Mercury News

YOUNTVILLE — Three women and one man have been found dead after a veteran receiving PTSD treatment took three hostages at the Yountville Veterans Home in Napa County, law enforcement officials said.

It appears one of the dead individuals was the gunman, who killed himself, law enforcement officials said.

“This is a tragic piece of news, one that we were really hoping we would not have to come before the public to give,” said CHP Assistant Chief Chris Childs.   Continue reading “Gunman kills three hostages, self in Napa County veterans home”

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WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – A military parade requested by President Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C., but to minimize damage to roads it will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said.

Last month Trump asked the Pentagon to explore a parade in celebration of American troops, after the Republican president marveled at the Bastille Day military parade he attended in Paris last year.   Continue reading “Trump’s military parade planned for Veterans Day — without tanks”

Mercury News

YOUNTVILLE — A military veteran receiving PTSD treatment has holed up with three hostages after getting into a brief shootout with police at the Yountville Veterans Home in Napa County, officials said.

A little after 3:30 p.m., law enforcement released a number of residents who were on lock down in a separate area of the building.

Jim Thomas, vice president of the Veterans’ Group at the Yountville Veterans Home said that he had been in a meeting when the shooting first started at 10:30 a.m.   Continue reading “Gunman takes hostages at Napa County veterans home after shootout with police”

NJ.com

A suspected drunk driver who fled the scene of an accident told a police officer he did so because he felt scared because the crash occurred in “redneck country.”

The crash happened Sunday at the intersection of Route 15 and Houses Corner Road in Sparta, Sussex County.

Michael Gormley, 48, of Morristown was turning onto Houses Corner Road in his Chevrolet pickup when he hit another vehicle that was making a turn, Lt. John Lamon said.   Continue reading “Suspected drunk driver fled crash because he felt scared in ‘redneck country’”

NJ.com

The federal government has been advising a beach town on the Jersey Shore on plans to build a pier and start a ferry service that would speed New Yorkers to the doorstep of a resort co-owned by Jared Kushner.

Kushner’s seaside resort sits right next to the proposed pier, which places the federal government in the awkward position of helping steer a project that would benefit President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser.   Continue reading “Jersey Shore town seeks fed backing for ferry dock near Kushner-owned resort”

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was enacting steel and aluminum tariffs Thursday, capping off a week’s worth of controversy over his plans to impose the new trade penalties.

“Today I’m defending America’s national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel,” the president said in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, flanked by steel and aluminum workers. “…Steel is steel. You don’t have steel, you don’t have a country.”   Continue reading “Trump orders new tariffs, with exemptions for Mexico and Canada”

Weather Channel

Winter Storm Quinn has brought blizzard conditions to the northern Plains and also spread snowfall through the Midwest and Great Lakes to begin this week.

Quinn will bring heavy snow to the Northeast Wednesday as a coastal low-pressure system develops. For more details on the Northeast forecast for Quinn, see our coverage at the link below.   Continue reading “Winter Storm Quinn Brings Blizzard Conditions to the Northern Plains and Spreads Snow Through the Midwest, Great Lakes”

Business Insider – by Cadie Thompson

In a memo to employees on Friday, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian defended his company’s decision to cut ties with the National Rifle Association and signaled it could end more politically divisive partnerships.

Since ending its relationship with the NRA last weekend, the airline has faced backlash from some customers and lawmakers.   Continue reading “Delta fires back at angry lawmakers amid NRA backlash: ‘Our values are not for sale’”

Consequence of Sound – by Randall Colburn

You’d think we’d be past the point of old people rapping in an effort to win over the youngs, but, lest we forget, Saturday Night Live sought to “humanize” Donald Trump by having him undulate to a Drake song a few years ago. In a video that will have you cringing your backwards baseball cap off, the Utah House of Representatives just released a clip of them rapping about the process of turning a bill into a law and, for fuck’s sake, it’s even worse than it sounds.   Continue reading “Utah House of Representatives’ new rap video is even worse than it sounds”

Washington Examiner – by Daniel Chaitin

Both President Trump and the National Rifle Association said they had a “great” meeting Thursday evening at the White House, one day after the president roiled gun rights advocates when he suggested illegally taking away guns from dangerous people.

In an enthusiastic tweet, Trump said he had a “Good (Great) meeting in the Oval Office tonight with the NRA!”   Continue reading “NRA after ‘great’ meeting: Trump supports ‘strong’ due process, doesn’t want gun control”

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SUNRISE, Fla., Feb 27 (Reuters) – Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.

But unlike many of the survivors of the massacre, the 16-year-old sees a nascent, student-led campaign for tighter gun controls as a threat to her rights under the U.S. Constitution.  Continue reading “‘It’s a lifestyle’ – Teens at Florida shooting club defend guns”

The Hollywood Reporter

Some of the players, Jimmy Kimmel and others in the crowd at Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game appeared to snicker.

“Worst rendition ever”?

Fergie didn’t win over many fans on Sunday during her rendition of the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game.   Continue reading “Viewers Slam Fergie’s National Anthem Performance at NBA All-Star Game as “Worst Rendition Ever””

Kansas City Star – by Max Londberg

Third-graders in a Missouri community are continuing to sell raffle tickets for an AR-15 to benefit their traveling baseball team after the same type of rifle was used to slaughter and injure dozens at a Florida school.

Levi Patterson, the coach of a 9-and-under baseball team in Neosho, Mo., told The Star the idea was conceived before the shooting in Parkland, Fla.

A father of one of the players — who co-founded Black Rain Ordnance Inc., a weapons purveyor in Neosho — offered the weapon for the raffle.   Continue reading “Third-graders are selling AR-15 raffle tickets in Missouri”

Fox 31 News

LONGMONT, Colo. — At Grandpas Pawn and Gun in Longmont, passing a background check doesn’t mean it will sell a firearm.

Many questions have been raised about the mental status of a teenager who legally purchased an AR-15 then allegedly opened fire at a Florida high school, killing 15 people.

At the Longmont shop, clerks have been trained to watch for signs of trouble.  Continue reading “Longmont gun shop trains workers to look for warning signs”

Randy’s family has set up a memorial for him in Bryan, TX on February 24th. It is NOT what he wanted in any way, form, or fashion. However, they don’t care. This is for Them and they will do it Their way. They don’t approve of what he wanted and don’t care what he wanted, much less me.

I am flying down on the 21st and back to NYC on the 28th (what would have been our 10th Wedding Anniversary) to perform my duty as Widow. I will drive the car back with his ashes later, when the weather is better and I get word from the National Cemetery in Houston.

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With the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots all set to face off during Super Bowl 2018, some fans probably won’t be making it to work the next morning. As a result, a staggering 72% of HR managers reportedly think the day following the Super Bowl “should be a paid national holiday from work.”

Research released this week from staffing firm OfficeTeam shows that 59% of workers say they have either not made it to work or been late on the morning after “a major sporting event” — 32% weren’t on time and 27% phoned in to say they weren’t feeling well or used another reason for not coming in.   Continue reading “59 percent of employees skip work or show up late the day after a major sporting event”

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ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State will end its successful “I Love NY” highway  campaign, the state DOT announced Friday.

The announcement comes after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration sent a letter Thursday to New York transportation officials saying the state stands to lose $14 million in federal funding for failing to remove the 500-plus “I Love NY” signs.   Continue reading “NYS to end “I Love New York” campaign after being warned of possible loss of federal funding”