Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington and in other U.S. cities Saturday to rally for tougher gun laws following a recent mass deadly shooting that sparked outrage and political activism among young people across the country. “I feel like I’m here for my brother … and my grandmother also told me to come […]
The 16-year-old girl shot by a fellow student at her southern Maryland high school has died after being taken off life support. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said Jaelynn Willey died late Thursday night, just hours after her mother announced that Willey was brain-dead and would be taken off life support. In her statement […]
The United States has blacklisted two dozen Russian “cyber actors” for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and other malicious cyber-attacks. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions targeted the GRU, the Russian military intelligence organization, and 13 Russians already indicted by U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of Moscow’s meddling in the election, […]
Tens of thousands of students and teachers across the United States are set to walk out of schools Wednesday to protest what organizers say is congressional inaction to gun violence in American schools. The walkout will take place at 10 a.m. local time at each site and will last for 17 minutes — one for […]