Walmart halts ammunition sales for assault-style rifles; Kroger calls for gun safety
Walmart Inc, the nation’s largest retailer, said on Tuesday it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and some assault-style rifles in all its stores across the United States, and called for action on gun safety after a string of mass shootings, in…
More than 120 U.S. military construction projects to be hurt by Trump’s border wall funding
More than 120 U.S. military construction projects will be adversely affected as the Pentagon prepares to use $3.6 billion to help build or enhance 175 miles (282 km) of the border wall with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. Democrats slam Pence for staying at Trump hotel in Ireland
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence drew fire from Democrats on Tuesday when he met with Irish leaders in the capital Dublin but stayed at a hotel owned by President Donald Trump almost 300 km (180 miles) away at his boss’s urging.
Investigation begins into California boat fire as grim search goes on for bodies
A team of federal investigators on Tuesday promised an exhaustive probe into a fire that killed all 34 passengers on a dive boat, many of whose charred bodies were believed trapped in the sunken wreckage off the California coast.
Texas shooter bought gun in private sale, after ban due to mental illness: ABC
The gunman who killed seven people and wounded 23 others in a rampage across West Texas on Saturday obtained the assault-style rifle used through a private sale after he was banned from having a firearm because he was diagnosed with a mental illness, m…
Details of California boat fire victims
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After inflicting ‘extreme damage’ on Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian on path to Florida
Hurricane Dorian has left parts of tourism-dependent Bahamas in ruins and relief officials on Tuesday were preparing for an unfolding humanitarian crisis with the scale of the catastrophe only beginning to emerge.
Kroger asks customers to quit openly carrying guns in stores
U.S. grocer Kroger Co has begun asking customers to stop openly carrying firearms in stores, a change in policy, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
More than 120 U.S. military construction projects to be hit by funding for border wall
More than 120 U.S. military construction projects will be adversely affected as the Pentagon prepares to use $3.6 billion to help build or enhance 175 miles (282 km) of the border wall with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Colorado county first in state to tighten oil and gas regulations
Adams County on Tuesday became the first in Colorado to adopt new oil and gas regulations since the state passed a law that bolstered local control over fossil fuel development.
