A federal appeals court struck down the Biden administration’s limits on so-called “ghost guns,” affirming a lower court’s ruling Friday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives didn’t have proper authority to change its rules. The ATF rule change specified the definitions of “firearm” and other terms in order to regulate the production...
Columbia University suspended two student organizations that have led protests calling for a cease-fire in Israel's war on Hamas militants in Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians, the university announced Friday. University Vice President Gerald Rosberg cited campus safety in announcing that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)...
In his first public interview since being arrested, Joseph Emerson, the off-duty pilot who was charged with trying to cut a plane's engines, said he thought he was in hell before the flight and admitted he made a big mistake. Emerson is a pilot for Alaska Airlines. Last month, he boarded a flight while not...
Some pet foods have been recalled after infants were sickened with Salmonella. “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and state partners, is investigating seven human cases of Salmonella Kiambu infection potentially associated with pet food made by Mid America Pet Food,” the Food and Drug...
A federal court turned down a legal challenge filed by a large coalition of environmental groups, upholding the federal approval of a major Alaska oil drilling project.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is pushing for a subpoena for the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein's plane to identify possible perpetrators in his alleged crimes.
The University of Vermont has renamed its Hills Agricultural Sciences Building and accompanying rural partnerships program after Democratic former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy.