Bank of America’s loan to Remington tests its firearms pledge
WILMINGTON, Del./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp is preparing to provide critical financing to Remington Outdoor Co, which makes assault-type rifles, just weeks after the U.S. bank said it would stop financing “military-style” firearms for ci…
Earthquakes, lava fissures could last for months on Hawaii – USGS
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – More homes on Hawaii’s Big Island were destroyed on Saturday as eruptions linked to the Kilauea volcano increased, spewing lava into residential areas and forcing nearly 2,000 people to evacuate, officials said.
Earthquakes, lava fissures put Hawaii’s Big Island on high alert
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii’s Big Island was on high alert on Saturday after the Kilauea volcano spewed lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, including a powerful tremor, shook the island.
Protests staged for gun control, gun rights outside NRA meeting
DALLAS (Reuters) – Protesters on both sides of the U.S. gun debate took to the streets on Saturday outside the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas after the latest in a long series of mass shootings put the issue back in the spotlight…
Protests staged for gun control, gun rights outside NRA meeting
DALLAS (Reuters) – Protesters on both sides of the U.S. gun debate took to the streets on Saturday outside the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas after the latest in a long series of mass shootings put the issue back in the spotlight…
Hawaii’s Big Island on high alert after earthquakes, lava fissures
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii’s Big Island was on high alert on Saturday after the Kilauea volcano spewed lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, including a powerful tremor, shook the island.
Shunned by corporations, U.S. gun entrepreneurs launch start-ups
DALLAS (Reuters) – Larry Lopata and some friends were sitting around the campfire on a hunting trip when they came up with an idea for a new firearms product: an adjustable-length trigger, so people with different sized hands can comfortably share the …
American who killed Indian man in Kansas bar sentenced to life
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy veteran who reportedly told an Indian software engineer to “get out of my country” before shooting him dead and wounding two others in a bar in Kansas last year has been sentenced to life in prison, the local prosecutor said.
Hawaii on high alert after day of earthquakes, more lava fissures
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii’s Big Island was on high alert on Friday evening after the Kilauea volcano spent a day spewing lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, included a powerful tremor, shook th…
First NASA lander to study Mars’ interior due for California launch
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – A powerful Atlas 5 rocket was poised for liftoff early on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying to Mars the first robotic NASA lander designed entirely for exploring the deep inter…
