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☆ Opinion: The problem with the US bombing strikes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Biden administration has also repeatedly said it doesn’t want to go to war with Iran. To tamp down the possibility of a wider regional war, the US needs to focus its efforts on addressing the underlying cause of this roiling conflict: the continued war in Gaza. Previous US strikes have failed to deter Iran and its proxies. It’s possible that US cyber-attacks in Iran could damage key elements of Iranian military command and control structures, but these kinds of attacks can take many weeks to prepare. This article has been updated to reflect the strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday.

Persons: Peter Bergen, Osama bin Laden, Biden, Joe Biden, “, Houthis, Trump, Qasem Soleimani, Let’s, Sayf al, Carl von Clausewitz, Lloyd Austin Organizations: New, Arizona State University, Apple, Spotify, CNN, White House, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, US, United, Adl, Prussian, Hamas, UNRWA Locations: New America, Iraq, Syria, Iranian, Jordan, Iran, Gaza, Yemen, Baghdad, Iran’s, Afghanistan, Tehran, United Nations, East, Lebanon, Israel

☆ Gun control advocates say farewell to Wayne LaPierre and his bullet-riddled legacy on his first day as an NRA retiree
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Thursday was longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's first day of retirement after 30 years leading the gun-rights group. Gun control and gun safety advocates say they're not sorry to see LaPierre go. "Wayne LaPierre's legacy is one of lies, deceit, and manipulation leading to a uniquely American epidemic of gun violence," said Kris Brown, who heads the gun group Brady. Advertisement"Just because Wayne is gone does not mean our fight for a country free from gun violence is over." The attorney general's office is expected to rest its case Monday against the NRA, LaPierre, and two other longtime executives at the gun lobby.

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☆ I'm a boomer who moved to Canada for love and found a great retirement and better weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I left Austin because it was getting too darn hot, and the political climate became unbearable. At this point in my life, it's 99.9% better for me than the United States. I moved to Canada, and I'm not looking backMy husband and I moved to British Columbia two years ago. AdvertisementI love it here — but Canada isn't perfectIt turns out Canada is a little better than the United States on climate, safety, and politics. Courtesy of Linda OfsheDespite my medical concerns, I'm happier in Canada than I was in the United States.

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☆ Phalanx CWIS deployed on a Houthi missile just seconds from hitting a US warship
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The automated Phalanx system features Gatling guns that can fire up to 4,500 20-millimeter rounds a minute, engaging projectiles or other targets at extremely close range. Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said it was “concerning” that the Houthi missile got so close to a US warship. Whether it comes into further use in the current hostilities in the Red Sea remains to be seen. And on Thursday, US forces shot down a Houthi drone over the Gulf of Aden and destroyed a surface drone in the Red Sea, it said. Meanwhile, two ballistic missiles launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen missed targets in the Red Sea, Central Command said.

Persons: Boxer, Jesse Monford “, Tom Karako, ” Karako, Carl Schuster, ” Schuster, Schuster, ”, Carney Organizations: CNN, Navy, U.S . Navy, Mass, Raytheon, Missile Defense, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US Navy, US Central Command, Command Locations: ”, Iran, Yemen, Israel, Gaza, Aden, Red, Red Sea

☆ The 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' show's opening cleverly says goodbye to the original Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie movie — here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prime Video's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" series stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. Thankfully, Prime Video's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" TV series stands apart from the usual pitfalls of nostalgia bait and familiarity. While neither Pitt or Jolie appear in the Amazon TV show alongside Glover and Erskine, the opening episode finds a metaphorical way of saying goodbye to the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" movie. AdvertisementSo while audiences will already be familiar with the idea of married spies, the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" series feels fresh enough to stand on its own two feet. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" is streaming now on Prime Video.

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BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate approved a sweeping gun bill Thursday designed to crack down on “ghost guns,” toughen the state’s prohibition on assault weapons and outlaw devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns. On ghost guns, the bill would toughen oversight for those who own privately made, unserialized firearms that are largely untraceable. In 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice reported recovering 25,785 ghost guns in domestic seizures. In October, the Massachusetts House approved its own gun bill aimed at tightening firearm laws, also cracking down on ghost guns. “There’s a lot of new stuff, industry stuff, machine gun stuff, definitions that are weird so that’s why the (Senate) bill should have gone to a separate hearing,” he said.

