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While pepper spray contains the same ingredient used to soothe sore muscles, the concentration used in crowd control or personal safety situations is many, many times higher and will feel painful and ...

If you're exposed to pepper spray, clear the area and seek fresh air, and use room temperature water to rinse the eyes. Learn what to do and when to get help.

There's a push in New York to ease the state's pepper spray laws to allow people to buy it in more stores and online. State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, a Democrat from Staten Island, introduced a ...

San Diego County supervisors voted Tuesday to explore phasing out pepper spray in local juvenile detention facilities, citing concerns that probation officers use the chemical agent instead of trying ...

Firearms, daggers, dirks, stilettos, knives with blades more than three inches in length, pocket knives opened by a mechanical device, iron bars or brass knuckles — these are among the items banned ...

The attack happened at Rocky Rococo off Layton and Howell avenues on Wednesday afternoon.

A student at Hillside High School is facing charges after pepper spray was used during a fight at the school during lunch.

A lunchtime fight at JHS 217 Robert A. Van Wyck in Briarwood turned into a choking, tear-filled mess on Thursday when a pepper spray canister accidentally went off in the middle of the school ...

Pepper spray was briefly deployed during a student-led protest on Wednesday at Will Rogers Middle and High School, according ...