NRA strikes a defiant tone, criticizes gun control advocates
One idea he did not like was more "active shooter" drills, which some schools hold. "We share a goal of safe schools, safe neighborhoods and a safe country", LaPierre said, and warned that "Evil walks among us". Chris Murphy are eager to blame th... More..
South Sudan children 'forced to watch rape'
Amnesty has previously documented cases of sexual violence in the conflict in South Sudan , including in a report in July 2017. More than two million people have fled the country, the largest refugee crisis ...More..
Pakistan terror watch a win
Before the big decision, the FATF had reviewed Pakistan's action against the financing of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), two groups linked to Lashkar-e-Tayyaba founder Hafiz...More..
Study Shows Teens Don't Smoke More Weed When There's Legal Medical Marijuana
The board met Tuesday afternoon and also plans to recommend that legislators increase or remove a cap on the number of growers, processors and dispensaries in the state, and allow a company to serve more than o...More..
Alberta plane reported missing on flight out of Colorado
Kaupp said he became anxious when he was unable to reach his father, Bill Kaupp, by phone at 5 p.m., by which time the plane should have landed in Albuquerque. AFCC public affairs officer Major Andrew Scott con...More..
Robert Mueller Added More Charges Against Manafort, Gates
Mr Mueller is also examining whether Trump obstructed justice through actions including the firing last May of Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey . Prosecutors allege that through offshor...More..
NRA CEO Gives First Speech Since Florida School Shooting
U.S. president Donald Trump has defied many of his supporters in gun lobbying group the National Rifle Association (NRA) by saying assault rifles should be kept out of the hands of anyone under 21. He a...More..
Brrrrr: 'Beast from the East' set to plunge temperatures below freezing
While the details of further outlook remain uncertain, Met Éireann cautioning at the moment that it looks like it will be a cold regime for early days of next week with easterly winds, and frosty nights with ...More..
BSO: Armed School Resource Officer 'Never Went In' During Shooting
He did not ask for any specific weapons to be banned and a couple of times mentioned that he is a member of the National Rifle Association. Throughout the week, several students throughout the country have pa...More..
Students Debate Guns And School Safety At The White House
But instead of math and history lessons, their minds will be occupied by the trauma of gunfire and grief. An AP reporter who later went to Mr Peterson's home in a suburb of West Palm Beach saw lights on and car...More..
Josh Duhamel Defends Fergie Over National Anthem Performance Gone Wrong
Although Fergie herself has already responded to the criticism, and actually apologized for her rendition, the jokes haven't really let up. On top of praising her talent and courage, Duhamel acknowledged he...More..
Sheriff: School Resource Officer Did Nothing When Shooter Opened Fire
Authorities say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz fatally shot 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on February 14. Gun-control advocates, meanwhile, have redoubled their push to ban assault r...More..
Trump questions why Obama administration is not subject of Russian Federation investigation
The president also took a swipe at his attorney general , Jeff Sessions, initially misspelling his name. Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation? In another tweet , Trump said , "I have been much tougher...More..
Trump recognizes that Russian Federation intervened in the American elections
Republicans and Democrats should be working together in bipartisan way to confront it. "The evidence has proven interference by the Russians time and again", said O'Brien to The Suffolk Journal on Tues...More..
Attorney pleads guilty to lying about interactions with Trump campaign aide
Now, like the first set of charges against the pair, the new charges don't have anything to do with the topic of Russian interference with the 2016 campaign, which is Mueller's central concern. Gates was origin...More..
Freezing Rain Returns Friday Morning
Wind will come from the east at 20 km/h, becoming southwest 20 in the afternoon. Rain and warmer temperatures - with lows above freezing and highs in the 40s - are expected to return over the weekend. It will...More..
Net migration from European Union drops below 100000 for first time since 2013
The U.K. prime minister won the backing of her ministers to ask the European Union for the most ambitious and wide-ranging trade agreement the bloc has ever signed, after a marathon eight-hour meeting at her ...More..
Ivanka Trump arrives in S. Korea for Games, diplomacy
Kim is in charge of inter-Korean affairs and used to be head of military intelligence. Pyongyang is again sending a high-level delegation to the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Games, but Cheong W...More..
Former Trump Aide Pleads Guilty In Mueller Probe
In the 37-page indictment , prosecutors describe a "scheme" in which the two longtime business partners allegedly laundered $30 million, failed to pay taxes for nearly 10 years and used real estate they owned ...More..
Why the US curling team isn't happy with Kirstie Alley
In John Shuster's case, all he needed Monday was a millimeter or two. The U.S. women's hockey team ended a 20-year gold medal drought by beating archrival Canada 3-2 in a shootout thriller in that sport's...More..
Trump Wants 'Comprehensive Background Checks' for Gun Buyers. What Does That Mean?
Pollack, who said he was speaking because his daughter couldn't, urged the administration officials and attendees in the room to prioritize school safety . The mass shooting, one of the worst in modern USA h...More..
Donald Trump will ban anyone under 21 from buying a gun
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Trump is following the National Rifle Association playbook in advocating armed teachers. Trump did not identify the lawmakers he spoke with. This is Stoneman Douglas stude...More..
Marion County teachers continue tor rally
Jim Justice said in a statement Wednesday. "Just give us what we deserve". That ranks the state 48th in terms of teacher pay, The Associated Press reports . "But I believe we're in a pivotal moment where tha...More..
President Trump to announce 'massive' sanctions against North Korea at CPAC
The first daughter also said that the U.S.is committed to the maximum pressure campaign to ensure that the Korean Peninsula is denuclearized. The new sanctions target 56 vessels, shipping companies, and trade...More..
Mpls. students walk out of school, march for gun reform
The sheriff said he was 'devastated, sick to my stomach. Seventeen people were killed. "It seems like it was too easy for him (the suspect) to obtain such a gun of that capacity", said Mike Sherman, survivor...More..
Officials prepared for river flooding
STORMY SATURDAY, SOME DRY DAYS IN THE 8-DAY FORECAST: Saturday will likely see heavy rain and maybe a few gusty thunderstorms. According to the Ohio River Forecast Center, as of 9 a.m., the Ohio River in Mar...More..
Pres. Trump congratulates US women's hockey on gold
Larocque expressed regrets to the International Olympic Committee, the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Pyeongchang Olympic Organizing Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, Hockey Canada , her...More..
Trump campaign aide Rick Gates expected to plead guilty in Mueller investigation
Paul Manafort , the one-time campaign manager to President Donald Trump , and longtime operative on behalf of Ukraine, is facing new charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian Federation investig...More..
No threat against local high school
Bliemeister commented on how many students "did the right thing" by reporting the threat to LNE officials, and reminds any students or teachers to report any threats made. Please instruct your child that if t...More..
Winter Olympics: Ivanka in Pyeonchang for closing ceremony
Ivanka Trump is on a four-day visit to South Korea to attend the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and to meet South Korean President Moon. But the North's participation in the Games has le...More..