1998 Oregon school shooter: 'tremendous shame and guilt'

SALEM, Ore. — Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents before going on a shooting rampage at his Oregon high school in 1998, killing two classmates and injuring 25 more, has given his first news interview, telling HuffPost he feels “tremendous, tremendous shame and guilt.” Kinkel, now 38, is serving a de facto life sentence at the Oregon State Correctional Institution. […]

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He’s on the left. I’m on the right. Here’s what we learned talking to each other about America.

It shouldn’t be this hard.  It shouldn’t take dozens of organizations working for months to bring together several thousand Americans for one afternoon to talk respectfully and constructively about what they have in common – and what they don’t. It shouldn’t take 20 minutes of video instruction about how to have a civil conversation before we even click into the chat […]

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Biden to designate Pulse nightclub as national memorial, renews gun control calls on mass shooting anniversary

Fox News Flash top headlines for June 12 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. President Joe Biden announced Saturday that he would designate Pulse nightclub, where 49 people were gunned down five years ago, a national memorial, as he again called on Congress to pass gun control legislation.  In Orlando, Florida, a gunman […]

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As Crime Concerns Rise, Democrats Work To Fend Off GOP Attacks

Democrats are increasingly confident in their ability to fend off GOP attacks focused on fear of rising crime across the country, with the White House quietly focusing on policies aimed at driving down crime and political allies of the president working to counter Republican talking points and recruiting candidates with crime-fighting backgrounds. During Donald Trump’s presidency, shootings began to increase, […]

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Top US regulators pledge to seek reforms for money markets

WASHINGTON — Top regulators pledged Friday to push reforms in a key corner of U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve and Treasury had to rush to support after it was roiled during the coronavirus outbreak in the spring of 2020. Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council discussed the reforms aimed at the so-called short-term funding markets, which include […]

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