This shouldn't happen. We go to the airport, I can't get on a plane with a bottle of water, but we leave some animal to walk into a school and shoot our children. I'm going to fix it. I want everyone to see this. And in that very moment, it became very clear that the NRA-friendly "move" towards banning bump stocks was not a move towards creating a safer world for our children, not a decision tha... [Full Article...]
The CBI official said the agency during its probe found that Mr Ambani not only visited and met PNB's officials at the Brady House branch but also met other bank officials in Mumbai and New Delhi . On Monday, the agency questioned four other officials from the Nirav Modi group-chief financial officer Ravi Gupta, vice-president (finance) Vipul Ambani, president of the Nirav Modi group's wo... [Full Article...]
Mum Kate was emotional as she arrived at the High Court this afternoon, sobbing and saying "I can't, I can't" before the hearing began. "Properly analysed, Alfie's need now is for good quality palliative care", he said. Discussing a professor's report into the clinical evidence on Alfie, Mr Justice Hayden said: "In the light of the parents' entirely understandable concern, a professor was in... [Full Article...]
Days after a gunman sprayed bullets into the halls of a Florida high school, the state legislature acknowledged pornography as a health risk but declined to even discuss a ban on assault weapons. "Basically, what they have determined is that these are the Republican priorities in 2018: Wasting our time with debate and legislation that declares porn as a health threat". [Full Article...]
Nearly four months before Universal Pictures unleashes Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , the studio is making plans for a third installment of the rebooted dinosaur adventure movie series. Trevorrow originally pitched Jurassic World as a trilogy, making this the last film in his proposed arc. "Yes, absolutely ... I knew where I wanted it to go". [Full Article...]
It was unclear if the suspect has been arrested, or who purchased or owns the weapons, CBS Los Angeles reports . Deputies were called, and an investigation resulted in finding a collection of weapons and ballistic evidence at the student's home, Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said at a Wednesday news conference. [Full Article...]
Texas A&M (20-8, 9-5 SEC) dropped its last contest to No. 2 and undefeated Mississippi State on Sunday in its first game of a two-game road stretch. Anton Beard was behind him posting 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting. He and Vanderbilt helped the Kentucky basketball team crawl out of an 11-point hole, cutting the Hogs' lead to 17-13 with 11:58 left in the half. "Obviously it was a big factor". [Full Article...]
Now many, including here at Section 215 have lauded the Eagles for their unselfishness and team-first mentality, but this simply takes things to a whole nother level. Jeffery went up to high-point a pass from Carson Wentz on a go route during one-on-ones in practice and landed awkwardly on his shoulder. After impressing the Eagles, Jeffery signed a four-year, $52 million contract extension d... [Full Article...]
The devastating deaths of 17 Florida high school at the hands of a troubled teen armed with an AR-15-style rifle have brought the ever-simmering debate over gun control to a boil not seen since Sandy Hook. After President Trump met with survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting at a hospital on Friday evening, his friend Geraldo Rivera reported that he was "deeply affected" by his visit. [Full Article...]
India lead the three-match T20I series 1-0 after winning the 1st T20I at Johannesburg and keeping in mind the form they showed in the ODI series, the visitors will be in positive mood ahead of the remainder of the tour. Beating Richards seems hard as of now, as Kohli needs to 176 runs with only two T20s to go. "Play a couple of side games before getting into the series", Ganguly said. [Full Article...]
However, in this case, it was learnt that the incident, which had no casualty, was suspected to have been due to heavy rainfall in Port Harcourt yesterday. In a statement to Pulse, the airline noted that 'inclement weather caused the Dana aircraft runway overshoot in Port Harcourt'. According to information gathered, passengers on board the Dana aircraft were evacuated from a nearby bush in Om... [Full Article...]
In a major study, AR101, a capsule of peanut flour taken daily, helped desensitize children with severe peanut allergy . While relatively uncommon two decades ago, the incidence of peanut allergies in children has more than doubled in the US, making it a lucrative market for any drugmaker that can bring an effective treatment to market. [Full Article...]
AbbVie Inc. ( ABBV ) stock is now trading 39.07% away from its average-price of 200 days while it maintained a distance of 14.18% from its 50 Days Moving Average and 5.83% compared with the 20 Day Moving Average. The company was maintained on Friday, October 13 by Barclays Capital. Hgk Asset Management Inc holds 0.1% in AbbVie Inc. The rating was upgraded by Deutsche Bank on Monday, June 19 to ... [Full Article...]
With the Data Protection Act 1998, a common excuse given to avoid fines was to say that your organisation was not a data controller, but in fact a data processor. "NITDA calls on Nigerian organisations that are controllers and processors of personal data of European Union nationals to note that companies must not have offices in an European Union member state". [Full Article...]
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, in which 20 children and 7 adults were killed, conspiracy theorists suggested that photographs of the event were fake, witnesses were "crisis actors", and children who had died were still alive and living under different names. [Full Article...]
We must do more to protect our children", Trump said during the announcement at the White House . Calls to ban bump stocks have been mounting since Stephen Paddock , a retired accountant, used them on several of his weapons to kill 58 concertgoers in Las Vegas in October 2017 in the deadliest mass shooting in recent USA history. [Full Article...]
Of the 57,000 cases studied, 39 per cent were alcohol-related by definition while 18 per cent had an alcohol use disorder as an additional diagnosis. Academics for the first time have established alcohol as the single biggest way that people can raise their dementia risk. Previous research has largely focused on modest alcohol use, and its possible beneficial effect, thus overlooking the effec... [Full Article...]
Professor Sheka reiterated KANSIEC's stand that the elections, which were supervised by independent monitors and Civil Society Organisations (CSO) were adjudged "most peaceful" in the history of Kano State. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed, the governor said, alleging that the party was planning to use INEC and security agencies to create crisis, so as to manipulate the electo... [Full Article...]
The casket of Alaina Petty , a victim of Wednesday's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , leaves her funeral in Coral Springs, Fla. The Army is also reviewing awards for other possible cadets who were mentioned in news reports. The funeral was attended by military veterans in dress uniform and members of the Patriot Guard Riders. [Full Article...]
The shooting reignited the national debate over gun control and mental health screening and treatment. Trump, who signed a measure a year ago to make it easier for the mentally ill to buy guns, has said that he is open to changes to background checks for gun purchases. [Full Article...]