of Suspected Serial Killer
An unidentified man who appeared on surveillance video near two of four shootings in a Tampa neighborhood is officially a suspect, police said Wednesday.
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Suspected Gunman Who ‘Nonchalantly' Killed 3 in Shooting at Colorado Walmart Arrested
A man suspected of fatally shooting two men and a woman inside a suburban Denver Walmart was arrested 14 hours later following a brief car chase Thursday that ended at a congested intersection, police said. Scott Ostrem, 47, was arrested after police pulled over his car about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the Walmart store in the city of Thornton,...
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Tampa Neighborhood Fears Serial Killer After 3 Killings
Police escorted children to school Monday and a city bus changed up its usual route as a neighborhood near downtown Tampa feared a serial killer may be on the loose.
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How The Las Vegas Gunman Possibly Modified Firearms
The Las Vegas shooter killed dozens and injured hundreds within an hour. A South Florida gun shop owner explains how he may have modified two firearms, which could offer insight into the gunman’s monstrous rampage.
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Person in Custody in Oklahoma Pipe Bomb Blast: FBI
The FBI says agents investigating a pipe bomb explosion outside an Air Force recruiting station in Oklahoma now have a person of interest in custody. FBI agent Jessi Rice said Tuesday the person is being questioned, but that she could not give that person’s name. Rice said investigators found the person at a Tulsa-area apartment complex. Earlier Tuesday, federal authorities...
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Importante participación latina en la política local
Varios hispanos se han lanzado para puestos en la política local y representar su comunidad.
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Texas Mosque Destroyed in Early-Morning Fire; Cause Unknown
Early morning fire destroys mosque in southeast Texas that’s been the scene of a crime twice before.
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‘We Lost Everything': Dazed Residents Assess Wildfire Destruction
Residents and business owners in Gatlinburg, Tennessee got their first look at the wildfire destruction on Friday, and many walked around the once-bustling tourist city in a daze, sobbing. They hugged each other and promised that they would stay in touch. “We love it up here so much,” said Gary Moore, his voice trembling. “We lost everything. But we’re alive,...
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Suspect in Fort Pierce Mosque Fire Confessed: Detectives
An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended, and said he was embarrassed by the crime, according to an arrest affidavit released Thursday.
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Islamic Community Plans to Rebuild Fort Pierce Mosque Damaged in Blaze
The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen.
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South Florida Agencies Undergo Rigorous Explosives Training
Local and state law enforcement agencies underwent rigorous explosives training this week in Homestead.