Licensed gun owners with extra training could legally carry inside schools, churches, bars and other pistol-free zones under hotly contested legislation that was approved Wednesday by the Republican-led Michigan Senate, days after the Texas church massacre. The bills were sent to the GOP-led House for consideration next. They face an […]
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Video shows Texas gunman methodically executed churchgoers, source says
The man who authorities say gunned down worshipers at a rural Texas church on Sunday was seen on video methodically walking into the pews and executing his victims, a law enforcement official told ABC News. After the gunman opened fire at the small First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, 26 […]
House GOP tax plan would add $1.7 trillion to deficit: CBO
The House Republican-backed tax plan released last week would add $1.7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to a new review by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The plan adds $1.4 trillion to the deficit, but that figure goes up to $1.7 trillion with interest, according to […]
Homeland nominee questions human role in climate change
President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that she believes climate change exists, but said she cannot determine whether humans are the primary cause. Speaking at her Senate confirmation hearing, Kirstjen Nielsen said she is “not prepared to determine causation” on climate change. Nielsen’s […]
The moment EMT who lost family in church shooting realized she was on the way there
Emergency medical technician Torie McCallum was on her way to a reported shooting at a rural Texas church Sunday morning when she learned the calls had come from the Texas church some of her family members attended: the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. At that moment, “my heart immediately […]
Trump’s attempted visit to DMZ derailed by bad weather
President Donald Trump attempted to make a surprise visit to the Demilitarized Zone Tuesday — the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea — but was forced to turn back due to bad weather. Thick gray fog blanketing Seoul hampered the president’s flight on Marine One, which officials said […]
Massachusetts towns reeling after 3 students killed in crash
Two Massachusetts towns are reeling, and schools will have grief counselors on hand, one day after three students were killed when their car went off the road, hit a tree and rolled over. The two girls and one boy killed in Tuesday’s crash were students at Quaboag Regional Middle High […]
Trump warns Kim ‘regime in grave danger … we will not be intimidated’
Invoking an alliance with South Korea “forged in the crucible of war,” President Donald Trump warned the nuclear-armed North Korean regime “not to underestimate us” and called on all nations to “deny it any form of support, supply, or acceptance.” “I hope I speak not only for our countries, but […]
‘Insane’ that civilians can buy semiautomatic assault rifles: Top Pentagon nominee
A Trump administration nominee for a top Pentagon job told Congress on Tuesday that it’s “insane” civilians can buy semiautomatic assault rifles — like the type used in Sunday’s deadly church shooting in Texas. “I’d also like to — and I may get in trouble with other members of the […]
Some companies still paying Puerto Rico employees despite closed stores
Some companies with locations in Puerto Rico, where hurricanes have caused unprecedented death and destruction and power is not yet restored in many areas, have continued paying their employees despite store closures. TJX, the parent company of T.J. Maxx, Home Goods, and Marshalls, has continued to pay employees based in […]