Mar 27 Senator asks the NRA to hand over records on foreign funding, spending By Associated Press Sen. Ron Wyden asked the NRA to turn over detailed internal records about foreign funding it received in the past three years and how it spent that money, including whether any of it went toward influencing American elections. Continue reading
Mar 27 Stephon Clark and what we still don’t know about the Sacramento police shooting By Erica R. Hendry California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced today that the California Department of Justice will be stepping in to provide independent oversight of the investigation into Clark’s death. Here's what we know. Continue reading
Mar 27 How difficult would it be to repeal the Second Amendment? By Ellis Kim What would the process of repealing the Second Amendment actually look like?… Continue reading
Mar 27 James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble’s $8.8 billion successor, faces lengthy delay By Lee Billings, Scientific American On Tuesday, NASA officials revealed James Webb Space Telescope’s launch date has slipped from spring of 2019 to approximately May 2020 — a delay that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Continue reading
Mar 27 No charges in Alton Sterling’s fatal shooting By Michael Kunzelman, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Landry's announcement Tuesday comes nearly 11 months after the Justice Department ruled out federal criminal charges in Alton Sterling's July 2016 death. Continue reading
Mar 27 The best weapon against ‘summer slide’ is parents reading, nonprofit says By Larisa Epatko Parents and teachers are committed to the same goal of helping a child become a successful reader, but the classroom isn’t structured in a way where a child gets consistent individual attention. That’s where a parent can step in. Continue reading
Mar 27 Retired justice urges repeal of Second Amendment By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control legislation. Continue reading
Mar 27 How Facebook was able to siphon off phone call and text logs By Ryan Nakashima, Mae Anderson, Associated Press The news that Facebook's Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant. But just why was Facebook able to siphon off records of who its users were contacting —… Continue reading
Mar 27 Michigan State dean charged in Larry Nassar scandal By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University official who oversaw a clinic that employed Larry Nassar was charged Tuesday with sexually propositioning female medical students and compiling nude student "selfies" on his work computer, in the first charges to spring… Continue reading
Mar 27 Linda Brown, central figure in school segregation case, dies By Associated Press "Sixty-four years ago, a young girl from Topeka, Kansas sparked a case that ended segregation in public schools in America," Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer said in a statement. Continue reading