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President Biden on Tuesday implored Congress to “stand up to the gun lobby” and pass firearm restrictions after a gunman shot and killed at least 18 young children at a Texas elementary school. Biden grieved for the victims in an address from the White House and expressed outrage at the failure of lawmakers to enact stricter gun laws he said would prevent school shootings.

Germany has reportedly supplied Kiev forces with thousands of anti-tank mines on the hopes of slowing down the advance of the Russian military in Ukraine. In a report released on May 17, Der Spiegel revealed that Germany sent 1,600 DM-12 PARM and 3,000 DM-31 anti-tank mines to Ukraine over the last few weeks. The German-made DM-12 off-route anti-tank mine, which is mounted on a small tripod, fires a fin stabilized rocket with an effective range of 2 to 40 meters and the ability to penetrate 600 millimeters of armour. The mine incorporates an arming delay of five minutes. It can...

DALLAS (KRON) — Ahead of the Golden State Warriors’ Western Conference Finals game against the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday, Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr passionately responded to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that took the lives of at least 20 people. An emotional Kerr challenged senators to make a change and stormed off the podium after he was finished talking. “When are we gonna do something?” Kerr shouted, slamming the table he was sitting at. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. … I’m tired of the moments of...

A staggering 83% of Americans think the U.S. has gone off the rails amid record high inflation, shortages of baby formula, sky-high gas prices and mass shootings, a sobering new survey released Tuesday reveals. The Gallup Poll found only 16% of adults surveyed said they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country at this time, 83% are dissatisfied with the remaining 1% having no opinion.

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IntroductionAt first glance, 2022 cattle prices are higher than 2021. At $140, slaughter steer prices are 17.5% above 2021 prices, but even with higher prices, farmers and ranchers will travel a rocky road to profitability, paved with inflation and higher input costs in 2022. This Market Intel addresses the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report released on Friday, May 20, 2022, the forces driving cattle prices higher and how inflation and input costs will affect the bottom line for cattle farmers and ranchers. It will further walk through the combination of supply and demand factors that will affect the 2022 market...

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Tuesday lamented the lack of Senate support for tougher gun laws following a mass shooting in Texas hours earlier but rejected the notion of eliminating the filibuster for the purpose of passing such a bill. Manchin noted that he has three grandchildren similar in age to the victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where at least 14 kids and one teacher were shot and killed.

First photos of Texas school shooter… He was transgender… (Kane links to other sites)

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was projected to win his renomination for a second term on Tuesday, overcoming a primary challenge from former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and, by extension, former President Donald Trump. ABC and NBC News both called the race for Kemp around 8:30 p.m. ET. Kemp, a one-time ally of the former president, stirred Trump’s ire in the wake of the 2020 presidential election after he rebuffed his pleas to overturn President Biden’s electoral victory in Georgia. Trump vowed to campaign against Kemp, eventually persuading Perdue to enter the race for governor in hopes of ousting him.

307 jobs are under threat at online payment firm PayPal’s offices in Dublin and Dundalk in County Louth. The company is opening a consultation with impacted staff who have been notified about the situation. The roles that are being targeted for compulsory redundancy are across a range of functions. 135 of the positions are based in company’s Dublin office in Blanchardstown, while the remaining 172 roles are in the County Louth town. PayPal has stressed that the decision does not change its commitment to Ireland. “PayPal remains committed to Ireland and our Dublin and Dundalk sites will continue to be...

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Herschel Walker, the former University of Georgia football star pressed into politics by former President Donald J. Trump, won Georgia’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, cruising past a crowded field. His victory, called by The Associated Press, sets him up to challenge the Democratic nominee, Senator Raphael Warnock, in November.

Hollywood celebrities wasted little time capitalizing on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, urging voters and lawmakers to support more gun control while also blaming the shooting on Republicans and other supporters of Second Amendment rights. Celebrities including Alyssa Milano, Rob Reiner, Elizabeth Banks, Bette Midler, Piper Perabo, and Stephen King all took advantage of the incident as a way to push familiar Democratic refrains.

Georgia GOP Governor Votes Percent (24%) Kemp 193,973 73.2 Perdue 58,888 22.2 Taylor 9,296 3.5 Georgia GOP Senate Votes Percent (23%) Walker 180,185 69.4 Black 36,881 14.2 Saddler 20,237 7.8 Georgia GOP SOS Votes Percent (20%) Raffensperger 113,497 50.4 Hice 74,844 33.3 Belle Isle 22,854 10.2

While speaking at Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the Texas elementary school shooting by saying we, as a nation, must have “the courage to take action.” Harris said, “Enough is enough.”

Traders have been dumping retail stocks as quickly as each company opens its books and reveals that consumers just aren’t buying their stuff. Last week, heavyweights Walmart and Target reported lower-than-expected results and got hammered for acknowledging that high inflation isn’t doing them any favors. Target saw a quarter of its market value disappear in a single day last week after spooking financial markets with its downbeat assessment of coming months. Another problem: Inventories are piling up because retailers have too much unsold merch on hand. This almost certainly will lead to discounts, which will cut deeper into profits. Retailers...

If British scientists have their way, two medium-sized tomatoes a day could keep the doctor away. A research team led by scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have edited the genetic makeup of tomatoes to become a robust source of vitamin D, which regulates nutrients like calcium that are imperative to keeping bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Although vitamin D is created in our bodies after exposure to sunlight, its major source is food, largely in dairy and meat.

Zermatt Neo doing what he does best — downing plenty of food. Because of the sheer volume of food that competitive eaters can consume in one sitting, one would assume that they get blacklisted by all-you-can-eat restaurants pretty often. However, that isn't actually the case. In a YouTube video posted on May 13 by You Got Watch, Singapore's top competitive eater Zerrmatt Neo debunked some of the assumptions people have of him and other competitive eaters. And no, he hasn't been banned from a buffet — not yet anyway. The 35-year-old got into the world of competitive eating back when...

High up in the canopy of the California redwood forests, the wandering salamander lives, eats and soars. Scientists are marveling at the skydiving amphibians and their ability to effortlessly glide and pull off complex aerial maneuvers. A study led by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of California at Berkeley investigated Aneides vagrans' gliding skills using a wind tunnel to capture slow-motion footage of the amphibians in action. The wind tunnel simulated the conditions of falling through the air. The paper appeared in the journal Current Biology on Monday. High up in the canopy of...