Saturday, April 30, 2016

Saturday's Headlines: Obama pushes to make it easier for law enforcement to use ‘smart guns’

Pentagon disciplines 16 but calls Afghan hospital strike accidental; From hospital to home: A dangerous transition for many patients; Clashes erupt at tense protest outside Trump event;
 
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Obama pushes to make it easier for law enforcement to use 'smart guns'
Advocates and administration officials described the proposals as prudent steps aimed at keeping firearms out of the wrong hands, but some police groups and gun rights organizations criticized them even before they were publicly unveiled.
Pentagon disciplines 16 but calls Afghan hospital strike accidental
An investigation into a deadly airstrike last October on a Doctors Without Borders hospital found that the failures that led to the disaster did not amount to "a war crime" because they were unintentional, Army Gen. Joseph Votel said.
 
From hospital to home: A dangerous transition for many patients
Bad coordination and communication can put recuperating patients at risk as they are discharged from a hospital into the care of home health agencies, nursing homes and other professionals.
 
Clashes erupt at tense protest outside Trump event
The protests forced the mogul to abandon his motorcade and walk through a field and under a fence, he said, to make it to a California GOP convention to deliver his remarks.
 
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U.S. ambassador's confirmation came after backroom dealing with Rubio, Cruz
The Senate confirmation of Roberta Jacobson as ambassador to Mexico came 11 months after her nomination by President Obama — and after two weeks of intense dealing involving GOP Sens. Rubio and Cruz.
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman sent to solitary confinement
His son suspects the action is linked to his father being interviewed for a Washington Post article earlier this week. But an official at the prison said the incident report was about a T-shirt that Siegelman sold on eBay.
In Europe, the fate of migrants often depends on small-town politicians
In many cases, the officials who often become the brokers of futures and the arbiters of fates are not heads of state or Brussels bureaucrats.
Chicago media personality made an awful Freddie Gray joke and the Internet let him have it
The White Sox were playing in Baltimore on the one-year anniversary of the "Empty Park" game following 2015 riots in the city over the death of Freddie Gray.
One-man super PAC: Charles Schumer has cash to spare — and maybe share with Democrats
With $26 million in his campaign fund as of March 31, the man expected to be the next Democratic leader in the Senate might be able to move sizable amounts to groups that could boost his party's chances in critical races.
Profits are down at ExxonMobil, but don't cry for CEO Rex Tillerson
He took a well-publicized pay cut recently after the oil company's earnings fell 63 percent in the first quarter, but he still has a nest egg worth about $218 million in stock plus a pension plan valued at $69.5 million.
Being first isn't easy. What comes next can be just as hard.
Like President Obama, black pioneers in other fields met the challenge and scrutiny of breaking barriers. But they say their lives afterward took just as much patience and perspective.
Rise of the aerostate: U.S. legacy airlines scramble as Persian Gulf rivals emerge
The supersonic growth of Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways has triggered a lobbying, legal and political battle in Washington and Brussels unmatched for its rancor, even for the raucous business of international aviation. 
Opera stereotypes of Viking helmets and large women reflect anti-intellectual hostility
It's a Zombie Cultural Symbol that circulates with rapaciously undead and destructive power, caricaturing vital and living traditions with ideas that haven't had currency for decades.
 
     
 
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