Russian historian who focused on Stalin's crimes cleared of child pornography charges
A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges Thursday after a long campaign by human rights activists to free him. State prosecutors had accused Yuri Dmitriev of involving his adopted daughter, then 11, ...
'Vote them out!': Thousands register to vote at U.S. gun-control marches
Voter registration activists fanned out among young Americans who marched for tighter gun laws Saturday, signing up thousands of first-time voters who vowed to eject lawmakers who oppose gun controls. With midterm congressional elections eight months away, the activists flocked to some 800 marches across ...
Trump seen caving to NRA, relegates gun purchase age to states and courts
President Donald Trump said on Monday he put off action on raising the minimum age for gun purchases, one of several measures he had backed after the latest U.S. school shooting but skirted after heavy opposition from gun rights groups. The proposal to raise the ...
A shooting at my school, Florida's Douglas High, viewed from afar in Japan but still so close
The rest of the world cannot understand America's problem with guns. This hit home for me when yet another school shooting occurred at my alma mater in Parkland, Florida.
Gun laws may finally change, thanks to kids
If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.
Reeling from Trump's free-flowing gun meeting, Republicans mull next steps
Republican senators in the U.S. Congress signaled on Thursday that they were hesitant to embrace a call from President Donald Trump for sweeping changes to gun laws, including measures more typically backed by Democrats. Trump shocked fellow Republicans on Wednesday when he threw his support ...
GOP-led Congress to focus on gun-buyer background checks after Florida school massacre
Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they were focused on improving background checks for potential gun buyers, less than two weeks after 17 people were killed at a Florida high school by a teen with an AR-15 assault-style rifle. The second-deadliest shooting ...
Sheriff says only one deputy at fault in failing to foil Florida school massacre
Only one sheriff's deputy failed to stop the gunman who killed 17 people at a Florida high school, the Broward County sheriff said on Sunday, dismissing reports that other deputies did not enter the school during the attack as unverified. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel ...
Two men detained after firing shots at pro-North Korea group's Tokyo headquarters
The right-wing activists shot up the gate of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan at around 3:50 a.m. but no one was injured.
Video of gun owner's assault on an AR-15 goes viral after Florida mass shooting
A video of a man cutting his semi-automatic weapon in half has gone viral following last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school, prompting a social media movement decrying easy access to high-powered assault weapons. Scott Pappalardo of New York state is the star ...
Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks in wake of Florida massacre
The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases, days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people. Trump spoke to Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, on Friday about a bipartisan bill that ...
Florida shooting survivors on potential collision course with Trump
Student survivors of the deadly Florida school shooting who hope to become the face of a revived gun control movement are on a potential collision course with U.S. President Donald Trump. Several of the students have criticized the president, whose election was strongly supported by ...
