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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport again had more guns caught at security checkpoints than any other airport in the nation, according to the Transportation Security Administration’s tally for 2024. It’s the ninth year in a row that the Atlanta airport has had the distinction. There were 440 firearms caught at Hartsfield-Jackson last year, TSA said Wednesday, far ahead of the 390 guns caught at second-place finisher Dallas…

Preparing to serve at next week’s presidential inauguration, nearly 70 soldiers and airmen of the Wyoming National Guard underwent civil disturbance training Wednesday morning. They were activated to support the inauguration on Monday, serving as a part of a much larger military effort to provide security, logistical and support operations for the event in Washington, D.C. This service…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing iconic tractor manufacturer John Deere over farmers’ rights to repair their own machines. Citing the frustration of farmers who are forced to rely on authorized dealers to fix broken-down tractors, Ellison joined the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois attorney general in charging Deere & Co. with anticompetitive…

Gov. Dan McKee (D-R.I.) announced on Tuesday that he is planning to include a “ban on assault weapons” as part of the state’s budget. During McKee’s State of the State Address on Tuesday, the Democratic governor outlined how state lawmakers have worked to pass gun control laws over the past several years. However, he claimed…

Investigators have learned that the gun used to shoot and seriously wound two kindergartners last month at a small faith-based school in Northern California was sold to the gunman by a convicted felon in Arizona. Glenn Litton, 56, shot two boys who were outside for recess at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville before fatally shooting himself,…

A Cobb County student is in critical condition after she suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Lindley Middle School in Mableton, Ga., on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. “This afternoon, a student at Lindley Middle School tragically used a firearm to commit self-harm, prompting a code red,” the Cobb County School District said in a statement. “School administrators, along with a Cobb County School District police…

A threat assessment compiled by U.S. national security agencies warns that President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be “an attractive potential target” for violent threats. However, U.S. national security agencies have not yet revealed any specific credible threats. Politico reported that the threat assessment, which has not yet been publicly released, warns that individuals with “election…

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord doctor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to three dozen counts of sexual abuse against male patients he saw as an anesthesiologist and pain-management specialist. Maj. Michael Stockin admitted to 36 counts of abusive sexual contact and five of indecent viewing, defined as wrongfully…

Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based terminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to all employees. As of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction could affect roughly 3,600 jobs. “I’ve decided to raise the…

President-elect Donald Trump revealed plans on Thursday to create an “External Revenue Service” to collect revenue, tariffs, and duties from other countries. In a Tuesday statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade…