by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 Americans believe government inaction on threats and violent video games and movies are more to blame for mass shootings than weak gun control laws, two new polls show. A Rasmussen Reports poll in the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting found that 54 percent of adults blame the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 The digital advertising dominance of Google and Facebook and their ever-changing algorithms are putting independent publishers at a severe disadvantage and U.S. regulators should step in, News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Robert Thomson said. “It’s fair to say I have algorithm angst,” Thomson said. His concerns have been echoed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 A Republican who is certified by the NRA as a firearms trainer will run against the Democrat leader of North Carolina’s House of Representatives, who has called for stricter gun control laws, a report said. Rhonda Allen filed to run for the District 39 seat on Feb. 28, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 Several California cities have passed resolutions instructing local authorities not to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Activists have even demanded that ICE be removed from the state. President Donald Trump has indicated he may oblige. The president on Feb. 22 said he may pull ICE out […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Teachers unions, even in “progressive” California and New York, have for years invested in gun manufacturers, including those which make AR-style rifles, a report said. “Teacher union pension investments from coast-to-coast have continued to buy stock in gun and ammunition companies despite the outrage expressed by many teachers following […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 A law firm which focuses on election integrity has found at least 100,000 cases of non-citizens being registered to vote in Pennsylvania. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) on Feb. 26 said it filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of State for failing to disclose that the non-citizens […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Officials in North Carolina’s Wilkes County have proposed using teams of armed security personnel in the county’s public schools, a report said. According to a Feb. 23 report by the Wilkes Journal-Patriot, Wilkes County Commissioner Eddie Settle said the goal is “to have a security team armed and ready […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Google and Facebook are at the head of a “Digital Cartel” that is threatening the survival of independent news outlets, leaders of both conservative- and liberal-leaning media firms say. Joseph Farah, founder and CEO of the conservative WorldNetDaily.com, wrote on Feb. 26 that WND faces a severe financial crisis […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 Eight states currently allow teachers to carry guns at school and six others are considering legislation to do so. Texas, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming allow teachers to carry at school while Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Maryland, and Oklahoma are considering allowing school personnel carry weapons, the Wall […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 27, 2018 The United States on Feb. 26 slammed Russia’s veto of a UN draft resolution that would have condemned Iran for violating an embargo on arms shipments to Houthi rebels in Yemen. “That just validated a lot of what we already thought which is Iran gets a pass for its […]
