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Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers

The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

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California voters approved a ballot initiative in 2019 to require background checks for ammunition buyers.

Explosion at Los Angeles Training Center Kills 3 Sheriff’s Deputies

It was not immediately clear what caused the blast at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Training Academy center. No one else was injured, officials said.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Officers monitored a street closure near the site of the explosion in Los Angeles.

Border Patrol Agents Raid a Home Depot in Northern California

The raid indicates a new strategy of going deeper into California after focusing on Southern California for several weeks.

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Gregory Bovino, center, the head of Border Patrol’s El Centro region, at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles last week. Mr. Bovino said that federal agents had begun operations in the Sacramento area.

Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Undocumented Inmates

An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.

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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County, third from right, with deputies in Altadena, Calif., in January. His agency signaled it would not honor a request the Justice Department’s request for the names of noncitizen inmates.
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