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Dozens of safety violations found at Tennessee munitions factory after last year's deadly explosion Original

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By Nicole Valdes 
| CBS News
A munitions company that handles explosives for the U.S. military is facing a fine of over $3 million after Tennessee investigators found dozens of safety violations at the company's facility where an explosion killed 16 people last year. The Oct. 10 explosion destroyed Building 602 at Accurate Energetic Systems' facility in McEwen, Tennessee, killing all 16 employees inside.
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Everytown for Gun Safety stirs controversy with move into firearms training classes Original

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By Nicole Valdes , Alyssa Spady
| CBS News
When the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety announced it would be introducing a robust new array of classes to help people safely buy, use and store firearms, the decision caught some longtime supporters off guard. "They need to remember who it was that was there to help them get where they are," said Colorado state Sen. Tom Sullivan, who began supporting the group after losing his son Alex in the 2012 Aurora mass shooting.
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Small Tennessee town divided over new ICE detention facility: "I don't want my neighbors to go to work out there"

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By Nicole Valdes 
| CBS News
Mason, Tennessee — The small West Tennessee town of Mason, just 2 square miles in size, is home to about 1,000 people. But its residents are now divided by what a new immigration detention facility will mean for the area. Shannon Whitfield has lived in Mason for 13 years. Earlier this month, Mason's town leaders voted to reopen a shuttered private prison, the West Tennessee Detention Facility, and turn it into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.
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