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Attacks on Delivery Drivers Add Fears Among Gig Workers

NEW YORK (AP) — A homeowner fired shots at a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making an Instacart delivery. A Florida man was charged with killing and dismembering an Uber Eats delivery driver who brought …

Gun Maker Offers $33M to Settle Suit by Sandy Hook Families

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victims’ families nearly $33 million to settle their lawsuit over how the company marketed the firearm to the …

Negligence Claims Filed in Shootings Amid Wisconsin Protest

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Claims filed on behalf of two men shot by an Illinois teen during a night of protests over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, allege the city and Kenosha County were negligent in their response to …

NYC Crime Spike Is Last Straw Pushing Anxious Residents to Flee

A recent crime spike, including a surge of shootings, is giving some New Yorkers another reason to leave. That’s especially true for newer arrivals, who’ve only known a city where the murder rate has plunged over the past 30 years, …

NRA Must Face ‘Murder Insurance’ Regulatory Hearing, Judge Says

The National Rifle Association will have to appear for a regulatory hearing over allegations it violated New York law by marketing an insurance policy for shootings that critics have dubbed “murder insurance.” A federal judge in Albany, New York, on …