CHICAGO (CBS) --Citing a surge in the number of firearms being illegally converted into machine guns, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has ordered prosecutors to seek a prison ...

The Army is preparing to replace its long-serving M240B machine gun, launching a multibillion-dollar program to field a next-generation automatic weapon for frontline troops, according to newly ...

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In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states — one led by ...

THE ELDER OFFUTT WAS ARRESTED WEEKS LATER. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CALLS IT AN EMERGING THREAT. MACHINE GUN CONVERSION DEVICES. WLKY MADISON ELLIOTT WAS IN FRANKFORT TODAY, AS LOUISVILLE’S POLICE ...

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Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

Assault weapons and hand guns seen for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply on Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) CINCINNATI (CN) — Machine guns are atypical weapons not ...

In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states — one led by ...