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Gabby Giffords takes gun control message to scene of Tucson shooting
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, returning to the site of the sho...
Obama urges Congress to make government work for 'the many'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama challenged a divided Congress on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage and mak...
Gabby Giffords makes emotional plea on gun violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, grievously wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, made an emotional ple...
New York enacts gun-control law, first since Newtown attack
By Barbara GoldbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation's tou...
Giffords seeks $20 million for gun control effort
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - A new gun control group led by Gabrielle Giffords, the former U.S. congresswoman wounded in a ...
Record $500 million Powerball jackpot drives ticket-buying frenzy
(Reuters) - Dreams of vast riches from a record Powerball jackpot of at least half-a-billion dollars drove enthusiastic ticke...
Gabby Giffords faces Tucson assailant as he is sentenced to life
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stood in federal court to face her would-be assas...
U.S. Border Patrol agent shot dead in Arizona, another wounded
NACO, Arizona (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead and another wounded when they came under fire on Tuesday w...
Mars rover finds first evidence of water: a river of it
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the most Earth-like planet in th...
Space shuttle Endeavour lands piggyback in California
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour, carried piggyback atop a jumbo jet, landed at Edw...
Police begin enforcing controversial Arizona immigration measure
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona police on Wednesday began enforcing a controversial "show-your-papers" provision of a s...
Tucson gunman Loughner pleads guilty to rampage
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to killing six people and wounding 13 others, includi...
Special military unit hunts Mexico border drug flights
DOUGLAS, Ariz (Reuters) - A highly specialized U.S. military task force is using battlefield technology to help federal polic...
Judge grants more time for accused Tucson shooter
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A federal judge has agreed that the man charged with a deadly shooting spree last year that gravely wou...
Giffords quits Congress to focus on recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid tears, salutes and standing ovations, Representative Gabrielle Giffords submitted her resignation...
Giffords leaving Congress to recover from shooting
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, last year...
Rep. Giffords leads Tucson shooting remembrance
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Bells tolled, girls in white dresses danced and Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords led a recit...
FBI data shows spike in gun purchases in 2011
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The FBI performed a record number of instant background checks on would-be firearm buyers in 2011 as Amer...
Rep. Giffords says she feels 'pretty good'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Speaking on camera for the first time since she was shot in the head in January, U.S. Representative G...
Accused Tucson shooter seeks end to medication
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court panel wrestled on Tuesday with whether Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared L...
Giffords awards medal to astronaut husband
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords gave her astronaut husband a medal at his retirement ceremony on Thu...
Judge orders more psychiatric care for Loughner
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner to undergo four more mon...
Tucson shooter must attend competency hearing
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Accused Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner must attend a court hearing to determine whether doctors w...
NTSB probes plane's tail in Reno air race crash
RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - Federal investigators trying to determine why a World War II-era fighter crashed at a Nevada air rac...
Giffords to share story with ABC's Diane Sawyer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January, will ...
Judge orders new hearing on Loughner subpoenas
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ordered a hearing in the case of accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner ...
Loughner attorneys again challenge medication
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner on Monday again filed court papers challenging ...