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Registering assault weapons would be a good first step to ending the scourge of mass shootings

Already this year there have been 203 mass shootings in America. History shows registration of powerful weapons can be an effective way to save lives.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2022

‘He was making fun of these motherf***ers’: Why George Carlin’s radical underdog comedy is still so relevant

Fourteen years after his death, the iconoclastic comedian’s material regularly goes viral on social media. Kevin E G Perry talks to Carlin’s daughter Kelly, his manager Jerry Hamza and director Judd Apatow about new documentary ‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ and why the taboo-busting stand-up is still having the last laugh

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Sector Rotation And 9 Stocks To Watch During A Recession

Is the United States heading toward a recession? This has been the looming question on the minds of Americans since inflation topped at 8.5% in March, matched with other indicators such as rising interest rates and the bond market’s inverted yield curve.

Benzinga · May 18, 2022

Woman shocked after being charged $40 for ‘crying’ at doctors appointment

‘Tell me you live in America without telling me that you live in America’

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Biden Is Right: We Shouldn't Restrict Americans in the Name of Liberating Cuba

A new White House policy faces one of the most malignant foreign policy objections: that it's not a magic wand for regime change.

Reason · May 18, 2022

Bruno Tonioli 'quitting' Strictly Come Dancing judges panel

He is believed to be choosing the American version of Strictly after 18 years on the BBC show

Liverpool Echo · May 18, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Here's why the arguments against canceling student debt make no sense

The debate over the cancellation of student debt has been going on for so long in America that reiterating the arguments pro and con no longer seems necessary.

Los Angeles Times · May 18, 2022

Newcastle United forced into pre-season rethink after getting disappointing news about American tour

Newcastle United presented with unwanted pre-season problem as Ohio Cup is scrapped

Chronicle Live · May 18, 2022

Editorial: As grim pandemic milestone arrives, GOP still plays politics with the crisis

Even as America topped a million coronavirus deaths on Monday, congressional Republicans continued playing games with vaccine funding, holding it up over an unrelated immigration debate. The same short-sighted politics are also preventing the U.S. from pledging funding to an international effort that would ultimately help prevent resurgences here. These…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 18, 2022

A million have died of Covid-19 in America. How did this happen?

One million people should never have to die from another pandemic. Not in America, a country built to do so much better

The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022