Iran is injecting uranium gas into advanced centrifuges in a further breach of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, officials said Saturday. The country’s atomic energy spokesman warned that “Europeans should know that there is not much time left” to save the 2015 deal. Iran has already gone beyond the stockpile and enrichment level […]
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Biden Health Remains A Major Question Mark
Conservative media’s focus on Joe Biden’s health this week underscores how attacks on the former vice president’s age are likely to be a big part of the race if he’s the Democratic nominee. Biden will turn 77 this fall, and the issue of his age has repeatedly resurfaced since he entered the presidential race. President […]
Jobs Report Cut In Half, Only 96K Added In Private Sector
U.S. employers added a modest 130,000 jobs in August, a sign that global economic weakness and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China may have begun to slow hiring. The job gains were lifted by the temporary hiring of 25,000 government workers for the 2020 Census. Excluding all government hiring, businesses added 96,000 jobs, the […]
Dorian Death Toll At 30 And Rising
Anguish and frustration swirled through the Bahamas on Thursday as the government raised the death toll from Hurricane Dorian to 30. Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands said the number could climb “significantly higher,” just days after the then-Category 5 storm ravaged the archipelago. The victims were from the Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, those hit […]
Economy Beats Expectations, Adds Almost 220K New Jobs
U.S. businesses added 195,000 jobs last month, according to the ADP National Employment report released Thursday, exceeding expectations amid concerns of a possible recession in 2020. Despite slowing economic growth and the escalating cost of global trade tensions, private sector payrolls gained well more than the 145,000 workers that economists had projected for August. “It […]
Walgreens Asks Customers To Not Carry Guns In Store
Walgreens announced Thursday it will join several other major retailers in asking customers to not openly carry guns in its stores. “We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other than authorized law enforcement officials,” the chain said in a brief statement. The company is the latest to […]
Kroger Asks Customers To Stop Carrying Guns In Stores
Executives at the grocery store giant Kroger are asking its customers to stop openly carrying firearms in their stores, a change in policy that comes after several mass shootings in the U.S. “Kroger is respectfully asking that customers no longer openly carry firearms into our stores, other than authorized law enforcement officers,” Jessica Adelman, group […]
Walmart To Stop Selling Certain Ammunition, No Open Carry
Walmart said Tuesday that it would discontinue the sale of ammunition used in high-capacity magazines and military-style weapons and also asked its customers not to openly carry firearms in stores even in states where it is permitted. The news follows mass shootings across the country, including 22 people who were killed last month in a […]
Texas Shooter Acquired Assault Weapon Via Private Seller
The 36-year-old gunman who killed seven people and wounded 22 others in West Texas on Saturday purchased his AR-style rifle from a private seller, federal law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. The purchase allowed the gunman to evade a federal background check. Sources also say the gunman was previously denied a gun purchase because […]
Beto Promises Mandatory Gun Buybacks If Elected In 2020
Beto O’Rourke repeated his pledge to initiate a mandatory buyback of assault weapons if he is elected president. O’Rourke was asked Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, how he would address the fears of some Americans that the government would take away their assault weapons. “I want to be really clear that that’s exactly what we are […]
Hurricane Dorian Barreling Towards American Coast
As morning broke in the Bahamas on Monday, residents who rode out Hurricane Dorian described buzz-saw-like winds that splintered homes, flooded streets and left them terrified for their lives. Meanwhile, U.S. officials braced for a similar fate as the monster storm’s eye wall set its sight on the coasts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. […]
Pope Challenges World Powers To Take Climate Change Serious
Pope Francis on Sunday called on world governments to take “drastic” action on climate change. According to Reuters, he said that governments will have a “responsibility” at the United Nations Climate Action Summit later this month to show “the political will to take drastic measures to achieve as quickly as possible zero net greenhouse gas […]