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[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hundreds of people protested at the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday in favor of tighter gun controls, haranguing the Republican-led Legislature to take action following this week’s mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville in which three children and three adults were killed. Chants of “Save our children!” echoed noisily in…
[ad_1] HOUSTON — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States and joined his family after being held for more than two years. Paul Rusesabagina’s arrival in San Antonio was announced by his daughter Carine Kanimba, who tweeted…
[ad_1] Today in History Today is Thursday, March 30, the 89th day of 2023. There are 276 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr.; also wounded were White House press secretary…
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of Trust and Safety, said in a tweet Wednesday that the company automatically removed more than 5,000 tweets and…
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A protester forcibly removed from a chamber gallery at the West Virginia Capitol and later arrested for disrupting lawmakers as they moved to ban abortion last year will see all charges dropped against her, if she stays out of trouble for the next six months. Lindsey Jacobs, a 38-year-old lawyer with…
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday brushed aside criticism of his judicial overhaul plan from President Joe Biden, saying that the matter was an internal Israeli issue and would not be influenced by outside pressure. It was a rare bout of public disagreement between the two close allies, and reflected what has been…