General news

• Survivors remember bodies, blood in Vegas

  05-10-2017 23:57 via cnn.com
  Survivors share how they tried to help others while also fleeing from danger themselves.
  
  Read more

• New U.S. rule on payday loans to hurt industry, boost banks: agency

  05-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  By Lisa Lambert and Pete SchroederWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revenues for the $6 billion payday loan industry will shrivel under a new U.S. rule restricting lenders' ability to profit from high-interest, short-term loans, and much of the business could move to small banks, according to the country's consumer financial watchdog.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a regulation on Thursday requiring lenders to determine if borrowers can repay their debts and capping the number of l
  
  Read more

• U.S. Republicans move on tax reform; Fed officials see economic threats

  05-10-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  By David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans moved to hasten an overhaul of the U.S. tax code on Thursday, while Federal Reserve officials warned in rare public remarks that President Donald Trump's tax plan could lead to inflation and unsustainable federal debt.In a procedural step forward, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved by a 219-206 vote a fiscal 2018 spending blueprint to help advance an eventual tax bill.The blueprint contains a legislative too
  
  Read more

• Don't be fooled by the NRA's strategic ploy

  05-10-2017 23:36 via cnn.com
  A quick glance at the TV Thursday afternoon produced a bit of a stunner: The National Rifle Association announced its support of further regulations on bump stocks, the mechanism that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used to turn a semi-automatic weapon into something resembling a fully automatic one and murder 58 people.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Trump to 'decertify' Iran nuclear deal

  05-10-2017 23:18 via cnn.com
  President Donald Trump plans to "decertify" the Iran nuclear deal next week, declaring the Obama-era pact not in US interests and launching a congressional review period on the accord, according to two senior US officials.
  
  Read more

• AP FACT CHECK: Trump strikes false notes on Puerto Rico

  05-10-2017 23:10 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump struck false notes in addressing Puerto Rico's crisis in recent days, exaggerating both the ferocity of a truly ferocious hurricane and the pace of recovery. He also seemed to raise false hope that the territory's staggering debt would go away.
  
  Read more

• Pakistan army says state exploring how to integrate militant-linked groups

  05-10-2017 22:59 via yahoo.com
  By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani army on Thursday said the government was discussing ways to try to integrate militant-linked groups into the mainstream of the country's politics.Milli Muslim League (MML), a new militant party controlled by Islamist Hafiz Saeed, backed a candidate in the September by-election for a seat vacated by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore.The United States has offered a $10 million bounty for Saeed's capture.
  
  Read more

• Caitlyn Jenner lashes out at Trump administration on trans issues: 'This is a disgrace'

  05-10-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Caitlyn Jenner, whose Republican leanings have made her something of an oddity in the trans community, lashed out on Thursday against President Trump in defense of the LGBT community.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• New wave of protest leaders emerged after Ferguson

  05-10-2017 22:39 via yahoo.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Young people thrust into activism by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson are leading a new wave of civil disobedience in St. Louis, mentored by a civil rights movement veteran and driven by the belief that change won't happen until the entire region is confronted with the uncomfortable reality of racism.
  
  Read more

• U.S. Says Civil Rights Law Doesn't Protect Trans Workers

  05-10-2017 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  A Justice Department memo, signed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, says transgender employees aren't protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
  
  Read more

• Man who sold firearms to Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock says there were 'no red flags'

  05-10-2017 22:18 via yahoo.com
  A firearms dealer who sold “several' guns to Las Vegas mass murderer Stephen Paddock has defended his shop and claimed there were “no red flags” that might have prevented the sale.David Famiglietti said the sales were conducted “lawfully” at his New Frontier Armory (sic).The Vice President of the Nevada Firearms coalition, the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association, added that his staff have received threats and abuse since it emerged the shop sold weapon
  
  Read more

• LGBTQ Groups Blast Jeff Sessions For Reversing Trans Workplace Protections

  05-10-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions came under fire from a number of LGBTQ rights groups Thursday after he determined that federal civil rights legislation does not protect transgender people from discrimination in the workplace.
  
