Tag: Protests

Teachers statewide in West Virginia went on strike Thursday over pay and benefits. (AP Photo/John Raby)

West Virginia teachers’ strike ends after governor proposes 5 percent raise

Diana Stancy Correll · February 28, 2018 2:56 am

"The NFL and Papa John's have made a mutual decision to shift from their official league sponsorship to a focus on partnerships with 22 local NFL teams, presence in broadcast and digital media, and key personalities in the sport," the league and franchise said in a joint statement. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Papa John’s ends sponsorship with NFL after protest controversy

Katie Leach · February 28, 2018 12:54 am

Colleges are letting high school students know that their chances for admission won't be hurt if they are suspended for participating in a school "walk out" to demand gun legislation. (Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

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College admissions: Suspension for ‘walkout’ gun protests won’t hurt admissions chances

Jackson Richman · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

In the past, the First National Bank of Omaha has provided National Rifle Association-branded credit cards, but the contract with the NRA will no longer be renewed, the bank said Thursday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

First National Bank of Omaha severs business ties with NRA after receiving ‘customer feedback’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 23, 2018 1:06 am

Former CIA Director John Brennan tweeted Thursday that "Stronger background checks, ban on bump stocks & assault weapons, and better ability to identify warning signs are key" in response to the school shooting last week in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama’s CIA director praises Parkland students, calls for ban on assault weapons

Melissa Quinn · February 22, 2018 8:49 pm

Protesters at the Rally for Gun Reform took to the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Students across the country stage walkouts to protest gun violence one week after Florida shooting

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 10:59 pm

Hundreds from each high school — Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Md.; Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.; and Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Md. — left school buildings at 9:30 a.m. (Images courtesy screenshot)

Scores of Maryland high school students stage walk-outs, take Metro trains to Washington for gun reform protests at Capitol: WATCH

Anna Giaritelli · February 21, 2018 3:59 pm

Director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, announced Tuesday they have donated a half-million dollars to the March For Our Lives campaign advocating for stricter gun control laws. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw match Clooneys’ $500,000 donation to March for our Lives rally

Diana Stancy Correll · February 20, 2018 11:39 pm

Students in the Tuesday march hope to call on other students in the region to get involved in the protests. (@CBSNews/Twitter)

Florida students walk out of classes, embark on 10-mile walk to site of last week’s school shooting: Watch

Anna Giaritelli · February 20, 2018 5:50 pm

"Let's ask ourselves: Do we really think 17-year-olds, on their own, are going to plan a nationwide rally?" former Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Left-wing groups hijacked students’ anti-gun protests, says former GOP lawmaker

Katelyn Caralle · February 20, 2018 1:41 pm

Teen responses are unlike others that have followed similar school shootings in recent years because students, not just lawmakers, are the ones who are calling for change. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Students plan 3 big gun reform protests this spring. Trump and Congress may act before then

Anna Giaritelli · February 19, 2018 9:54 pm

About 17 students initially laid down in front of the executive mansion for three minutes to symbolize the time it took Nikolas Cruz to kill the same number of people with an AR-style rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday. (Twitter)

Students stage ‘lie in’ outside White House to demand gun control

Naomi Lim · February 19, 2018 5:48 pm