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Loved ones of those those murdered in the 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store filed what their lawyers described as a "landmark" lawsuit. Loved ones of those murdered in the 2022 racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store filed what their lawyers described as a "landmark" lawsuit Wednesday, alleging social media companies, firearm manufacturers and body-armor makers all helped the teenage killer "load that gun." The lawsuit, filed in the state Supreme Court in Buffalo, names several big tech companies as defendants, including Meta, the parent company of Facebook; Amazon, Instagram, Reddit and Google, the parent company of YouTube. Also named as defendants were Vintage Firearms, the Endicott, New York, gun dealer where mass shooter Payton Gendron legally purchased the semi-automatic Bushmaster XM-15 used in the rampage, and RMA Armament, the online company that sold Gendron his body armor. The family ...

Federal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants in New Mexico SANTA FE, N.M. -- A Border Patrol agent wearing body armor was struck by gunfire but avoided serious injury Thursday while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of migrant smuggling in New Mexico, federal authorities said. Six people were taken into custody after the vehicle later crashed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The agency added that the agent was shot in the chest multiple times and was released after a medical examination. The officer, who was not identified, had returned fire as a vehicle sped away on a rural state highway north of Hatchita. “The fleeing vehicle was involved in a rolled over accident a few miles down the road and agent s took six persons into custody,” according to the statement. It said two of those in custody were flown to a trauma cen...