Persons: ”, Karen Spilka, Glock, Jim Wallace, he’d, what’s, John Rosenthal Organizations: BOSTON, The Massachusetts Senate, Supreme, Democratic, U.S . Department of Justice, Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts House Locations: The Massachusetts, U.S, Massachusetts

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection. The decision upholds the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from the ballot under a voter-approved measure aimed at stopping such boycotts. Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, amended the state constitution to bar lawmakers from reelection if they have more than 10 unexcused absences. The senators’ lawsuit was filed against Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who last August said the boycotting senators were disqualified from seeking reelection. Oregon voters approved Measure 113 by a wide margin following Republican walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Persons: — Sens, Tim Knopp, Daniel Bonham, Suzanne Weber, Dennis Linthicum, Lynn Findley, ”, Knopp, they’ve, LaVonne Griffin, Valade, walkouts Organizations: Oregon Supreme, Republican, — Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating events leading up to the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history is ready to hear the heart-wrenching stories from some of the family members of victims on Thursday. Seven family members were expected to publicly address the panel, putting a human face on their sorrow and suffering. The governor isn’t waiting for the commission to wrap up its work to begin making policy changes to prevent such tragedies in the future. The commission is chaired by Daniel Wathen, former chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Other members include former U.S. Attorney Paula Silsby and Debra Baeder, the former chief forensic psychologist for the state.

Persons: Kathleen Walker, Stacy Cyr, Jason Walker, Michael Deslauriers, Elizabeth Seal, Joshua, Megan Vozzella, Steve, Janet Mills, Aaron Frey, Robert Card, Card, isn’t, Daniel Wathen, Paula Silsby, Debra Baeder Organizations: Army, Democratic Gov, Army Reserve, U.S Locations: AUGUSTA, Maine, Lewiston, West Point , New York

☆ Retiree Travels the World As a House-Sitter, Rents Own Home on Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I resigned from my job and booked my first house sit that winter in Breckenridge, Colorado. How to choose a good house sitI have now completed over 25 house sits. When I take on a house sit, I make sure I'm close to public transport or have access to a car. However, I've been so busy with house sits recently I haven't stayed there for almost a year. My last house sit in Naples, Florida, included two dogs, two cats, a guinea pig, two geckos, and a tortoise.

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Kyiv CNN —Aid to Ukraine is frozen in US Congress, and Kyiv could be dealing with a Trump presidency more sympathetic to Moscow. “I don’t worry much about it,” Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence directorate, told CNN in an exclusive interview in Kyiv. His agency has claimed notable successes, including raids on the Russian-occupied Crimea and attacks on Russian airfields, inflicting embarrassing wounds on the Kremlin. Ukrainian social media is bursting with footage from frontline troops showing drones spying on, attacking and even capturing Russian troops, although Moscow uses many of the same tactics. But as Ukraine’s long-held hopes for F-16 jets come to fruition – with Kyiv’s pilots already training on the aircraft – Budanov echoed Ukraine’s newest request.

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☆ A Houthi missile got so close to a US destroyer the warship had to turn to a last resort gun system to shoot it down: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Ella Sherman | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Houthi missile put a US destroyer's Close-In Weapon System to the test in a recent engagement. The Tuesday incident marks the latest Houthi missile attack, though not the latest exchange of fire. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementA Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired into the Red Sea came within a mile of a US Navy destroyer on Tuesday, close enough that the American warship had to turn to its Close-In Weapon System — a last line of defense. Advertisement"We're certainly taking aggressive action against the Houthis to try to defend shipping in the Red Sea," White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said this week.

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☆ An America Where Guns Do the Talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Rachel Louise Snyder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

ONE NATION UNDER GUNS: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy, by Dominic ErdozainWHAT WE’VE BECOME: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms, by Jonathan M. MetzlLast year, a friend from Brunei visited me in the United States. She is American but was raised in Sudan and has lived in Cambodia and Scotland, among other places. We were talking about the rise in anxiety among teenagers in America when another friend texted me; her daughter had just arrived home from school, where she’d spent the afternoon in lockdown. Are mass shootings, record suicides and endless homicides the new norm even for those of us who aren’t interested in accumulating arsenals? deliveryman knocks on Erdozain’s door, he dives for cover like a “shot fox.” As with the lockdown at my friend’s daughter’s school, the threat abates, but the emotional tremors linger.

Persons: Dominic Erdozain, Jonathan M, Metzl, texted, she’d, “ They’re, Carol Anderson, Michael Waldman, Akhil Reed Amar, we’ve, You’re, deliveryman Locations: Brunei, United States, Sudan, Cambodia, Scotland, America

☆ Biden has spent millions on gun policy, but future violence prevention depends on who wins the presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementThe future of gun violence prevention policy will likely depend on who works in the Oval Office. But continued federal action hangs on whether Congress passes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2023, a bill that would cement an office of gun violence prevention in the US Justice Department. As election season gears up, gun-related injuries have surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of death for young people, and 18,874 Americans lost their lives to gun violence last year, per the Gun Violence Archive. Breaking down Biden's investment in gun violence preventionIt's been almost six months since The Biden-Harris Administration created the first White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention , tasked with reducing gun violence across the country through executive and legislative action. The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, specifically, is funded through Congress' annual executive office appropriations.

