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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland would ban devices that can increase a semi-automatic rifle's firing rate, under a measure that cleared the state's House of Delegates on Thursday night. The bipartisan vote was 128-7 to ban bump stocks, which can make a semi-automatic rifle's firing rate to nearly fully automatic. The measure now goes to the Senate where similar legislation is moving forward. Del. David Moon, a Democrat who sponsored the measure, described it as a way to close a loophole in Maryland's sweeping 2013 gun-control law that banned 45 assault weapons. "Today we are sending a simple message that you cannot jerry-rig your way around our assault weapons ban," Moon said after the vote. Del. Nic Kipke, the Republican minority leader, also supported the bill. "...
Seven US service members were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Iraq, a US military official said. There were no survivors in the crash, the official said, adding that the crew of a second helicopter flying alongside did not report seeing signs of hostile fire when the helicopter went down. Multiple US defense officials told CNN the aircraft was a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, a Black Hawk variant. They said the helicopter was not on a combat mission at the time. The US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq said Thursday that an investigation was underway to determine the cause of the crash
A Baltimore judge stands accused of neglecting years of paperwork and ordering a clerk to destroy old records. But District Court Judge Devy Russell's attorney Steven Silverman denied the accusations. He says the state doesn't require deadlines for the work in question and that investigators failed to provide specific instances of unprofessional conduct. Silverman also says Russell has the papers and is willing to provide them. The Baltimore Sun reports investigators for the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities say the 51-year-old Russell failed to keep up with paperwork between 2007 and 2015, neglecting to send off for processing and storage some 135 executed search warrants and related lists of inventories. Investigators say Russell ordered a clerk to destr...
A majority of Maryland senators hope they've found a compromise to handle the state's controversial state song: send it into retirement without erasing all recognition. The Senate voted 30-13 on Senate Bill 790 to put "Maryland, My Maryland" on historic status and say its sensitive pre-Civil War references to "Northern scum" and a despotic President Abraham Lincoln don't reflect Marylanders' values today. The bill now goes to the House. While it would no longer be the official state song, the measure doesn't completely jettison it, either. It designates it as a "historical state song." The song was written in 1861 by James Ryder Randall. It became the state song in 1939. It calls for Maryland to secede from the Union before the Civil War when many Mary...
The Maryland Senate has passed a bill that would create automatic voter registration for people who are eligible and agree to be registered. The Senate passed the measure 32-12 Friday. It now goes to the House. The bill designates three state agencies to register a resident to vote or update a resident's voter registration record, unless the applicant declines to register or is determined not to be eligible. For example, if an eligible Maryland voter renews a driver's license, the person would be informed they are being registered, unless they say no. The agencies are the Motor Vehicle Administration, the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, local departments of social services and the Mobility Certification Office in the Maryland Transit Administration. The measure would take ...
Google on Thursday introduced a wheelchair-friendly navigation feature on its maps application that will provide optimal transit routes “to make getting around easier for those with mobility needs.” The search giant announced that its widely used digital map program will now provide users with wheelchair accessible routes that list train and bus services that are the most accommodating for travelers or commuters in wheelchairs. Google is also working on adding more street views of urban centers and transit systems so that people with mobility needs can scout out locations ahead of time. Read more at The Hill.
President Trump said Thursday that he wanted to “top” former President John F. Kennedy’s ambitions to send a man to the moon by pursuing a trip to Mars. “We’re looking at Mars, by the way,” Trump said. “Trying to top [Kennedy]. We’re going to get there. It’s moving along pretty good. A lot of things have happened, Mike, having to do with that subject. Way ahead of schedule.” Kennedy, who served in the Oval Office from 1961 until his assassination in 1963, set the United States’ sights on reaching the moon during the so-called “space race” with the Soviet Union. Read more at The Hill.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With whispers of a staffing purge permeating the West Wing, the White House pushed back Friday and insisted that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown. Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of rumors that his days on the job are numbered, assured a group of staffers their jobs were safe, at least for now. "The chief of staff actually spoke to a number of staff this morning reassuring them that there were no immediate personnel changes at this time and that people shouldn't be concerned," said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "We should do exactly what we do every day, and that's come to work and do the very best job that we can, and that's exactly what we're doing. That's exactly what we're focused on...
