(Reuters) – Unburdened by re-election worries and empowered by law to act without Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama could take action to improve background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports and bolster oversight of dealers. Prospects for gun
(Reuters) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined loved ones of victims of shootings from Colorado to Virginia to blast U.S. lawmakers on Monday for being too cowed by the firearms lobby to pass gun control laws that could save
(AP) Classes resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy HookBy DAVID KLEPPER and MICHAEL MELIAAssociated PressNEWTOWN, Conn.With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, schools are opening for the first time since last week’s massacre, bringing a return of
Coal is set to surpass oil as the world’s top fuel within a decade, driven by growth in emerging market giants China and India, with even Europe finding it hard to cut use despite pollution concerns, according to a report
China is resisting US-led efforts to order new sanctions against North Korea over its rocket launch and the UN Security Council could take weeks to decide a formal move, diplomats said. Gary Locke, US ambassador to Beijing, said Monday that
Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead five female Pakistani polio vaccination workers on Tuesday, police said, highlighting resistance to the country’s immunisation campaign. Four were killed in three different incidents in the sprawling port city and the fifth in the northwestern
US television journalist Richard Engel has been freed after being kidnapped in Syria and held for five days, his employer, NBC News, said early Tuesday. Engel, 39, is one of the most high-profile American journalists to report from Syria, where
Four expatriates and two Nigerians working for the South Korean construction firm Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited were kidnapped Monday in southern Nigeria, police said. A fisherman, Tare Kolugha, said he witnessed the abductions as the workers were travelling to their
(AP) APNewsBreak: Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the wayBy MICHELLE R. SMITHAssociated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I.Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make
Even as Django Unchained producer Harvey Weinstein cancels the Los Angeles premiere of the film, and star Jamie Foxx admits that film violence can inspire real life violence, director Quentin Tarantino is unbowed in his defense of ultra-violent depictions of
Under-Secretary of Defense Michael Vickers, considered to be one of the Obama White House’s top choices for the CIA Director’s position, leaked restricted information to the makers of the Osama bin Laden feature “Zero Dark Thirty.” The news, revealed by
(AP) Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONSen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, died
(AP) Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONSen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, died
Actor Gerard Depardieu may be leaving his native France to escape its burdensome tax rates, but he’s giving the country’s socialist leadership an earful on the way out. French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called Depardieu’s actions “pathetic and unpatriotic,” inspiring
A gaggle of stars weighed in on Friday’s Conn. school shooting, eager to share their thoughts on the tragedy with the nation. Their overriding theme? More gun control, no questions asked. Alec Baldwin: A ban on semi-automatic assault weapons is
President Ronald Reagan once looked out at America and called it, “a shining city on a hill.” Far-left filmmaker Michael Moore’s take on his homeland in the wake of Friday’s elementary school shooting in Connecticut? It’s who we are, plain
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck has announced that he wants to begin police drive-bys at schools around the city. Talking to a class of police cadets, Beck said, “I’ve been a police officer for 26 years and I
With Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) likely to replace retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton atop the State Department, a vacancy is slated to open for the Massachusetts Senate seat. Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will be filling it. Among the names
A would-be shooter in San Antonio, Texas, was stopped yesterday by an off-duty police officer working as a security guard at a movie theater. The off-duty police officer shot the suspect. The shooting suspect, Jesus Manuel Garcia, 19, opened fire
Politico points out that CNN’s Don Lemon and Soledad O’Brien have been openly advocating for gun control: CNN anchor Don Lemon departed from his network’s traditional impartial tone and made a spirited argument in favor of extensive gun control today.
Media reports of the Connecticut town where a 20-year-old man shot and killed 28 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been described as a quaint, picturesque community, the kind any American would love to call home. That spell has
UPDATE: Haley has announced Tim Scott as DeMint Successor. (AP) SC Gov. Haley to announce Sen. DeMint’s successor By SEANNA ADCOXAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C.South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is announcing a replacement for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey
David Maraniss is an associate editor at the Washington Post and a high-powered biographer. Below is a jaw-dropping look at Mr. Maraniss’ seeming inability to put history into some kind of context when it comes to one of his own
(AP) Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after school threatCEDAR LAKE, Ind. Authorities say an Indiana man who had 47 guns and ammunition in his home has been arrested after allegedly threatening to kill people at an elementary school near
(Reuters) – Actor Gerard Depardieu, accused by French government leaders of trying to dodge taxes by buying a house over the border in Belgium, retorted that he was leaving because “success” was now being punished in his homeland. A popular
