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Gun rights activists cheered Friday after a federal appeals court struck down parts of New York’s expansive concealed carry law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuitblocked three provisions of New York’s “Concealed Carry Improvement Act” (CCIA), a law Democrats passed last year in response to a Supreme …

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill’s job is increasingly at risk as university donors, lawmakers in both parties, alumni and Jewish groups have piled on criticism after her disastrous congressional testimony on antisemitism this week. The Penn Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on Sunday at 5 p.m., the …

With juveniles increasingly committing murders, theft, violent assault and other serious crimes in Hennepin County, the largest county in Minnesota, some mental health advocates are pushing for the link between crime and mental health to be examined. Hennepin County Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde, who also heads the Hennepin County Board Law, …