New Zealand’s prime minister vowed to unveil gun law changes within a week and called on gun owners to surrender their firearmsto police.
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Thousands flee record Midwest flooding triggered by ‘bomb cyclone’ – and more rain is coming
Heavy rain combined with spring snowmelt pushed some Midwest rivers to record levels Sunday and forced evacuations.
Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours
Facebook said it removed or blocked 1.5 million videos of a gunman’s rampage on two New Zealand mosques thatkilled 50 people and wounded dozens more.
Boeing 737 Max 8 black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines flight crash sent to France for examination
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders from doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 arrived in Paris on Thursday.
Flight path data of two crashed Boeing 737 Max 8 planes ‘very close,’ FAA says
The United States followed nations around the globe in grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets.
Countries, airlines worldwide ground Max 8 planes; FAA and Boeing stand firm
The FAA and Boeing dug their heels in Tuesday to defend the Max 8 plane, while Britain, France, Germany and others ground jets.
Man, dog survive 5 days in Oregon snow: ‘Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives!’
A manstranded for five days with his dog when their carbecame stuck in Oregon’s deep snow survived by eating taco sauce packets.
March madness: Heavy snow, bitter cold roll across nation as winter storm descends
A wave of harsh weather was driving heavy snow from California’s Sierra Nevada to New England and creatingdeadly tornadoes in the Southeast.
‘Hear the cry of the little ones’: Pope Francis demands action from bishops as sex abuse summit opens
Pope Francis urged high-ranking church officials gathered at the Vatican to “hear the cry of the little ones” who are victims of sexual abuse.
The stakes are high for Pope Francis, Catholics worldwide in unprecedented sex abuse summit
Pope Francis’ summit on clergy sexual abuse, which opened Thursday at the Vatican, draws church leaders from around the world.