| Students to walk out across the United States in call for gun reforms -  Thousands of students across the United States will mark the 19th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine High School by walking out of classes on Friday, in a show of unity intended to put pressure on politicians to enact tighter gun restrictions. Students from more than 2,600 schools and institutions are expected to walk out of class at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, organizers say. Since then mass shootings have occurred with shocking frequency across the United States.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:14:58 -0400
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| America's nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go -  Contract workers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pantex facility gingerly remove the plutonium cores from retired nuclear warheads. In Energy Department facilities around the country, there are 54 metric tons of surplus plutonium. There are enough cores there to cause thousands of megatons of nuclear explosions.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:20:42 -0400
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| California does 'poor job' in assisting homeless: state auditor - ![California does 'poor job' in assisting homeless: state auditor]( "California does 'poor job' in assisting homeless: state auditor") Lawmakers should require the state's newly formed homeless council to create and implement a statewide plan by next April for addressing homelessness in California, where about a fourth of all homeless people in the United States live, State Auditor Elaine Howle said in a report. "California should do more to address homelessness ... and it does a poor job of sheltering this vulnerable population," the report said.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 05:12:37 -0400
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| Southwest challenged engine maker over speed of safety checks -  The proposed inspections would have cost $170 per engine for two hours of labor, for a total bill to U.S. carriers of $37,400, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in its August 2017 proposal, citing the engine manufacturer. The documents reveal that airlines including Southwest thought the FAA had "vastly understated" the number of engines that would need to be inspected - and therefore the cost. The documents are part of the public record on the FAA's initial proposal for inspections and the response from airlines made in October, within the designated comment period.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 01:03:14 -0400
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| Alabama executes inmate, 83, oldest in modern U.S. history - ![Alabama executes inmate, 83, oldest in modern U.S. history]( "Alabama executes inmate, 83, oldest in modern U.S. history") Walter Moody was put to death by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore and gave no final statement, prison officials said. It was the eighth execution this year in the United States. Moody replaced John Nixon, who was 77 when put to death in December 2005 in Mississippi, as the oldest person executed since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which monitors U.S. capital punishment.
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:25:26 -0400
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