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☆ Tel Aviv Adjusts to Wartime With Hostage Photos and Guns on Streets
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Stores have reopened. But things are far from normal in Tel Aviv. The rocket barrages that crippled Tel Aviv, on Israel's Mediterranean coast north of Gaza, at the outset of the war have largely petered out as Israel's military made gains in its fight against Palestinian militant groups. Civilians, worried about Palestinian street attacks, are carrying guns in much greater numbers than before the war. After weeks of relative quiet, a huge barrage of rockets was fired on Monday at major cities in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, sending residents running for shelter.

Persons: Alexandre Meneghini, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Palestinian, Military Locations: TEL AVIV, Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel

☆ Opinion: Swatting by Trump’s followers is putting public officials in danger. It has to stop
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Adam Kinzinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I will tell you that the last thing you want is to see multiple law enforcement officials with guns drawn pointing at my parents and thinking that something happened,” the former South Carolina governor told NBC. It’s been in the headlines recently because of a spate of incidents involving public officials. When prominent public officials are victims of swatting, one can’t always prove a cause-and-effect relationship between inflammatory rhetoric posted online or delivered during a speech and a caller’s reckless false emergency call to 911. We need tougher laws to protect public servants, and some states are increasing penalties for perpetrators of swatting. Swatting increases the likeliness of inadvertent harm to the public by the very people whose job it is to protect us.

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☆ Istanbul church shooting victim was a Muslim, says local official
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Scott Mclean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The lone victim of Sunday’s ISIS-claimed shooting at the Santa Maria Catholic Church in Istanbul was a Muslim, according to a local official. “During the attack, a citizen from Bayburt at the entrance, a Muslim citizen, lost his life,” said the mayor. A funeral ceremony for Tuncer Murat Cihan, the victim of the shooting, is held on Monday. Dilara Senkaya/Reuters“According to the priest, he was constantly going to church and the priest knew this person and referred to him as ‘a good person,’” added Genc. ISIS has claimed responsibility for a shooting, according to a statement from the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency, citing a security source from the terror group.

Persons: Sukru Genc, ”, Ali Yerlikaya, Tuncer Murat Cihan, Dilara Senkaya, ” Genc, BirGün, Genc, Witold Lesniak, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s, “, ” Erdogan, Davut Gul, Anadalou Organizations: CNN, ISIS, Santa Maria Catholic Church, Turkish, Reuters, Polish Locations: Istanbul, Sariyer, Bayburt, Turkish, Tajikistan, Russia, Turkey

☆ Man Killed in Istanbul Church Shooting Was Out for a Walk, Relative Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Murat Cihan, the victim's cousin, said his relative had no political or religious connections and lived "in his own world". CCTV footage verified by Reuters shows the two gunmen waiting briefly in an entrance hall at the church, before following a man inside. Another angle shows the attackers shooting the man walking in ahead of them. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said the Polish consul general was also inside the church with his family during the attack. Footage from inside the church on Monday showed bullet holes on the side of a pew, as well as another in a wall.

Persons: Mehmet Emin Caliskan, Tuncer Murat Cihan, Murat Cihan, Sukru Genc, Ekrem Imamoglu, Tayyip Erdogan, Tuncer, Alex Richardson Organizations: Islamic, Authorities, Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church, Reuters, Islamic State Locations: Mehmet Emin Caliskan ISTANBUL, Istanbul, Italian, Sariyer, Tajikistan, Russia, Sariyer's, Polish

An independent commission is investigating the October shootings that killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in the worst mass shooting in Maine history. Janet Mills said the panel needs subpoena power, in part to access the shooter's military records. The judiciary committee could vote on the bill seeking subpoena power on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the committee said. Mills' proposal for subpoena power has the backing of the Democratic and Republican leaders of both houses of the Legislature. The independent commission investigating the shootings is expected to look into potential missed opportunities to prevent the shootings.

