Sep 10 Newtown limits recreational shooting with new firearms ordinance Photo: George Frey/Getty Images The Legislative Council of Newtown, Conn., unanimously approved a new firearms ordinance that sets limits on recreational shooting, nine months after the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Continue reading
Sep 10 The sun's magnetic field is about to flip-flop .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by NASA Smithsonian… Continue reading
Sep 10 Declassified documents go public, detail domestic spying 'incidents' Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has declassified several documents on the government's collection of bulk telephone metadata, which also details "compliance incidents," discovered by the NSA. Continue reading
Sep 10 Ken Cuccinelli donates $18,000 'gift' to charity .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Virginia Attorney General Ken… Continue reading
Sep 10 The NewsHour is LIVE! By News Desk Photo by Joshua Barajas It's 6 p.m. EDT -- the PBS NewsHour is live! Joining co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will be Maine Sen. Susan Collins, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks and more. Watch us live… Continue reading
Sep 10 Want a surefire way to pay back your student loans? Study petroleum engineering NPR has charted out the most and least lucrative college majors in one graph. Continue reading
Sep 10 Malala Yousafzai portrait goes on display in London Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images Britain's National Portrait Gallery unveiled a painting of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani youth advocate for girls' education, that will go on display in London on Wednesday. The young advocate gained worldwide fame last year… Continue reading
Sep 10 Hellbender salamanders are healthier in warming waters Photo: Rebecca Jacobson/PBS NewsHour Large, slimy hellbender salamanders found in the Ozarks and Appalachian mountain streams are disappearing from their habitats. Land development, pollution, poaching all posed threats to the two feet long amphibians. Scientists believed that climate change… Continue reading
Sep 10 Painkillers prescribed new labels by FDA Photo: Flickr user hitthatswitch The Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be changing the label requirements of prescription, extended release or long-term 'opoid' painkillers in an effort to tackle prescription drug abuse. Continue reading
Sep 10 New York City voters report hiccups at polls for mayoral election Voters in New York reported issues using old-school voting machines Tuesday. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images. As New York City voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose their Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor, there were scattered reports… Continue reading