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WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat and gun-owner, is taking issue with the President Barack Obama's effort to plug loopholes in the law allowing the informal sale of firearms without background checks. Manchin, who co-wrote a bipartisan bill expanding background checks, says the president "should work with Congress." Obama said today that gun rights groups are holding Congress hostage.
BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A leader of the small, armed group that's been occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists will leave when a plan is in place to turn over management of federal lands to locals. Ammon Bundy told reporters today that ranchers, loggers and farmers should have control of federal lands. He is a son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a high-profile 2014 standoff with the government over grazing rights.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury says no criminal charges should be brought in a university student's suicide that his family blames on a fraternity hazing. A lawsuit by the family of Penn State-Altoona student Marquise Braham says the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity hazed him by making him "consume gross amounts of alcohol" and mouthwash, swallow live fish, and kill, gut and skin animals. Branham jumped to his death from a hotel. The grand jury cited suicide notes.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Californians are being warned not to waste water despite getting drenched by the first of several storms spawned by a record-tying El Nino. A series of storms lining up over the Pacific Ocean is welcome news, despite their potential for causing flash floods and mudslides. Authorities say it could take years of wet winters and conservation to replenish depleted reservoirs.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter appears ready to loosen its decade-old 140-word restriction on the length of messages. It apparently is going after a wider audience accustomed to the greater freedom offered by Facebook and other forums. Its plans were of course signaled in a tweet by CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. The technology news site Re/Code reported the limit could be increased to as much as 10,000.
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