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AR-15

Colt Suspends Production of AR-15 for Civilian Market

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Gun-maker Colt is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15, the company said Thursday in a shift it attributed to changes in consumer demand and a market already saturated with similar w…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Times Square

Man Trained by Hezbollah Scouted Times Square as Target, Prosecutors Say

Mr. Saab joined Hezbollah a political movement based in Lebanon, supported by Iran and considered a terrorist group by the United States in 1996 when he was recruited by a fellow student at the University of Lebanon, according to the indictment. His early a…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

AR-15

Colt to Suspend Production of AR-15 Rifles for Consumers

While Colt has framed it as an economic decision, Mr. Lytton said, the public pressure may have influenced the company. He noted that Colt was based in Hartford, Conn., not far from the site of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. The …

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

New York City

De Blasio to Developers: Donate to My Nonprofit. $125,000 Came.

The donations were examined as part of federal and state investigations into Mr. de Blasios fund-raising practices. Those inquiries ended with no criminal charges filed against the mayor, who is now a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president. B…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Palestine

[Comment] Public health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: profound challenges, huge opportunities

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bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Orangutan

New Indonesia capital: Indigenous tribes fear further marginalisation

PENAJAM PASER UTARA, East Kalimantan: Long before Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that the countrys capital will move from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Mr Eko Supriadi knew that his sleepy hometown will one day play an important role in the country.…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Obamacare

Buttigieg pops Warren over ‘evasive’ answers on health care plan

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images Pete Buttigieg on Thursday took a swipe at fellow 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren, knocking the Massachusetts senator for a lack of transparency about how shed pay for her Medicare f…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Trickle-Down

Bill Gates Must Be Reading Mudede’s Economic Posts on Slog

Bill Gates, a man with a fortune valued at $106 billion, is no longer an entrepreneur. He is now a rentier ("60% of his assets invested in equities"), and, on the side, a philanthropist ("Gates added $16 billion to his net worth this year, despite giving away…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2019

Climate Change

Day before climate walkout, Amazon says it’s buying 100,000 electric delivery trucks

The day before employees plan to walk out over climate change, Amazon announced a new "Climate Pledge" which includes buying 100,000 electric vans from Rivian. Not only could the move help gloss over the company's poor climate change record, it could be ver…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Holocaust

What We Can Learn About Being Good From a Village That Saved Thousands During the Holocaust

Several years ago, I went off to research a remarkable community that has a history of sheltering vulnerable outsiders. I went looking for clues to how a community like that operates. I hoped I could learn some general lessons there about how groups of people…

bubmagSeptember 19, 2019

Colt Suspends Production of AR-15 for Civilian Market

Man Trained by Hezbollah Scouted Times Square as Target, Prosecutors Say

Colt to Suspend Production of AR-15 Rifles for Consumers

De Blasio to Developers: Donate to My Nonprofit. $125,000 Came.

[Comment] Public health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: profound challenges, huge opportunities

New Indonesia capital: Indigenous tribes fear further marginalisation

Buttigieg pops Warren over ‘evasive’ answers on health care plan

Bill Gates Must Be Reading Mudede’s Economic Posts on Slog

Day before climate walkout, Amazon says it’s buying 100,000 electric delivery trucks

What We Can Learn About Being Good From a Village That Saved Thousands During the Holocaust

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