Department of Elections workers sort through mailed in ballots at City Hall in San Francisco, on Nov. 8, 2016. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu By Dr. Bindu Kalesan (left) and Dr. Sandro Galea (right) / 11.15.2016 Kalesan – Director, Evans Center for Translational Epidemiology and Comparative Effectiveness Research Galeo – Dean, School of Public Health Boston[…]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton during a May 25, 2016, press conference. By Jonathan Silver / 07.28.2016 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Austin in Travis County district court, trying to force the city to comply with his reading of the state’s open carry law and allow license holders to openly[…]
Clifton Shortie, Jr. at sentencing By April Hamlin / 07.25.2016 A Detroit man has been sentenced to 25-50 years in prison after his 9-year-old son was killed in an accidental shooting when his older sister found their father’s unsecured gun. On Monday, the 45-year-old man was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, child abuse and several weapons charges.[…]
The question, and then the non-existent pause By Matthew A. McIntosh / 06.05.2016 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Former CBS news anchor and current Yahoo “Global News Anchor” Katie Couric recently produced a documentary, “Under the Gun”, about gun violence and control in the United States. It was admittedly a POV (point-of-view) documentary, and that’s fine. What is[…]
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.25.2016 A mother left her two children in her vehicle as she went to shop in a grocery store in Birmingham, Alabama, Thursday evening (Mar 24), and the 4-year-old boy was shot when his sister picked up the gun and it discharged. The boy’s skull was grazed, though thankfully not[…]