Dick’s Sporting Goods bans some gun sales; Walmart hikes age limit
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc said it will permanently stop selling assault-style rifles after the massacre at a Florida high school that has reopened a fierce debate over gun control in America.
U.S. sues Houston for discrimination against female firefighters
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that it had sued Houston over accusations that two female firefighters were subjected to sexual harassment including male co-workers urinating in their dormitory and writing sexist…
U.S. Olympic chief resigns after sex abuse scandal, health cited
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun is resigning for medical reasons, the organization said on Wednesday, following months of sustained criticism stemming from the sex abuse scandal involving former USA Gymnastics d…
Walmart raises minimum age for buying firearms
(Reuters) – Walmart Inc said on Wednesday that it was raising the minimum age at which customers could buy firearms and ammunition to 21 years.
Trump top communications aide, trusted adviser Hicks resigns: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving, most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director.
Trump pushes Congress for broad bill on guns after school shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big on legislation he said would help prevent more sch…
Empty seats, missing friends as Florida school reopens after shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Survivors of the second-deadliest U.S. public school shooting were brought to tears on Wednesday by empty seats and missing friends at roll call as they returned to their Florida high school two weeks after 17 students and ed…
Trump top communications aide Hicks to resign: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday.
Georgia teacher arrested after firing gunshot in school classroom
(Reuters) – An armed high school teacher in Georgia barricaded himself alone inside his classroom on Wednesday and fired a gunshot when the principal tried to force open the door, but no one was seriously injured, police said after the instructor was a…
Couples lug AR-15 assault rifles to Pennsylvania church blessing
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. (Reuters) – Hundreds of couples toting AR-15 rifles packed a Unification church in Pennsylvania on Wednesday to have their marriages blessed and their weapons celebrated as “rods of iron” that could have saved lives in a recent Florid…
