SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state Senate has passed a bill that would make it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public. The Senate narrowly approved the measure Tuesday on a 21-16 vote on the last day of the regular session, sending it back to the Assembly for concurrence.

The California Senate has rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try.

The California Senate has rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public, but lawmakers will give the vote one more try. Monday's 20-16 vote fell one short of the majority needed, but the Senate will reconsider the measure Tuesday.

U.S. Senate hopeful Joe Miller on Monday renewed accusations of campaign irregularities as the Alaska Division of Elections prepared to count absentee and questioned ballots in the tight primary race.

U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's campaign is asking that the state investigate possible vote tampering by an observer for the campaign of Sen. Lisa Murkowski.