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Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge

Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th
By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box comes before the Supreme Court in a case that weighs the nation's enormous progress in civil rights against the need to continue to protect minority voters. The justices are

Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge

Voting rights law gets Supreme Court challenge
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 27th
By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The most potent weapon in fighting discrimination at the ballot box comes before the Supreme Court in a case that weighs the nation's enormous progress in civil rights against the need to continue to protect minority voters. The justices are

Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 4th
By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The new Congress has passed a $9.7 billion bill to help pay flood insurance claims to homeowners, renters and businesses damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The bill cleared the Senate following passage earlier Friday by the House. It replenishes the

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th
By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press A lawyer who's asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school's intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. "It's about

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th
By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press A lawyer who's asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school's intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. "It's about

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security

Lawyer: $100M school shooting claim about security
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 29th
By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press A lawyer who's asking to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old Newtown school shooting survivor who heard violence over the school's intercom system says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. "It's about

Is air marshal program a model for schools?

Is air marshal program a model for schools?
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd
WASHINGTON (AP) - The former congressman who's heading the National Rifle Association's school emergency response program that would include volunteers to help guard children says it makes sense because it's similar to placing air marshals on planes. Asa Hutchinson tells ABC's "This

Parents hesitant about NRA armed schools proposal

Parents hesitant about NRA armed schools proposal
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st
By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAP Education Writer MIAMI (AP) - The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for the placement of an armed police officer in every school, but parents and educators questioned how safe such a move would keep kids, whether it would be economically feasible and how it

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Guns and police officers in all American schools are what's needed to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings," the National Rifle Association declared Friday, taking a no-retreat stance in the face of growing calls for

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school

NRA calls for armed police officer in every school
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and NEDRA PICKLERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Guns and police officers in all American schools are what's needed to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings," the National Rifle Association declared Friday, taking a no-retreat stance in the face of growing calls for