Emblem of the NICS. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers' name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy.
Paul Gray, who founded heavy-metal band Slipknot, died of a drug overdose in an Iowa motel in 2010. His doctor, Dr Daniel Baldi, faces 9 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the deaths of Gray and others he prescribed drugs to.
Former U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, who represented southern Illinois in Congress and earned the nickname the Prince of Pork for bringing $7 billion in projects to his district, died Saturday at age 89.Parker-Reedy Funeral Home in West Frankfort, Ill., said Sunday that Gray died...