Shooter Saw Vets’ Program As Path To Heal After Deployment
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life, couldn't sleep at night and was hyper-vigilant about his surroundings. But when he found a treatment program for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who…
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Trump Says North Korea Deal Would Be ‘very good’
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump says a deal with North Korea, "if completed," will be very good for the world. Trump appears to be referring to North Korea agreeing to give up its nuclear weapons arsenal. That has been a key demand of the United States and other world powers. Trump tweets…
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Gunman In California Vet Center Killings Was Former Patient
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JANIE HAR, Associated Press YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The gunman who killed three people who work for a California program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder was kicked out of the program, a relative of one victim said Friday. Albert Wong, 36, was identified as the man who went to The…
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Florida Governor Signs Gun Restrictions 3 Weeks After Attack
By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns, cementing his state's break with the National Rifle Association and decades of Republican thinking on gun control in the aftermath of the Parkland high school attack.…
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Mississippi Passes Law Banning Abortion After 15 Weeks
By JEFF AMY and SARAH MEARHOFF, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what would be the nation's most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal in most cases after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state's only abortion provider pledged to sue, and the attorney general said he expected a tough legal…
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