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Almost 15 months ago, Orrin and Orson West's adoptive parents told police the young boys disappeared from the family's Southern California yard, authorities said.

An Oath Keeper who served as private security for right-wing figures around January 6 pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy Wednesday, becoming the first person charged with seditious conspiracy related to the US Capitol attack to strike a plea deal with the Justice Department.

In a legal win for the National Rifle Association, a New York State Supreme Court justice has blocked the state attorney general's attempt to dissolve the organization but has allowed her suit against it to move forward.

As the Supreme Court continues to mull major questions concerning the future of Roe v. Wade and the Second Amendment, Republicans in North Carolina are now asking the justices -- on an emergency basis -- to possibly change how US elections are decided.