Persons: Janet Mills, Robert Card's, Mills, Billy Bob Faulkingham, Robert Card, Card, Aaron Frey, ” Mills, “, Jan Organizations: Democratic, Maine Legislature's, Judiciary, Republican, Maine Policy Institute, Sheriff's Office Locations: PORTLAND, Maine, Lewiston, New York, ”, Sagadahoc

☆ I quit Amazon Prime and it was way easier than I expected. It's made me reevaluate everything.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Alex Kantrowitz | Big Technology | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Last June, on a whim, I canceled Amazon Prime. I still regularly buy things from Amazon with free shipping, but I'm happily out on Prime. After canceling Prime, I've been able to reevaluate the necessity of that ultra-fast, free shipping and have found it mostly unneeded. AdvertisementLeaving Prime also meant the end of free Amazon Prime Video, but I've been able to bear it. If Amazon Prime members started reconsidering and discarded the service en masse, it would be trouble for the company.

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☆ Many Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Mariupol, but survivors faced further hell in brutal Russian captivity
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Ukrainian officials say tens of thousands of people were killed, but Mariupol's actual death toll remains unknown. Their goal was to break our will — to break our resilience," said Tetiana, the Ukrainian mother whose surname has been intentionally withheld. "We didn't really feel the beginning of the war," Oleksandr said, but that quickly changed. Many soldiers were killed at Azovstal, and those who survived also ended up in Russian captivity. Hi, I'm in Ukraine, mom ❤️Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Didur calls his dearest person after being released from almost 14 months of #Russian captivity.

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The trove of investigation documents released Thursday includes a timeline of images from Mohamed Barakat’s apartment and surveillance cameras that map his movements before the July 14 shooting as officers investigated a routine traffic crash. Barakat shot and killed one Fargo police officer and wounded two other officers and a bystander before a fourth officer killed him in an exchange of gunfire. Images taken from video on the night before the shooting show a tactical vest on Barakat's apartment floor, Barakat checking his door while holding a gun and a cellphone, and later assembling a short-barreled shotgun. Much of his subsequent movements involved driving around Fargo, returning several times to his garage and at least twice to his apartment. A fourth officer, Zach Robinson, fired back with a 9 mm handgun, shooting the clip of Barakat's rifle and effectively disabling it.

Persons: Mohamed Barakat’s, Barakat, he’s, General Drew Wrigley, Wrigley, ” Wrigley, Jake Wallin —, —, Andrew Dotas, Tyler Hawes, Zach Robinson, Robinson, Claudia Lauer Organizations: N.D, North Dakota, Associated Locations: BISMARCK, Fargo , North Dakota, Fargo, Syrian, U.S, Downtown Fargo, Philadelphia

☆ One Hope From Changes at This Holocaust Museum: Fewer Nazi Selfies
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Ralph Blumenthal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Students on school trips to a Holocaust museum outside Detroit would stand riveted at one stark display: a Nazi officer’s black uniform with a red swastika armband, guns and a whip. Some couldn’t resist snapping selfies. Now, however, the exhibit, at the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Mich., has been redone as part of a major redesign. The showcase with the uniform is still there, but the view of those artifacts is partially blocked by photographs of German soldiers lounging at ease or leading Jews to mass shooting sites. “I don’t want them to see this uniform without facing the truth of these people who wore these uniforms,” said Mark Mulder, the museum’s curator and a scholar of what is called atrocity imagery.

Persons: ”, Mark Mulder Organizations: Holocaust Locations: Detroit, Nazi, Farmington Hills, Mich

☆ Opinion | The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedule
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Tyler Austin Harper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Do you think we’ll need to buy guns?” The student’s question seemed to drop the temperature in the room by several degrees. I was at a dinner with fellow academics, a few college students and a guest speaker who had just delivered an inspiring talk about climate justice. Sensing confusion, the student clarified: Planetary catastrophe was inevitable in the near term, which means people would soon be living behind walled communities. The guest speaker took a moment to process this information, then suggested that the student worry more about growing vegetables than about buying guns. That conversation has stuck with me over the years not because the student’s views were unusual but because they’ve become commonplace.

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He said shots suddenly hit the back of the truck, striking Abdel Jabbar. Hafeth Abdel Jabbar said that when he arrived, he found his son’s lifeless body in the pickup, amid shattered glass and blood stains. They jumped in the family truck and headed out, he said, but realized they'd forgotten charcoal. Later Tuesday, investigators took the truck, Abdel Jabbar said. Also Tuesday, Abdel Jabbar said, he accompanied Salameh to provide witness testimony to Israeli investigators.

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☆ Widening Mideast Crisis Families of Israeli Hostages Plan Protest at Border Crossing Used for Aid to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Egypt, which borders the Gaza Strip, has also played a key role. Another key negotiating track involves the future of the Gaza Strip after the guns fall silent. Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007, expelling the rival Fatah party, which dominates the Palestinian Authority. Mr. Netanyahu has largely ruled out the return of the Palestinian Authority to ruling Gaza, at least in its present form. Complicating matters further, the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, faces severe internal challenges.

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