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CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in its worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. In the immediate aftermath of last Friday’s shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, Ardern labeled the attack as terrorism and said New Zealand’s gun laws would change. “On 15 March our history…

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The pilots on the doomed Lion Air flight did not appear to understand why the jet was tipping downward and how to correct that problem. One flipped through a technical manual, and the other began to pray, according to the cockpit voice recording. An investigation is still underway to determine what caused the crash in Ethiopia. A possible fault in the MCAS system is part of the inquiry, and the…

The world awaits the final product of special counsel Robert Mueller. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Legal Answering, as best we can, your pressing questions: When will the investigation be over? Is anyone else going to be indicted? When’s the Mueller report coming out? By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and JOSH GERSTEIN 03/20/2019 06:34 PM EDT Updated 03/20/2019 07:18 PM EDT 2019-03-20T07:18-0400 It’s a moment nearly two years in the making, and it’s…

By the 19th century, Jews were regularly portrayed as beggars or poverty-stricken peddlers — the exhibition describes how most Jews in England at that time were economic migrants with limited financial means who were forced to scrape together a living any way they could. Conversely, Jews were also portrayed as greedy bankers. One of the financiers who came in for much negative representation was Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who arrived from…

To Tamara Lanier, the image of the white-haired black man, emaciated, stripped of his clothing, and staring unflinchingly into the camera, is Papa Renty — a South Carolina slave who learned to read and held clandestine Bible classes despite the dangers on the plantation. To Harvard University, the image is part of its collection of daguerreotypes, among the oldest known pictures of enslaved people in the United States. They were…

President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Amid signs that special counsel…

Video Ethiopian official reports ‘clear similarity’ between deadly Boeing jet crashes The flight control system on the Boeing 737 Max 8 is being eyed in Ethiopia crash investigation; Doug McKelway reports on the details. The day before a brand new Lion Air jet crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Indonesia‘s capital city last fall — likely due to an equipment malfunction — an off-duty pilot reportedly helped save the…

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People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The U.S. Supreme Court signaled strongly on Wednesday that it is likely to rule for a death-row inmate in Mississippi who was prosecuted six times for the same crime by a prosecutor with a history…

President Trump delivers remarks at the Lima Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio regarding a surge in manufacturing jobs. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of global news and information. Here you will find clips from NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, and original digital videos. Subscribe to our channel for news stories, technology, politics, health, entertainment, science, business,…

“Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley Sullenberger says the two recent crashes of a new Boeing passenger jet show the federal government has lost the ability to effectively regulate the company. Sullenberger said the Federal Aviation Administration has been underfunded for “too many years.” That reality has forced the FAA to outsource the work of approving aircraft to the manufacturers themselves. “This, of course, has created inherent conflicts of interest,…

“Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley Sullenberger says the two recent crashes of a new Boeing passenger jet show the federal government has lost the ability to effectively regulate the company. Sullenberger said the Federal Aviation Administration has been underfunded for “too many years.” That reality has forced the FAA to outsource the work of approving aircraft to the manufacturers themselves. “This, of course, has created inherent conflicts of interest,…

“Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley Sullenberger says the two recent crashes of a new Boeing passenger jet show the federal government has lost the ability to effectively regulate the company. Sullenberger said the Federal Aviation Administration has been underfunded for “too many years.” That reality has forced the FAA to outsource the work of approving aircraft to the manufacturers themselves. “This, of course, has created inherent conflicts of interest,…

Margaret Sullivan As amorous embraces go, few could be more ardent than the one Beto O’Rourke got this month from Vanity Fair magazine. The perfectly timed cover treatment was the full monty: Rugged-glam photo by the legendary Annie Leibovitz, the former Texas congressman’s earnest Kennedy-esque gaze, and the ripe-for-parody headline including this immortal quote: “I’m just born to be in it.” Most Americans wouldn’t see the magazine itself, of course,…

(EL PASO, Texas) — Immigration officials say a Mexican migrant died Monday after his arrest near an urban border crossing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the death Tuesday, saying agents arrested the 40-year-old man early Sunday for re-entering the country illegally. His identity wasn’t released. He died at an El Paso hospital after receiving treatment for flu-like symptoms and liver and kidney failure. He’s the fourth migrant to die…

One can spend several days trying not to overreact to President Trump’s latest, unprovoked tweetstorm against the late Sen. John McCain R-Ariz., yet still conclude that there is something sick and twisted about Trump’s obsession with the singular American hero Trump disparages. Tom Rogan already in these pages has eloquently explained why, fake heel spurs or no fake heel spurs, Trump could never be fit to wear McCain’s discarded shoes….

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for the court’s official portrait in the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court building on November 30, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for the court’s official portrait in the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court building on November 30, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty…

<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Airlines One day before the deadly crash of a Lion Air plane on Oct. 29 last year, pilots flying that Boeing 737 Max 8 lost control of the aircraft — but they were saved by an off-duty colleague riding in the cockpit, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. That off-duty pilot correctly identified the problem the crew was facing and guided them to disable the flight control…