White House backs off call to raise minimum age to buy long guns The White House announced a series of recommendations Sunday night meant to stop school shootings, including a full audit and review of the FBI tip line after warnings about a student who killed 17 people at a […]
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White House proposes arming teachers, backpedals on raising age to buy guns The Trump administration on Sunday night proposed providing some school personnel with “rigorous” firearms training and backed a bill to improve criminal background checks on gun buyers, but backpedaled on the idea of increasing the minimum age to […]
Trump-North Korea meeting: US ‘knows the risks’, says spy chief CIA director Mike Pompeo has defended Donald Trump’s decision to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying the president understands the risks. Mr Trump “isn’t doing this for theatre, he is going there to solve a problem,” the spy chief […]
Three women, suspect dead after hostage standoff in Yountville, California After an apparent hourslong standoff between police and a gunman, three women were found dead Friday night at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, authorities said. The suspect was also found dead, Chris Childs, assistant chief of the California […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signs gun bill Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law Friday, the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on February 14. The law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun […]
At least 3 injured in Vienna knife attack, police say Several people have been injured in a knife attack in Vienna on Wednesday evening, Vienna police confirmed online. “According to eyewitnesses a man has attacked three persons — a man, his wife and their adult daughter,” police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer […]
The anti-Trump fight California wants When the Trump administration declared war on California with a lawsuit challenging sanctuary state policies this week, it played right into the hands of Kevin de León — and virtually every other Golden State Democrat running for higher office. There is nothing that de León, […]
North Korea used VX nerve agent to kill leader’s brother, says US The half-brother of Kim Jong-un was killed by a chemical attack in Malaysia on the orders of the North Korean government, the US has concluded. Kim Jong-nam died after a bizarre encounter at Kuala Lumpur airport in 2017, […]
Politics back in fashion in Thailand despite poll delays Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha rowed a boat across a pond dotted with lotus leaves, planted some rice stalks in a field and turned to villagers who had come to meet him in Baan Saladin village in central Thailand. Speaking of […]
Italy’s League, 5-Star vie for power after inconclusive vote Two anti-establishment leaders made early plays to govern Italy on Monday, triggering concern in the euro zone following an inconclusive election where voters shunted mainstream parties to the sidelines. With the euro zone’s third-largest economy seemingly facing prolonged political instability, the […]