  Read more

• Facing tougher regulations, TransCanada scraps $12 billion oil pipeline

  05-10-2017 22:08 via yahoo.com
  By Nia Williams and Ethan LouCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp abandoned its C$15.7 billion ($12.52 billion) cross-country Energy East pipeline on Thursday amid mounting regulatory hurdles, dealing a blow to the country's oil export ambitions.The demise of the pipeline comes less than a year after the Canadian government rejected another export pipeline, Enbridge Inc's Northern Gateway, and is a further setback for Canada's oil industry which is already hurting from low global crude
  
  Read more

• Was Vegas Gunman Taking Aim at Lollapalooza When It Was Attended by Malia Obama?

  05-10-2017 22:07 via yahoo.com
  Stephen Paddock reportedly secured a room overlooking Chicago's Grant Park while the festival was being held in August.
  
  Read more

• White House interprets First Amendment for reporters

  05-10-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders lectured reporters on the meaning of the First Amendment Thursday, in defense of President Trump’s recent tweets suggesting that the Senate Intelligence Committee investigate national news outlets.
  
  Read more

• Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature

  05-10-2017 22:03 via cnn.com
  The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, whose best known novels include "The Remains of the Day" and "Never Let Me Go."
  
  Read more

• Video shows Utah police fatally shooting man from behind as he fled

  05-10-2017 22:01 via theguardian.com
  Police face no charges amid accusations of racial profiling and ‘brutal execution’ in case of Patrick Harmon, 50, who was pulled over for cycling without a lightPolice in Utah fatally shot a man from behind while he was running away from officers, according to newly released footage, which has sparked accusations of racial profiling and a “brutal execution”.Prosecutors in Salt Lake City have said officers were justified in killing Patrick Harmon, 50, who was pulled over f
  
  Read more

• DC officials won't appeal ruling against strict gun law

  05-10-2017 22:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials said Thursday they won't appeal a court ruling striking down a portion of the city's gun laws, a decision that means it will soon be easier for gun owners to get concealed carry permits in the nation's capital.
  
  Read more

• California adopts 'sanctuary state' immigration law in snub to Trump

  05-10-2017 21:57 via yahoo.com
  California’s legislation is more far-reaching than an existing sanctuary state policy in Oregon.California has adopted the most expansive “sanctuary state” law in the US with the goal of obstructing Donald Trump’s deportation agenda by prohibiting police in the country’s most populous state from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
  
  Read more

• Pink Slams Dr. Luke In Interview: ‘He’s Not A Good Person’

  05-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Luke” Gottwald, who has been embroiled in a legal battle with Kesha since 2014, in a recent interview for The New York Times.
  
  Read more

• Hell freezes over as NRA supports a gun control measure

  05-10-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  The NRA has been particularly quiet in the days following the deadly Las Vegas shooting that left 58 people dead and hundreds injured. Its Twitter account hasn't posted anything since Sept. 29 and the organization has refrained from any public comment. Until now. SEE ALSO: Jimmy Kimmel tears up talking about his hometown Las Vegas In a brief statement issued Thursday, the powerful and vehemently anti-gun control organization surprised many by insisting that "bump stocks," the devices used to con
  
  Read more

• Trump's chilling escalation of his war with the media

  05-10-2017 21:55 via cnn.com
  On Thursday, President Donald Trump escalated his ongoing one-sided war with the media.
  
  Read more

• A chilling escalation of Trump's war on the media

  05-10-2017 21:55 via cnn.com
  On Thursday, President Donald Trump escalated his ongoing one-sided war with the media.
  
  Read more

• Police raid offices of women's groups in Poland after protests

  05-10-2017 21:31 via theguardian.com
  Organisations which help victims of domestic violence have documents and computers seized after women stage marches to protest against abortion lawWomen’s rights groups have denounced police raids on their offices in several Polish cities that resulted in the seizing of documents and computers, a day after women staged anti-government marches to protest at the country’s restrictive abortion law.The raids took place on Wednesday in the cities of Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łód
  
  Read more

• NRA voices rare support for gun regulation

  05-10-2017 21:30 via cnn.com
  The National Rifle Association announced Thursday that it supports a review of bump fire stocks to see if they are in accordance with federal law.
  
  Read more

• The censored art of sex-positive feminist artists

  05-10-2017 21:28 via cnn.com
  A span of work from a group of revolutionary sex-positive female artists was deemed too sexually explicit to be put on show during the 1970s. They are now being celebrated in a special exhibition at Frieze London.
  
