Chris Heaton-Harris is the latest Tory MP to say they are standing down. Future Publishing via Getty ImagesA cabinet minister has become the latest Tory MP to announce they are quitting parliament as the party braces itself for election defeat. Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said it had been an “honour and a privilege” to represent Daventry since being elected in 2010. That total is edging ever-closer to the 75 Tory MPs who said they were standing down ahead of the 1997 Labour landslide. Read more here 👇2/2 pic.twitter.com/hTqaQ2nNid — Chris Heaton-Harris MP (@chhcalling) May 18, 2024In his letter to the prime minister, Heaton-Harris said he planned to remain as Northern Ireland secretary “but obviously would understand if you feel it best to replace me”.
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May 19, 2024 17:42 UTC
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May 19, 2024 17:26 UTC
Congress first tightened regulation of machine guns back in 1934, in response to Prohibition-era gang violence. But machine guns are making a fast comeback. The tight supply of pre-1986 machine guns means that most of them easily fetch five-figure prices. “I can build my own machine gun — a modern-day machine gun,” Cargill said. “It cannot just be, ‘I got my FFL and SOT — I’m going to go and make all the machine guns I want.’ You cannot do that.”Several companies online offer to help the average citizen get their hands on a machine gun, often emphasizing the novelty of being able to access post-1986 machine guns.
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May 19, 2024 15:34 UTC
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May 19, 2024 14:35 UTC
1st black astronaut candidate will finally get his chance at 90 to launch into space Ed Dwight, 90, who became the first black astronaut after being nominated by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, will finally get his chance to go into space on a Blue Origin ship.
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May 19, 2024 13:51 UTC
Police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary2 dead and 5 missing after a boat collision on the Danube River in HungaryBUDAPEST, Hungary -- Police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary. Police said they determined that a river cruise boat had been in the area at the time of the accident. Hungarian public television station M1 reported that the cruise boat, Heidelberg, is a 109-meter (357-foot) Swiss craft that can accommodate 110 people. The deadly accident comes five years after at least 27 people were killed in Budapest when a river cruise boat collided with a smaller tourist vessel, sinking it in seconds. The tourist boat Hableany, carrying 35 people who were mostly South Korean tourists, was overtaken from behind by the much larger cruise boat, Viking Sigyn, beneath Budapest's Margit Bridge, in May 2019.
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May 19, 2024 13:48 UTC
Trump addresses NRA, promising roll back of gun-control policies Former President Donald Trump attended a National Rifle Association conference on Saturday, promising members that he would roll back every one of President Joe Biden’s gun-control policies.
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May 19, 2024 13:30 UTC
Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishmentThe Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protestBERKELEY, Calif. -- Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. They were provocative in their times, products of an ideal that holds universities as sacrosanct spaces for debate, innovation — and even revolution. Administrators on some campuses have called in local police to break up pro-Palestinian protesters demanding that their schools divest from Israel in demonstrations that Israel's allies say are antisemitic and make campuses unsafe. The wave of pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses took inspiration from demonstrations at Columbia that began on April 17. Will there be a reckoning of how administrators handle protests over a conflict with no end in sight?
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May 19, 2024 13:26 UTC
By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina FenyoKOMAROM, Hungary (Reuters) - Two people were killed and five others were missing after a small motor boat collided with a cruise ship on the Danube River north of Budapest late on Saturday, Hungarian police said on Sunday. A spokesperson for the Budapest police, Soma Csecsi, said eight adults were aboard the small motor boat at the time of the collision. "Police talked to the man and from his initial communication they drew the conclusion that he was probably the victim of some kind of boat accident," Csecsi said. Reuters saw the Swiss-based cruise ship Heidelberg moored in Kamarom with large scratches visible on the bow. One of the tourists told Reuters he had not been aware of any accident at the time.
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May 19, 2024 11:12 UTC
1st long term study released on weight loss drug Wegovy ABC News’ medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton breaks down the new study on Wegovy, finding that patients continually taking the medication maintained weight loss after four years.
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May 19, 2024 09:04 UTC
Maui students visit another community that emerged from tragedy A group of students whose community was devastated by the Maui wildfires were given that chance through the Tomodachi Initiative to get inspired by another community that emerged from tragedy.
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May 19, 2024 08:08 UTC
How you can celebrate museum day across the world ABC News’ Will Ganss shows how you can celebrate international museum day both in person and virtually, with this year’s theme as “museums for education and research.”
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May 19, 2024 06:48 UTC