By Lina Bryce Police are still searching for suspects involved in a shooting that killed one man and wounded two others in Midtown Manhattan Monday morning. The shooting happened just before rush hour at around 6:15 a.m., near the northeast entrance of the 35th Street and Eighth Avenue subway station, the New York Post reports. A 43-year-old man…
A new federal bill sponsored by Rep. Matt Salmon, R-AZ, called the Hearing Protection Act, aims to remove the $200 tax stamp required for people and entities to acquire suppressors, oftentimes mistakenly referred to as “silencers.” This bill would repeal a 1934 regulation deeming suppressors to be Title II devices requiring registration with the federal government….
One student has died and three others are injured after a confrontation at Northern Arizona University early Friday morning. 18-year-old Steven Jones is in custody after opening fire around 1:20 AM, killing a young man identified as Colin Brough, according to NAU’s website. Some of the young men involved in the shooting are members of the…
By: Laura Meyers The only names we should be hearing after horrendous shootings like the massacre in Oregon yesterday are the victims and heroes. At the time I’m writing this, the victims names have not yet been released, but the media is releasing what kinds of magazines the shooter read. What a shame. At least…
“Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it. We’ve become numb to this.” These, ladies and gentlemen, are the words of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, spoken last night in the…
EL PASO, TX–After five months of pressure from the press, the city of El Paso finally released footage of how Daniel Rodrigo Saenz died. After watching the content, it’s obvious why the El Paso Times faced such a struggle to acquire the tape. The local newspaper made an open-records request last February after a grand…
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–The family of Christopher Torres has received some long-awaited vindication in the 2011 death of their son. Torres, who suffered from schizophrenia, was shot and killed by police in his own backyard. According to an eye-witness, the officers were wearing civilian clothes and were beating Torres while threatening to shoot him. The neighbor thought…
The militant group ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) has existed since the early years of the Iraq war and pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda in 2004. As of 2013, their numbers have swelled between 7,000 and 10,000 members, and the group has claimed responsibility for attacks that have killed thousands of Iraqi…