Nationwide, 1,525 firearms were seized at airports last year. Of those, 85 percent were loaded—and 26 percent were loaded and had a cartridge in the chamber ready to fire. The most frequently seized guns were .380-caliber, 9 mm and .38-caliber pistols. Those three types made up a little more than half of all guns confiscated, according to the Medill initiative.
And those arrested with guns paid $1.8 million in fines to the federal government last year, according to TSA.
The poll from Quinnipiac University shows Clinton with a solid lead over former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida. Clinton whips Bush 50 percent to 43 percent. She does even better against Rubio, besting him 53 percent to 41 percent.
Clinton and Bush both do well in rounding up members of their party, but the Democrat beats out the former governor with independents, leading that group 48 percent to 42 percent. Men divide evenly between the two candidates, with each claiming 45 percent, but Clinton has a clear edge with women voters. A majority—53 percent—of women back Clinton, while 41 percent prefer Bush.
Hastings [hired by Buzzfeed to cover the presidential race in 2012] was also a contributing editor at Rolling Stone [and] perhaps best known for his candid Rolling Stone interview with General Stanley McChrystal, then the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, that eventually led to McChrystal being relieved of his command.
He was also the author of two books about America's wars: The Operators, detailing the flaws of the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, and I Lost My Love In Baghdad, about his experiences as a war correspondent in Iraq during his mid-twenties.
In most of the shootings, the F.B.I.’s internal investigation was the only official inquiry. In the Orlando case, for example, there have been conflicting accounts about basic facts like whether the Chechen man, Ibragim Todashev, attacked an agent with a knife, was unarmed or was brandishing a metal pole. But Orlando homicide detectives are not independently investigating what happened.
[In an interview with public radio station KPCC, he said]: "You mentioned governor. Look, I believe in public service. I want to run for governor. In fact, I fully expect that I will. I'm going to tell you something, I will never have a job like this. This city has given me more than I could have ever hoped for."
"NASA already is working to find asteroids that might be a threat to our planet, and while we have found 95 percent of the large asteroids near the Earth's orbit, we need to find all those that might be a threat to Earth," said NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver. "This Grand Challenge is focused on detecting and characterizing asteroids and learning how to deal with potential threats. We will also harness public engagement, open innovation and citizen science to help solve this global problem."
In December of 2011 Newt Gingrich needed 10,000 signatures to get his name on the Virginia presidential primary ballot. Adam Ward, 28, collected more than 11,000 signatures according to prosecutors. More than 4,000 signatures could not be verified by investigators.
Gingrich failed to qualify for the primary.
On today's
Kagro in the Morning show, NN13 looms large!
Greg Dworkin remembers NNs past in his roundup, plus stories on Rick Perry's job poaching junket to CT, new NSA polls, and more gut vs quant sparring. Greg also notes the passing of Michael Hastings, with a few stories looking back on his fearless style.
Armando called in from the road, noting he'll be reporting from San Jose, as will the larger Netroots Radio team. #GunFAIL news yields typically amazing results. McConnell's lame "threat" on the nuclear option. Lastly, the free market says "derp" to the NRA's terrible "arm the teachers" idea.