Yearly Archives: 2017

Senator Cornyn Offers Bill to Strengthen Background Check System

Senator Cornyn Offers Bill to Strengthen Background Check System

(WBAP/KLIF) – Senator John Cornyn says the background check system, when it came to the gunman who killed worshipers at the Sutherland Springs church, failed and failed terribly. Cornyn is introducing legislation to strengthen the system in wake of the South Texas church shooting. Cornyn brought up the gunman’s Air Force court martial that was…MORE

Who Were the Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting Victims?

Who Were the Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting Victims?

(CNN) — Many of them had known each other for years. That’s no surprise in a small town like Sutherland Springs, Texas, where lives intersect daily on the street, at school and in church. 26 of those lives ended Sunday when Devin Kelley walked into the First Baptist Church with an assault rifle. Law enforcement has…MORE

Twitter Trolls Itself on New 280 Character Limit

Twitter Trolls Itself on New 280 Character Limit

(CNN Money) — Twitter rolled out a 280 character limit for most of its users Tuesday, and, predictably, lots of people are unhappy. That doubles the original 140 character limit that Twitter has maintained since it launched in 2006. Twitter began testing longer tweets in late September, and found that once the novelty of tweeting longer wore…MORE

Former MLB Star Pitcher Roy Halladay Killed in Florida Plane Crash

Former MLB Star Pitcher Roy Halladay Killed in Florida Plane Crash

(CNN) — Pitcher Roy Halladay, who won two Cy Young awards and more than 200 major league baseball games during a stellar career, died Tuesday in a plane crash off the Florida coast, authorities said. Halladay, 40, was the only person on the two-seater plane that crashed just off Holiday, on Florida’s Gulf coast north…MORE