Thousands of students walk out for gun control and to honor Parkland victims. Julie Gunlock makes her case.
Stocks rose on Friday as an upbeat report on consumer sentiment and rising factory output offset falling housing starts and rumors of staff turmoil in the White House. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 72.85 points, or 0.29%, to 24,946.51. The S&P 500 advanced 9.6 points, or 0.35%, to 2,757.07. The Nasdaq Composite ticked 0.25 points higher to 7,481.99. The rally wasn’t enough to erase losses posted earlier in the week due to lingering concerns over U.S. trade tensions. The Dow fell 1.54% on the week, while the broader S&P 500 lost 1.25%. Boeing, which could suffer from higher costs associated with steel tariffs, has pulled the Dow lower. The aircraft maker fell for four straight sessions to start the week. Positive news on Friday included the University of Michigan&...
President Donald Trump’s recent moves on Jerusalem constituted “shock therapy” against Palestinian rejectionism, which is the real obstacle to peace, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said in Washington, the Jerusalem Post report. Dermer was speaking at an event in the Senate where former Foreign Ministry director-general Dore Gold gave a presentation on “Jerusalem: What’s at Stake.” Dermer said, “The Palestinians try to deny any historical connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem because to admit this connection is to admit that the Jewish people aren’t foreign colonialists in the Land of Israel.” The minute the Palestinians recognize a Jewish connection to Jerusalem, he said, the whole edifice of Palestinian reject...
In a joint announcement today, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI said they’ve found evidence of a “multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors” targeting the U.S. “energy, nuclear, water, aviation, construction, and critical manufacturing sectors” since “at least March 2016.” According to the report, Russian actors conducted “reconnaissance… and collected information” on those systems. While both agencies acknowledged the campaign “affected multiple organizations,” they did not name specific ones, but did outline instances in which Russians collected “data output from control systems within energy-generation facilities.” According to the report, the Russian actors targeted ...
The Russian nerve agent used to poison former spy Sergei Skripal was planted in his daughter’s suitcase before she returned from a trip to Moscow, British investigators said in a report. Senior intelligence sources told the Telegraph UK they believe the lethal toxin Novichok — Russian for “newcomer “– was placed in an item of Skripal’s clothing, cosmetics or in a gift that was opened in her Salisbury home — to target her double agent dad. Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia Skripal, 33, were found slumped over on a bench in Salisbury, UK, on March 4 and remain in stable but critical condition at a local hospital. Read more at NY POST.
President Trump’s personal assistant was fired earlier this week because of he’s a big-time gambler, making him a risk to handle sensitive information, according to a published report Thursday. While there’s no evidence that John McEntee was gambling illegally, two sources close to the matter told the Washington Post that the president’s trusted aide was considered vulnerable to outside influence. A background check showed that McEntee wagered tens of thousands of dollars at a time, according to the report. Read more at NY POST.
The head of an Indian hospital says Hillary Clinton was briefly treated there after suffering a minor injury at her hotel. Suresh Goyal, the CEO of Goyal Hospital in the city of Jodhpur, says she arrived in the hospital early Wednesday and “was here for about 15-20 minutes.” He declined to say what she was treated for. Read more at NY POST.
For more than 30 years, Malcolm Hoenlein has served as executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group representing a large and diverse communal structure of 53 Jewish organizations. In that capacity, he has led countless leadership delegations to Israel, and met with key allies of the Jewish state and Muslim nations across the Middle East. Hoenlein has worked tirelessly to build consensus and present a unified front on vital issues affecting the global Jewish community for a communal structure that oftentimes—as is typical within Jewish culture—can find and magnify causes for disagreement. At age 74, he isn’t showing signs of slowing down. This past month, the Conference led its largest delegation ever t...
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities said Friday that the cables supporting a pedestrian bridge under construction in Florida were being tightened following a "stress test" when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people, injuring 10 others and flattening an untold number of cars. Officials expected to find more bodies in the rubble. People who haven't heard from their loved ones congregated near the scene Friday. Jorge and Carol Fraga drove from West Palm Beach, fearing their relative's car was trapped beneath the bridge at Florida International University. Sixty-year-old Rolando Fraga, Jorge's uncle, lives in the area and frequently takes the nearby turnpike to work, but no one has heard from him since mid-day Thursday. "The waiting is so .....
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