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The Trump administration’s proposed new rules on gun ownership are intended to scare transgender people out of buying weapons, leading pro-Second Amendment activists say.
A new rule enacted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would mean all new gun owners must list their birth sex on mandatory purchase paperwork, even if they have legally or medically changed genders.
Such a rule would make it easier for ATF to gather lists of trans gun owners, simply by identifying where names appear to conflict with the listed sex,according to firearms policy experts.
It could also deter trans people from buying guns legally, since complying with paperwork would create a “Catch 22” situation — and a false statement comes with the threat of federal charges and prison time, the experts said.
“Just the announcement is going to have a chilling effect,” Patrick G. Eddington, a senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute, told The Independent.
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The quick actions of five middle school students may have prevented a disaster.
On Wednesday, a group of students from Hancock Middle School in Mississippi worked together after their school bus driver experienced a medical emergency and passed out.
Leah Taylor, the driver, told WLOX that the “students stepped up when I passed out driving the bus.”
“She kind of fell over, like flopped over, and everyone started standing up,” McKenzy Finch, a sixth-grade, told the station.
Despite most of their driving experience likely being reserved to video games or four-wheelers, the students sprung into action and devised a genius way to stop the bus by working together.
open image in galleryFive middle school students, who helped stop a bus after their driver passed out during a medical emergency, stand outside a bus in Hancock County, Miss., on Thursday, April 23, 2026 (AP)With the vehicle still in motion, Jackson Casnave, who is also in sixth-grader, rushed to grab the bus's steering whe..

President Donald Trump has called for unity after a suspect was arrested for attempting to storm a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, armed with multiple knives and a gun.
“I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our difference [sic] peacefully,” he said at a press conference in the aftermath of the incident, still dressed in his tuxedo from the meal.
The incident took place at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening, where the annual event was being held. Journalists and press who cover the White House and the president are invited to attend the fundraiser and awards ceremony every year.
Mr Trump has previously not attended the dinner, which usually involves poking fun at the US administration in power, and the US leader and businessman was famously the butt of a joke at the event in 2011 made by then-president Barack Obama.
President Trump thanked the Secret Service and law enforcement for their swift action to detain the gunman, 31-year-old..

ABC’s Jonathan Karl detailed a phone call from President Donald Trump on Sunday morning — just hours after the shocking White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting — and said that the president, who’d once derided him as a “third-rate” journalist, had called to check if he was OK.
Karl, a White House correspondent and former president of the White House Correspondent’s Association, described the conversation with the president on ABC’s This Week to host George Stephanopoulos. Saturday evening’s annual dinner at the Washington Hilton was disrupted by gunshots when officials say suspect Cole Allen charged through a security perimeter armed with multiple weapons.
“My phone rang shortly after 7am, my landline, George, actually a number that few people call, and it was President Trump calling … At first he was calling to see if I was OK, with what happened last night; ‘Are you OK?’” Karl recalled Trump asking.
Trump also “reiterated many of the things he said in his press conference last ..

FBI Director Kash Patel vows to file defamation lawsuit against The AtlanticPresident Donald Trump will head to the Washington Hilton hotel this evening for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, his first time at the glitzy gala as president.
The Republican broke longstanding norms by skipping the event multiple times in his previous years as president.
Trump suffered a memorable roasting by then-President Barack Obama at the dinner in 2011, and this year’s iteration won’t feature a comedian as MC, as has been typical in past years. Instead, mentalist Oz Pearlman will host the event. Arrivals to the dinner are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Eastern time.
Trump’s return to the Correspondents’ Dinner comes as his administration continues to lock horns with the press.
Earlier this week, FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over a bombshell exposé alleging he drinks excessively and has performed erratically in the job, cla..

A Florida lawmaker said he was “appalled” after learning that more than two dozen sloths died in an Orlando warehouse en route to a conservation attraction in the state.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the 31 sloths died between December 2024 and February 2025 while being held at a warehouse facility tied to the upcoming Sloth World Orlando, which has yet to open. The deaths were detailed in a FWC incident report.
“I am appalled to hear about the 31 sloths who died under the ‘care’ of the not yet opened Sloth World in Orlando,” Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, who represents Central Florida and Orlando, said in a social media post.
“These sloths — naturally solitary animals — were put in the worst conditions possible. They were taken from their natural habitats to a packed warehouse that wasn’t properly heated and allowed for the spread of deadly viruses, leading to a stress-induced death,” he continued, adding that his office is investigating the situation.
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The share of people facing a “food crisis” in dozens of countries around the globe has doubled across the past decade, a new report finds – with the new data coming in the wake of figures that show that foreign aid has also fallen to a ten-year low.
The annual report, co-published by aid partners including the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the EU, also notes that for the first time in its ten-year history, two territories – Sudan and Gaza – were classified as being in a state of famine last year.
“Food crisis” is defined by the integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) as when households experience “significant food consumption gaps” that result in high levels of malnutrition. The percentage of people across the world facing such crisis, or worse, was 11.3 per cent in 2016, but this has risen to to 22.9 per cent in 2025
“It’s been a decade since this report shed light on the alarming state of hunger worldwide. Unfortunately, the situation has only worsened,” said WFP e..

A 62-year-old man fell in a darkened movie theater and later died in an incident his family has described as “avoidable,” according to a report.
Jack T. Smerecky, from Crystal Lake, Illinois, fell on November 25, 2025, at a Classic Cinemas theater in Woodstock. In a lawsuit obtained by Fox 32 Chicago, the family has accused the theater’s owners of negligence.
Smerecky’s son, Jack R. Smerecky, told the outlet that it was not uncommon for his father to venture out to the theater alone. Days before Thanksgiving, he had done just that but fell asleep during the movie. When he woke up, he was alone in the auditorium, and the credits had already rolled, according to the family’s attorney, Kevin Justen. The theater was also pitch black, with even the lighting along the stairs being switched off.
“The normal lighting that everyone experiences when they're exiting a theater was gone,” Justen said, adding that Smerecky tried to call for help but his cellphone would not work.
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Cricket, the world's second most-watched sport, is set to make its Olympic return in 2028, 126 years after its last appearance.
This significant comeback is being heralded by the commencement of construction for a new 10,000-plus capacity cricket stadium in Pomona, eastern Los Angeles County.
This premier venue, designed to host both men's and women's matches, is located within the Fairplex fairgrounds.
It will serve as the home of the Los Angeles Knight Riders, a Major League Cricket team owned by Mumbai-based Knight Riders Sports, a company co-led by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
The groundbreaking ceremony included a 'bhumi pujan', a Hindu ritual traditionally performed to seek divine blessings and forgiveness before disturbing the earth for construction.
Cricket already holds significant cultural sway within US diaspora communities, particularly those from South Asia, where it is followed with fervent dedication.
For American fans, coaches, and pl..