Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — An incendiary headline placed next to a picture of prominent Democrats in a magazine produced by the National Rifle Association is causing some backlash. A spread in the March issue of American Rifleman, which is available online, shows a picture of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Rep. Gabby Giffords next …
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Feb 25
US, North Korea may declare end to Korean war during second summit
bedo/iStock(HANOI, Vietnam) — South Korean government officials hinted that President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may reach an agreement to declare an end to the Korean War (1950-53) at their summit later this week. “What format the end-of-war declaration will be, we don’t know exactly,” said Kim Eui-kyeom, a spokesman for South …
Feb 25
Jussie Smollett’s $3,500 check, texts to brothers before alleged attack obtained by ABC News
ABC News(CHICAGO) — ABC News has obtained a copy of a $3,500 check apparently written by Empire actor Jussie Smollett to Abimbola Osundairo, one of the two brothers who police say helped stage an attack on Smollett in Chicago last month. The check’s memo line reads, “5 week Nutrition/Workout program (Don’t Go).” The check was …
Feb 25
Girls Who Code founder on the worst advice she never took
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Reshma Saujani brought her idea for Girls Who Code, an organization she founded to close the gender gap in technology, to a trusted business associate, he told her “this is not going to work.” “He said, ‘Girls’ and boys’ brains are different, you know, girls don’t have the same …
Feb 25
Rain to reign the West, as blistering winds pummel the East
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm system barreled through America’s heartland over the weekend, wreaking havoc from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf Coast. Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia got battered with at least eight reported tornadoes that left little wastelands of destruction in their wake in cities like Columbus, Mississippi. In Mississippi and …
Feb 25
Supreme Court to decide fate of cross-shaped WWI memorial in Maryland
dkfielding/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A 40-foot, 16-ton Latin cross on public land in Bladensburg, Maryland, is the next major legal test for the Constitutional separation of church and state. The Supreme Court will consider this week whether the memorial, erected in 1925 to honor 49 Americans who fought in World War I, improperly promotes Christianity at government …
Feb 25
Oakland teachers’ strike expecting support from ‘sick’ charter school educators
recep-bg/iStock(OAKLAND, Calif.) — As negotiations dragged on over the weekend to break a stalemate in the Oakland, California, teachers’ strike, educators plan to be back on picket lines on Monday and could see support from unlikely allies — their counterparts in charter schools, which the strikers claim are eroding public education. With no word of …
Feb 24
YouTube changes its ‘3 strikes’ community guidelines
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — YouTube is implementing a new community enforcement policy starting Monday, in its latest attempt to combat the spread of problematic content that includes child pornography, violence and hate speech on the platform. Under the new policy, the company is getting rid of its “three-strikes system,” which carried different …
Feb 24
3 people aboard cargo jet that crashed in Texas bay ‘did not survive,’ Atlas Air Worldwide announces
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office(HOUSTON) — The three people aboard a cargo jet contracted by Amazon that crashed in a bay near Houston, Texas, “did not survive,” the company announced Sunday. The Boeing 767 jetliner, which was flying from Miami to Houston, plunged into the Trinity Bay near Anahuac Saturday just before 1 p.m., officials said. …
Feb 24
Pope Francis declares ‘all-out’ war on abuse, but lack of ‘concrete’ plan frustrates survivors
Franco Origlia/Getty Images(ROME) — The Vatican’s historic conference on sex abuse and the clergy closed Sunday with Pope Francis declaring “an all-out war against the abuse of minors.” But many survivors say they are disappointed the pontiff did not out outline any specific measures the church will now adopt to combat abuse. “There’s no concrete …