The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will decide whether cities and states may ban people from owning AR-15 rifles and similar semi-automatic weapons, taking up a major Second Amendment dispute ...

Two cases to be heard in the fall challenge legality of state and local bans on the weapons, which are popular with gun owners and have been used in mass shootings. By Mattathias Schwartz and Ann E.

When she was thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Sarah Berkeley blew through three different packs before coming to a realization: ultralight packs are made for men. A few years later, when she ...