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 […]
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 […]
FBI arrests CEO of company selling custom BlackBerrys to gangs Custom, extra-secure BlackBerry phones remain a staple of the criminal underworld, and a recent bust just illustrated this point. Motherboard has learned that the FBI arrested Vincent Ramos, the founder of the well-established phone mod seller Phantom Secure, for allegedly […]
Plane flying from UAE to Turkey crashes in Iran, killing 11 A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board, authorities said. Days earlier, the […]
2 dead, 3 hurt after helicopter crashes into East River as pilot frees himself and escapes A helicopter chartered for a photo shoot plunged into the East River Sunday evening, killing two passengers in a devastating crash that was caught on video. Three passengers were also hurt during the 11-minute […]
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 […]
Alaska authorities investigating after Madison native and wife found dead at campground A Madison native and his wife were found dead late last month at a campground in an Alaska state park. Ross Hagens, who was born in Madison, and his wife, Michelle Danek, both 31, were found dead at […]
Florida school shooting: Lawyer says more families likely to sue The lawyer who filed notice of a lawsuit on behalf of a student shot five times in the massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School says he expects to be filing legal papers for more families of victims soon. […]
Maria Sharapova splits with longtime coach Sven Groeneveld Maria Sharapova has split with her longtime coach after losing in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. She announced the mutual parting with Sven Groeneveld on Friday, two days after she was beaten in straight sets by Naomi Osaka of […]
Staal scores 37th goal, leads Wild over Canucks 5-2 Eric Staal scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and the Minnesota Wild surged past the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Friday night. Staal has 11 goals in his last nine games, giving him 37 for the season — just three […]
