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DALLAS (AP) — The National Rifle Association has begun its annual meeting this weekend in Dallas but the group has had a foothold in the city as the home to NRA TV. It's the 24/7 production that champions the NRA's message and batters any effort at firearm restrictions. The Dallas Morning News reports NRA TV, located in a downtown skyscraper, operates as the nonstop answer to any threat to gun rights. The station streams on NRATV.com and has platforms including Roku and Amazon TV. Читать дальше...

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• White Claw Hard Seltzer is looking for two travelers to become "Best Life" ambassadors. 
• The ambassadors will be tasked with showing how they "live their best life," which involves promoting a healthy, active, and adventure-driven lifestyle. 
• One man and one woman will be selected for a six-month adventure in which they will be compensated $60,000. 

If you love spending time improving yourself and exploring the outdoors, you could get paid $60,000 to do it for six months. Читать дальше...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slashed an opening drop to trade sharply higher Friday afternoon, on the back of a pop in Apple Inc. . Shares of Apple were contributing about 45-points to the price-weighted Dow after a report from CNBC late Thursday said Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. acquired some 75 million additional shares of the iPhone maker during the first quarter. Shares of Apple were up about 3.7%, or $6.54, contributing about 45 points to the Dow, with a $1 move in any one... Читать дальше...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Legislative auditors have identified thousands of elevators and boilers in Nevada lacking required certificates with some going years without inspections. The Nevada Appeal reports auditors found that more than 5,500 elevators and boilers were operating without current inspection certificates as of last summer. According to the audit report, the state Industrial Relations Division did not have a mechanism in place to identify the boilers and elevators with expired certificates. Читать дальше...

Zurück in die Zukunft: Nordkorea hat mit Beginn des Samstags (Ortszeit) die Uhren um eine halbe Stunde vorgestellt, um wieder in der gleichen Zeitzone zu leben wie Südkorea. Die Zeitumstellung sei "der erste praktische Schritt" nach dem Korea-Gipfel der beiden Staatschefs, meldete die amtliche nordkoreanische Nachrichtenagentur KCNA.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republicans on Friday mounted the latest legal challenge against a new ranked voting method set for the June primary. The lawsuit targeting ranked-choice voting in federal court presented another 11th-hour legal challenge to the voting system. The lawsuit is against Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap and asks a federal judge to prevent the use of ranked choice voting to decide Republican winners in the June primary. The party argues that requiring ranked-choice... Читать дальше...

A fleet of Ram trucks was stolen from Fiat Chrysler's assembly plant in Warren, Mich. The automaker has finally provided vehicle identification numbers to police

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was named a member of President Donald Trump's "Council on Sport, Fitness, and Nutrition," the White House announced Friday morning. The council also includes former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera and former Heisman winner Herschel Walker.

An angry Donald Trump dismissed a growing storm over a hush money payment to an adult movie star as "crap" Friday, as it threatened to become a second front in the president's deepening legal troubles.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri says enrollment for the incoming freshman class is up more than 14 percent from this time last year. The Columbia Missourian reports that nearly 4,550 students have paid enrollment deposits so far. Enrollment will remain open over the summer. The forecast figure has surpassed the 2017 first-time student enrollment of fewer than 4,200, but it's still under the peak of nearly 6,200 in 2015. Officials partly attribute the enrollment decrease to negative... Читать дальше...

The front pair replace Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez, while the Belgian comes in for Ander Herrera as Jose Mourinho rings the changes

Events in the news through the eyes of Nick Anderson, Darrin Bell, Lisa Benson, Joe Heller and Signe Wilkinson.

Parts of the Big Island of Hawaii are being evacuated after Kilauea Volcano spewed fountains of lava into nearby streets.

A stage win, a pink jersey and a 37-second buffer over Chris Froome. The opening day of the Giro d'Italia could hardly have gone smoother for Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), who mastered a technical time trial course to begin his title defence in resounding fashion in Jerusalem.

The London Symphony Orchestra, one of the world's most widely traveled classical institutions, announced Friday that it would tour South America for the first time.

Closers wear many hats, many outfits, and work their way up to that garnered closer spot.  Now that Hunter Strickland is there, established and doing work, what will become of him if/when Mark Melancon returns... eventually?  Melancon is scheduled for a bullpen session this weekend and he was previously scheduled for a throwing session a few days before, but instead played catch.  Was his dad in town and they wanted to reminisce about the days of yore?  But back to the guy in the seat in Strickland... Читать дальше...

Miami Police officer Mario Figueroa looks like he enjoyed kicking a defenseless, handcuffed man in the head. Unfortunately for Officer Figueroa, his violent assault was caught on camera. A non-officer would have been immediately arrested for attacking someone this way, but since Figueroa is a police officer, he gets a paid vacation pending the results of an internal investigation.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An American Indian teenager who was with his younger brother when the two were pulled from a college tour said the ordeal began shortly after they had arrived on the Colorado campus. School officials say a parent in the group called the police to report feeling nervous about their presence. “I think it’s pretty discriminatory,” said 19-year-old Thomas Kanewakeron Gray. “Me and my brother just stayed to ourselves the whole time. I guess that was scaring people, that we were just quiet.

A fire investigation is underway in central Edmonton after two houses caught fire Thursday night, forcing at least two people to escape from a second story window. As Kent Morrison explains, fire crews returned Friday morning to keep things under control.

Whether you’re looking for the latest Israeli best-selling novel, the five books of the Torah, or even the translation of the Babylonian Talmud, in Italy, there is one man behind all of these books. He’s called Shulim Vogelmann, and he’s the director of Giuntina, which he claims is the most active Jewish-themed publishing house in Europe.

Stefanos Tsitsipas swept the last seven points of the match to defeat Roberto Carballes Baena 6-7 (2/7), 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) on Friday for a place in the semi-finals of the Estoril Open.

If you’re a parent looking at private student loans for your kid, you’re probably also thinking about becoming a co-signer. Before sharing the responsibility of your child’s student debt, take the time to cover these 5 important topics.