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The National Rifle Association is opposing a ban on “bump stocks” like the device used by the Las Vegas gunman to turn semi-automatic weapons into rapid-fire guns, stressing its support for more limited regulations. CBC | World News

A hero in the red hat that saved 40 people during the shooting. While on the other side of the Las Vegas Strip, an agnostic suddenly felt the presence of God under the bullet. These two stories will warm our hearts after the dark and gloomy days of the incident. It shows how we can always have hope in the ...

Amnesty’s director in Turkey is one of 11 human rights activists charged with communicating with suspects linked to Kurdish and left-wing militants, as well as the movement led by a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating last year’s coup attempt. CBC | World News

The U.S. said Sunday it was suspending non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in Turkey following the arrest of a consulate employee, prompting Turkey to halt visa services in the U.S. CBC | World News

Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly, sparing the region from the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. CBC | World News

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game after about a dozen players from the San Francisco 49ers took a knee during the national anthem. CBC | World News

Few days before the start of the 2017-18 NBA season, the Cleveland Cavaliers made a tough decision regarding their 15-man roster. Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue informed veteran center/power forward Channing Frye that he’ll not be going to play much this season. According to the latest NBA rumors, the Detroit Pistons could be interested in acquiring Frye if the Cavaliers ...

The Zappa Family Trust’s recent revelation of plans to peddle a phantom Frank is causing no small amount of consternation amongst long time Zappa fans. Some say the whole idea of a fake Frank is creepy. Others surmise that a Zappa hologram might be a novel way to present the late composer’s music to a new generation of tech-minded millennials. ...

An enraged U.S. President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward “chaos” engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media, in a remarkable airing of their party’s profound rifts. CBC | World News

Emile Cilliers is a man who has been arrested and accused of trying to kill his wife – for the second time – after Emile invited Victoria Cilliers on a skydiving trip in 2015. As reported by Newser, Emile was a British army sergeant who claimed to be treating his estranged wife to a skydiving trip – and since Victoria ...