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Feb 12 2024
News
Man arrested after 3-year-old finds gun, kills himself in DeKalb, police say
Jordan is accused of causing the child’s death by “not properly storing his loaded firearm, which the child picked up and then discharged,” according to arrest warrants obtained Monday. Police have not said if he is the child’s father. Jordan was booked into the DeKalb jail early Sunday on charges of murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, online records show
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb 12 2024
News
'Lol hey guys' - Biden joins TikTok despite security concerns
President Joe Biden's campaign has joined TikTok, despite the app being banned on most US government devices over security concerns.
His campaign launched its account with the username "@bidenhq" during the Super Bowl on Sunday.
In a launch video, captioned "lol hey guys", aides quizzed Mr Biden about his preferences for the big game.
The president signed legislation in
BBC News
Feb 07 2024
News
Iowa lawmakers pause to remember former Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey
(Des Moines) -- Iowa lawmakers paused this week to honor the late former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey. Northey, who spent 11 years as the top ag official for Iowa and later took a position as an undersecretary with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, died unexpectedly at 64 earlier this week. State Senator Tom Shipley worked with Northey through the Senate during his final four
KMA Land
Apr 16 2013
News
Senators' Immigration Plan Offers Path To Citizenship
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, giving them an opportunity to apply for permanent legal status within 10 years and eventually for U.S. citizenship.
HuffPost
May 28 2020
News
USPS Mail Carrier Charged With Attempted Election Fraud
Federal prosecutors announced on May 26 that a West Virginia postal carrier has been charged with attempted election fraud after the party affiliations of several mail-in requests for absentee ballots were altered.
An investigation found that 47-year-old Thomas Cooper, who delivered the forms to the Pendleton County clerk in April, altered the party affiliations of five mail-in requests
The Epoch Times
Apr 11 2013
News
Emotionally Charged Debate Ready To Launch In Senate
The Senate is ready to launch an emotion-charged debate on new gun restrictions four months after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school spurred President Barack Obama and Congress to address firearms violence.
HuffPost
Apr 17 2013
Opinion
Senate Rejects Expanded Gun Background Checks
The Senate has rejected a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers in a crucial showdown over gun control. Wednesdays vote was a jarring blow to the drive to curb firearms sparked by Decembers massacre of children and staff at an elementary school in...
ABC News (Online)
Mar 31 2013
News
Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration
Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation.
Chicago Tribune
Feb 15 2024
News
Deputy mistakes sound of acorn for gunshot, shoots at his occupied patrol car
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA/Gray News) - Shocking body camera video out of Florida shows a sheriff’s deputy mistaking the sound of a fallen acorn for a gunshot. Sgt. Beth Roberts also fired shots, though the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deemed her actions reasonable because she used deadly force after Hernandez yelled out. It all started when Okaloosa County deputies responded to a call
WCAX 3
Apr 11 2013
News
John Boehner on hot seat as Senate acts
The Senate has caught bipartisan fever. Long mired in bitter gridlock two groups of Democratic and Republican lawmakers have hashed out once-unthinkable bipartisan solutions on gun control and rewriting the nationrsquos immigration laws.
Politico