  Read more

• NRA breaks silence after Vegas shooting to call for 'additional regulations' on bump stocks

  05-10-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  The NRA called on the ATF to ‘immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law’.The National Rifle Association has broken its silence four days after the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history to call for “additional regulations” on bump-fire stocks, which the Las Vegas shooter used to turn his semi-automatic rifles into rapid-fire weapons.
  
  Read more

• NRA breaks silence after Vegas shooting to call for 'additional regulations' on bump stocks

  05-10-2017 21:28 via theguardian.com
  NRA makes rare concession on device that turns guns into rapid-fire weaponsBut group says banning guns ‘will do nothing to prevent further attacks’The National Rifle Association has broken its silence four days after the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history to call for “additional regulations” on bump-fire stocks, which the Las Vegas shooter used to turn his semi-automatic rifles into rapid-fire weapons.But alongside the rare concession, the NRA also suggested it
  
  Read more

• Sheriff: Gunman may have had accomplice

  05-10-2017 21:14 via cnn.com
  The gunman in the Las Vegas massacre this week spent decades amassing weapons, and led such a secretive life, much of it remains unknown, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• Leading House Democrat Calls on Pelosi to Step Down

  05-10-2017 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  Rep. Linda Sanchez took a jab at Democratic leaders and called on Nancy Pelosi and two other top House leaders to step down.
  
  Read more

• What women's lives are like when abortion is a crime

  05-10-2017 21:09 via cnn.com
  After interviewing female inmates in El Salvador, where abortion is a crime, Alice Driver warns that the US might not be so different, considering the recent House vote to criminalize abortion after 20 weeks.
  
  Read more

• NRA comes out in favor of restrictions on bump stocks

  05-10-2017 21:09 via yahoo.com
  The White House and National Rifle Association both came out in favor of reviewing regulations of bump fire stocks, the device that contributed to the deaths of 58 people in the Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday night.
  
  Read more

• Congressional Republicans eye 'bump stocks' after Las Vegas massacre

  05-10-2017 21:04 via yahoo.com
  Republican lawmakers on Thursday said they would look into "bump stock" gun accessories after a retiree used rifles equipped with them to rain gunfire onto a Las Vegas concert, killing 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.The influential National Rifle Association, which has opposed efforts to pass federal gun legislation following past mass shootings, said it would not oppose the move.It said the devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to behave as fully automatic we
  
  Read more

• Spanish court blocks Catalonia's independence bid

  05-10-2017 21:03 via cnn.com
  Spain's highest court has suspended a meeting of Catalonia's regional parliament planned for Monday in an apparent attempt to prevent Catalan President Carles Puigdemont's expected declaration of independence.
  
  Read more

• Prison escapees caught at Canadian escape room interactive game

  05-10-2017 21:03 via theguardian.com
  Kelsie Laine Mast and Samantha Faye Toope broke out of Edmonton prisonPair arrested within 24 hours inside puzzle-solving challengeThey scaled the tall barbed wire fence and escaped without trace into the industrial park surrounding the prison in Edmonton, Canada. But within 24 hours, the two fugitives – perhaps keen to again try their luck – were found by police in a nearby “escape room” interactive game.The two women, Kelsie Laine Marie Mast, 23, and Samantha Faye Toope
  
  Read more

• The Vet Whose Invention Makes a Gun Fire Like a Machine Gun

  05-10-2017 20:58 via nbcnews.com
  A career-ending injury led Air Force veteran Jeremiah Cottle to develop a mass-produced 'bump stock' that lets rifles mimic automatic gunfire.
  
  Read more

• Ivanka Trump faces backlash after blocking Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu

  05-10-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Ted Lieu was one of two Democratic lawmakers to call for the removal of Ivanka's security clearance on Thursday, but he needed some help getting her the message.
  
  Read more

• Tropical Storm Nate poses threat to US Gulf Coast

  05-10-2017 20:52 via cnn.com
  Tropical Storm Nate formed Thursday morning in the southwestern Caribbean, and early forecast models show it taking aim this weekend at the central US Gulf Coast, likely as a minor hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.
  
