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Hail of bullets: Surge of illegal homemade machine guns is fueling a new wave of gun violence

Hail of bullets: Surge of illegal homemade machine guns is fueling a new wave of gun violence

Posted by | Jun 30, 2024

Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom’s Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a passing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night at a group of children in the blink of an eye. Four other children and a woman were hurt in the November shooting that killed Domonic, who had just made his school basketball team. “What happened? How does this happen to an 11-year-old? He was only a few doors down,” his father, Issac Davis, said. The shooting remains under investigation. But federal investigators believe the 22 shots could be...

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U.S. Surgeon General declares gun violence a public health emergency due to deaths involving firearms

U.S. Surgeon General declares gun violence a public health emergency due to deaths involving firearms

Posted by | Jun 30, 2024

The U.S. surgeon general on June 25 declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer weekend marked by mass shootings that left dozens of people dead or wounded. “People want to be able to walk through their neighborhoods and be safe,” Murthy told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “America should be a place where all of us can go to school, go to work, go...

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Congress asked to require a Surgeon General’s warning for social media like those on cigarettes

Congress asked to require a Surgeon General’s warning for social media like those on cigarettes

Posted by | Jun 30, 2024

The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a June 17 opinion piece in The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media...

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Democrats stick with President Biden as he concedes debate fumbles but vows to defend democracy

Democrats stick with President Biden as he concedes debate fumbles but vows to defend democracy

Posted by | Jun 29, 2024

President Joe Biden worked forcefully on June 28 to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with the criminally convicted ex-president Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. President Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the debate, fueled concerns from even members of his own party that at age 81 he’s not up for the task of leading the country for another four years. “I know I’m not a young man … I don’t speak...

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Trump tries convincing GOP voters that mail balloting is good after falsely blaming it for his 2020 loss

Trump tries convincing GOP voters that mail balloting is good after falsely blaming it for his 2020 loss

Posted by | Jun 28, 2024

Marta Moehring voted the way she prefers in Nebraska’s Republican primary, in person at her West Omaha polling place. She did not even consider taking advantage of the state’s no-excuse mail-in ballot process. In fact, she would prefer to do away with mail-in voting altogether. She is convinced fraudulent mailed ballots cost former President Donald Trump a second term in 2020. “I don’t trust it in general,” Moehring, 62, said. “I don’t think they’re counted correctly.” But now Republican officials — even, sometimes, Trump — are encouraging voters such as Moehring to cast their ballots by mail. The GOP...

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Words and body language: A look at history-making moments from past presidential debates

Words and body language: A look at history-making moments from past presidential debates

Posted by | Jun 27, 2024

It could be a well-rehearsed zinger or an offhand, too-loud sigh. Notable moments from past presidential debates demonstrate how the candidates’ words and body language can make them look especially relatable or hopelessly out-of-touch. They also can showcase candidates at the top of their policy game or suggest they are out to sea. Will past be prologue when President Joe Biden and convicted felon Donald Trump debate in Atlanta on June 27? “Debates, being live television events, without a script, without any way of knowing how they are going to evolve — anything can happen,” said Alan Schroeder, author...

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