House panel advances gun bill to raise age for semi auto rifles
A House Judiciary panel cleared the Protecting Our Kids Act moving to raise the age to buy semi automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and ban large capacity magazines. The 25-19 party line vote follows mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo and comes as Biden called for action in a prime time address.
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House
Texas
New York
Joe Biden
Judiciary Committee
Uvalde
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
Pelosi
Senate
Jordan
Buffalo
Steve Cohen
D-Tenn
Cohen
Dan Bishop
R-N.c
U.S
California
Appalachian Power hosts open house on Bluefield substation upgrade
Appalachian Power invites Bluefield residents to an in person session at Graham Middle School on June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. to discuss the Hockman Substation Project a new 138 kV facility and a quarter mile of transmission line. No outages planned during construction.
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Appalachian Power
Hockman
Graham Middle School
Power Company
George Porter
Porter
South College Avenue
Magic Mart
Biden addresses nation after Uvalde Tulsa and Buffalo gun attacks
President Biden delivers a prime time address urging Congress to pass commonsense gun laws after mass shootings in Uvalde Texas Tulsa Oklahoma and Buffalo New York. White House officials say no new executive actions will be announced.
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Uvalde
Texas
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Buffalo
New York
Biden
White House
Congress
Karine Jean-Pierre
Harris
Memorial Day
Trials intertwined as father and son face murder re trial
The case centers on Oscar Ross Combs Sr and his son Junior in a sequence of 2011 2017 killings. Combs Sr was convicted in 2015 for Butler murder and robbery but his conviction was overturned after hearings found that evidence from the Butler case should not have reached the Wyoming County jury. Junior testified to shooting Butler and was later sentenced to life with mercy plus 25 years for armed robbery. The remand spurs a new trial for Combs Sr in Wyoming County.
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James “Bo” Butler
Mercer County
Oscar Ross Combs Jr
Junior
Combs Sr
Ford
Butler
Butter
Summers County
Herndon Mountain
Crumpler Road
Wyoming County
Mercer-Wyoming Line
Combs
Teresa Lynn Ford
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Mr. Butler
Supreme Court
Ms. Ford
State Supreme Court
Wyoming
Combs Jr
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Greg Jordan
Gijordan
Bottonline.com
Festival Adds Sea Lions and New Rides for 10 Day Event
Festival features sea lion show at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. and water acrobats at 5:30 and 8 p.m. with repeats and attractions like Rock-it The Robot and Jimmy Drew's carnival rides. Ten days of festivities include more vendors, no masking rules, hand washing stations, and a 11 p.m. fireworks finale. Admission is 20 dollars for all-day rides or per-ticket options posted around the venue.
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Disibbio
COVID
COVID trends and vaccines cited by state officials
State hospitals reported 178 COVID patients, up from a low of 77 in April but far below Omicron highs. Officials warn the pandemic continues with BA.2.12.1 as the dominant variant and stress vaccination, boosters, and vigilance for those over 50. Community testing is scaled back as home kits remain available.
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Hoyer
Marsh
Justice
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