Gun rights group protests assault weapons ‘crackdown’ by Massachusetts AG

Gun rights advocates in Massachusetts are turning up the heat against the state’s attorney general, who they say potentially made thousands of citizens “felons in waiting” with her recent enforcement notice that changed the legal definition of assault weapons. The latest rally by gun rights advocates against state Attorney General Maura Healey’s change attracted hundreds of people on Monday. The […]

Feds in Terror Case Want Max Term for Ex-Illinois Guardsman

Prosecutors want a federal judge next month to impose the maximum 30-year prison sentence on a former Illinois National Guard soldier who plotted to attack a military armory in his home state, saying in a new filing that “betraying one’s country while in its service is a particularly grave crime.” Hasan Edmonds, 23, of Aurora, deserves the […]

Woman Sentenced for Exporting U.S. Military Gear to China

A California woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally exporting U.S. military gear to China including jet fighter engines and a drone aircraft. Court records show a Miami federal judge imposed the sentence Friday on 45-year-old Wenxia Man of San Diego. A jury convicted her in June of […]

The forgotten government plan to round up Muslims

The defendants were all pro-Palestinian activists, but it wasn’t clear what they’d been arrested for. Soon the government conceded it would not introduce criminal charges, instead seeking to deport the group by alleging material support to a communist organization—an ancient Red Scare statute that would soon be declared unconstitutional. The case quickly became a mess, […]

The Hourly Cost Of Operating The U.S. Military’s Fighter Fleet

Modern military fighter aircraft are extremely expensive to procure with the unit cost for a single F-35A coming to $98 million, according to Lockheed Martin LMT -3.65%. That program has already gone down as the most expensive weapons system in history and it’s set to cost $1.509 trillion through to 2070. The amount of money needed […]

CIA gate-crasher gets 30-day sentence

A man who drove his car into a fence at CIA headquarters in Virginia earlier this year explained Tuesday in court that he suffers from bipolar disorder and was experiencing a manic episode at the time. “It has always been difficult for myself and my family,” Thomas Luu told a judge in Alexandria federal court […]

Hey Milwaukee: When CAN cops use deadly force?

The violence continued late Sunday, when one person was shot at a protest of about 150 people. Officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take him to the hospital.

Sailor who apologized to Iranian captors appeals punishment

The U.S. Navy lieutenant who apologized on video for “a mistake” while he and his crew were being held by Iranian captors in January is appealing his discipline for violating the service’s code of conduct, The Navy Times reported. Lt. David Nartker was given a non-judicial punishment last week by the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, […]