  Read more

• Timeline of a killer: How the event unfolded

  05-10-2017 20:47 via cnn.com
  It took about an hour and 15 minutes from the moment Stephen Paddock opened fire on Route 91 Harvest Festival concertgoers Sunday to the time a SWAT team burst throughthe door of his Las Vegas hotel room.
  
  Read more

• Las Vegas shooter also considered Boston and Chicago: reports

  05-10-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  The Las Vegas gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history also had scouted possible locations in Chicago and Boston, US media reported Thursday.Stephen Paddock booked two rooms during the Lollapalooza music festival in August at Chicago's Blackstone hotel, which overlooks the expansive downtown park where the popular event was held, according to the website TMZ and NBC News.The 64-year-old gambler and retired accountant also researched hotels around Boston's Fenway Pa
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Russia says it fired 10 missiles at IS in Syria

  05-10-2017 20:30 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Catalonia out of EU if it leaves Spain: German MEP

  05-10-2017 20:29 via cnn.com
  If Catalonia leaves Spain that also means "leaving the European Union," says Manfred Weber, a senior German MEP and an ally of chancellor Angela Merkel.
  
  Read more

• Goldman Sachs boosts post-Brexit plans with Frankfurt office deal

  05-10-2017 20:27 via theguardian.com
  Wall Street bank leases eight floors of new 37-storey block in German financial capital with space for 1,000 staffGoldman Sachs has begun to make plans for Brexit by leasing space in a new Frankfurt tower block that could hold up to 1,000 staff.The Wall Street bank, which employs 6,000 staff in the UK, has been searching for office space in the German financial centre for the last six months as it looks to continue operations across the EU after Brexit. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Justice department: sex discrimination ban does not protect transgender people

  05-10-2017 20:21 via theguardian.com
  Jeff Sessions memo says federal protections do not include ‘gender identity’ in move that could weaken safeguards for transgender workersThe US Department of Justice is taking the position that the federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace does not apply to transgender employees.The move that could weaken legal protections for people already experiencing higher rates of biaswas announced by the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, in a memo dated Wednesday and obtained by B
  
  Read more

• CIA: Kim Jong Un isn't crazy

  05-10-2017 20:05 via cnn.com
  Between the ruthless executions of his own senior officers, bombastic threats of nuclear annihilation and defiant missile tests, it may be easy to agree with President Donald Trump's recent assessment that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "madman" who is "on a suicide mission for himself."
  
  Read more

• Carbon emissions from warming soils could trigger disastrous feedback loop

  05-10-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  26-year study reveals natural biological factors kick in once warming reaches certain point, leading to potentially unstoppable increase in temperaturesWarming soils are releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than previously thought, suggesting a potentially disastrous feedback mechanism whereby increases in global temperatures will trigger massive new carbon releases in a cycle that may be impossible to break.The increased production of carbon comes from the microbes within soils, according
  
  Read more

• Russia, Saudi Arabia cement new friendship with king's visit

  05-10-2017 19:55 via yahoo.com
  By Vladimir Soldatkin and Katya GolubkovaMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Saudi Arabia's King Salman for talks at the Kremlin on Thursday, cementing a relationship that is pivotal for world oil prices and could decide the outcome of the conflict in Syria.King Salman, the first sitting Saudi monarch ever to visit Russia, led a delegation to Moscow that agreed joint investment deals worth several billion dollars, providing much-needed investment for a Russian economy batt
  
  Read more

• Iraq forces retake IS bastion Hawija

  05-10-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi forces retook one of the Islamic State group's last two enclaves in the country on Thursday, overrunning the longtime insurgent bastion of Hawija after a two-week offensive.IS once held one-third of Iraqi territory but it has suffered loss after loss this year and now only controls a slither of land in the Euphrates Valley near the Syrian border."I announce the liberation of the city of Hawija," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a news conference in Paris.
  
  Read more

• Golden Jubilee marked with chariot parade

  05-10-2017 19:41 via cnn.com
  Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, has marked 50 years on the throne with a Golden Jubilee chariot procession through his nation's capital.
  
  Read more

• Study: Over half of for-profit students defaulted on loans

  05-10-2017 19:38 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who attended for-profit colleges were twice as likely or more to default on their loans than students who attended public schools, according to a federal study published Thursday.
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_news on Twitter!