The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the Monitor and the Merrimac. The turret of the USS Monitor is in the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first time in years while undergoing conservation efforts at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in ...

Alabama has banned gun conversion devices that have the ability to convert semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic weapons. The conversion devices, sometimes referred to as Glock switches, are ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday outlawing Glock switches and other gun conversion devices, an approval that comes after a deadly year in which the ...

The law, which goes into effect immediately, targets devices that turn semiautomatic handguns into makeshift machine guns. By Eduardo Medina Alabama’s governor signed into law on Wednesday a ban ...

From 1943 to 1945, the USS Alabama fought in the Pacific theater during World War II. Now, the 680-foot ship rests in Mobile, Alabama, as the star attraction of the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial ...

Alabama joined other Republican-led states, including Florida and South Carolina, in banning these devices. For many years, Alabama had some of the highest rates of gun violence in the country.