Florida fifth grader threatened mass shooting: police
A 10-year-old boy in Florida was arrested on Saturday for allegedly threatening in a text message to conduct a mass shooting, according to local police. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the fifth grader at a Cape Coral elementary school had sent a “threatening text message,” and authorities arrested him later that day. He was charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting. The investigation came just days after a mass shooting at an
Read MoreNRA reelects Charles Cotton as president, Wayne LaPierre as CEO
The National Rifle Association on Monday said it has reelected Charles Cotton as president and Wayne LaPierre as CEO and executive vice president, despite recent controversies surrounding their leadership, including efforts by New York officials to shut down the group over alleged “fraud and abuse.” The election results were announced at the end of the group’s annual meeting in Houston and comes at a critical time for the organization, as Democrats and activists are making new calls for gun control, including an assault weapons ban, expanded background checks and incentives for
Read MoreLocal official says Biden wants to tear down Robb Elementary School in Uvalde
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Read MoreRemember our heroes this Memorial Day
Like most Americans, I am looking forward to a long weekend. But I hope that this Memorial Day, we each spend time thinking about the holiday’s true meaning. Memorial Day, properly observed, is a solemn affair. While the weekend has come to represent the unofficial start of summer, its real purpose is to nationally mourn the brave women and men who died in service of the U.S. Armed Forces. Nearly 1.2 million American troops have lost their lives during war time in our country’s history. While we p
Read MoreBiden lays wreath, delivers remarks at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Memorial Day
President Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and delivered remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark Memorial Day, emphasizing the “sacred ritual” of remembering the people who died in combat while defending the U.S. “Today, as a nation, we undertake a sacred ritual to reflect and remember, because if we forget the lives of each of those silent markers represent — mothers, fathers, siblings, spouses, children — if we forget what they sacrifice, what they made, so that our nation might endure, strong, free and united, then we forget who we are,” B
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