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Roberts was arrested the morning of Sept. 26 by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement for allegedly being in the United States ...

In 2019, the MCPS background screening office, in lieu of re-fingerprinting employees, began using the FBI’s Record of Arrest ...

The planned transition of the federally funded NCWorks Career Center to Cape Fear Community College has collapsed just over ...

A surge in people buying guns since the coronavirus pandemic began has flooded the FBI's background check system, causing a spike in the number of delayed checks and allowing gun sales to proceed ...

Concerns about superintendent candidate background checks come at an awkward time for the Cambridge School Committee, which ...

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed a proposal mandating background checks for purchasers of any type of firearm in ...

Florida requires a background check every time someone buys a gun, but not for ammunition sales. That’s a potentially ...

Lawmakers in the state House passed legislation that would require background checks for the sale and transfer of rifles and ...