Key Takeaways The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that New Jersey’s ban on covered semiautomatic rifles and magazines over ten rounds violates the Second Amendment. The decision, made by a majority of ten judges, expands on a previous lower court ruling and...

Israel has proposed a radical idea: to use crocodiles to guard prisons. The Jewish state has reportedly reclassified Nile crocodiles as “tended” animals, which could clear the way for the animals’ use as part of prison security. The controversial proposal to surround prisons with crocodile-filled moats...