White House clarifies gun control stance
WASHINGTON—Inhis quest to tackle gun violence, President Donald Trump has ricocheted between calling for tougher laws and declaring his fealty to the Second Amendment’ s right to bear arms, leaving a trail of be fuddled lawmakers and advocates in his wake.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that Mr. Trump supports a limited proposal from Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Chris Murphy, D Conn., that would boost participation in the existing federal background check program ,as well as a bill thatwould provide new federal grant funding to stem school violence.
Ms. Sanders said Mr. Trump had not signed on to amore sweeping backgroundcheck bill that would require the review of firearm purchases online andat gun shows. The measure, from Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., has found new momentum since it was first introduced after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012.
Missile defense plan
The Trump administration is working on an expanded U.S. missile defense policy that would address certain threats from Russia and China, departing from a previous strategy that focused nearly exclusively on rogue nations such as North Korea and Iran.
Thenew policy will still call for bolstered technology against rogue states, with a particular focus on weapons to intercept North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s missiles.
But people familiar with the review say it also will mention the need to consider missile threats from Russia and China.
Shooting suspect sought
Morethan 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University on Friday for a 19-year-old student suspected of killing his parents ata dormitory and then running from campus.
Police released a photo of James Eric Davis Jr., urging the public to call 911 if they see him but also warning that he shouldn’t be confronted.
Theuniversity identified the two dead as his mother, Diva Davis, and father, James Davis Sr., a part-time police officer in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood.
Gymnast files lawsuit
Aly Raisman spent month surging the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics to get serious about taking along hard look into how Larry N ass ar’ s abusive conduct was allowed to run unchecked for so long.
Frustrated by what she considers a lack of progress, the six-time Olympic medalist answers in court.
Ms. Ra is man has filed a lawsuit against both organizations.
Bankruptcy filing set
Toledo-based HCR Manor Care Inc ., which operates more than 500 elder care facilities nationwide —including a dozen in the Pittsburgharea — will voluntarily file early next week for Chapter 11 bankruptcy andthen be acquired by Quality Care Properties Inc., a real-estate investment trust the Toledo firm owes millions in rent.
Quality Care, of Bethesda, Md., said Friday a deal has been struck to end its nine-month rent dispute with Manor Care. But the deal will result in Quality Care acquiring Manor Care and replacing the Toledo firm’s management team.
The Toledo firm will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Quality Care.