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Festival shooter Santino Legan legally purchased his rifle in Nevada. Here's what else we know about the 19-year-old

Authorities say Santino William Legan killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival with a rifle he legally purchased three weeks ago in Nevada.

Family of slain pregnant mother holds gun buyback event

The family of a pregnant mother shot and killed while trying to protect her young son during a shootout held a gun buyback event in Athens over the weekend.

How negative interest rates helped turn Deutsche Bank into a disaster

Deutsche Bank, once a superstar in Europe, is now a disaster. Germany's biggest lender is rapidly slashing jobs, it's losing a ton of money and the stock is trading near all-time lows.

Facebook's Libra could massively help the cryptocurrency industry — or hurt it badly

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency worries lawmakers. And increased government scrutiny for Libra could dent plans not only for Facebook but for other cryptos as well.

Protesters are taking to the streets in Moscow. The Kremlin is watching to see if others will do the same

It's marching season in Moscow: Over the weekend, police detained more than 1,000 people in protests over municipal elections scheduled for September.

$85 million high school opens in Georgia

It's an exciting time to be in high school for kids in Buford. A new high school is so massive it looks more like a college campus.

Barr ruling limits asylum claims based on family ties

Attorney General William Barr has overruled an asylum decision that protected some immigrants seeking asylum based on family ties, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Kirsten Gillibrand has a secret debate attack. And she'll tell you what it is!

Kirsten Gillibrand has a secret. Do you want to know what it is? OK, she's tell you!

Las Vegas sees temperatures as high as 113 degrees today

An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today because highs will approach 113° in parts of Las Vegas. It was 107° on Saturday and 110° on Sunday, so today will be a bit worse …

Kamala Harris unveils 'Medicare for All' plan that preserves role for private insurance

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris released a health care plan on Monday that would put the US on the path toward a government-backed health insurance system but stops short of completely eliminating private insurance.

A woman woke up in her hotel room to find a snake on her arm

Melinda Major was asleep in her hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday morning when she felt something moving around on her arm.

Tip on suspected killers leads to remote Canada, authorities say

The manhunt for two young men suspected in the killing of three people in Canada shifted to a remote community of about 500 after police received a tip on the suspects' possible whereabouts, authorities said Monday.

GOP senators give tepid response to Trump's pick for spy chief

President Donald Trump's choice of Rep. John Ratcliffe to replace respected former Sen. Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence in one of the most powerful and sensitive jobs in government, has gotten a tepid response to this point from …

An Instagram post under the festival gunman's name mentioned a white supremacist book shortly before the attack

The suspect in the California food festival shooting used an assault-type rifle in his attack and was fatally shot by three officers who responded within a minute of the gunfire beginning, Police Chief Scot Smithee said at a news conference …

Italian officer allegedly killed by American teens was stabbed with knife brought from US, say police

An Italian policeman who was allegedly killed by two teenage American tourists was stabbed 11 times with a knife carried into Italy from the United States, according to police in Rome.