Social Responsibility

Survivors of a 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, say they are frustrated, confused and angry as the Justice Department nears a deadline to appeal a decision that found the federal government responsible for the attack that killed to 26 of his fellow church members.Critics of the Justice Department's potential appeal, including to surviving victims, said the agency's stated arguments undermine the background check system, a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's gun policy priorities. Government lawyers claimed during the first trial that the gunman could have purchased firearms elsewhere, even if a background check would have…

A winter storm moving across the Central Plains and Upper Midwest this week is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the United States, while tornadoes could form farther south, the US warned. authorities.The storm is expected to bring snow to the Central High Plains as it moves northeast toward the Great Lakes, likely producing moderate to heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain by Tuesday, the National Weather Service said."Heavy snow rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour may be accompanied by thunder, especially in southern South Dakota and far southwestern Minnesota," the weather…

Don West, a former Shop at Home Network pitcher who later became a commentator for Total Nonstop Action and Impact Wrestling, died Friday. He was 59 years old.Mike Tenay, West's partner on the Impact Wrestling broadcasts, revealed that the commentator battled lymphoma. The company also released a statement on West's death.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The TNA logo in 2009. (Raveendran/AFP via Getty Images)"Don was truly one of a kind and lit up every room he walked into," Impact Wrestling executive vice president Scott D'Amore said in a statement. "He brought out the best in people and…

S T. LOUIS — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman to be executed in the United States. She is scheduled to die by injection on Tuesday for killing an ex-girlfriend in 2003. McLaughlin's attorney, Larry Komp, said there are no court appeals pending.The clemency petition centers on several issues, including McLaughlin's traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard at his trial. A foster father rubbed feces in her face when she was a toddler and her foster father used a stun gun, according to her…

WASHINGTON — The US is heading into another era of divided government in the new year, as Republicans are poised to reclaim control of the House of Representatives on January 3. Democrats will wield an expanded majority of 51 seats in the Senate and control the presidency.As recent decades have shown, divided control of Congress can become complicated in an era of growing partisanship and political acrimony. And the dynamics at the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue will set the backdrop for the 2024 presidential election.Here are four battles coming up on Capitol Hill this year.A fight for the leadership…

MEXICO CITY — Ten guards and four inmates were killed Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials.The Chihuahua state attorney's office said in a statement that around 7 am (8 am ET) several armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on the guards. In addition to the dead, 13 people were injured and at least 24 inmates escaped.Mexican soldiers and state police regained control of the prison later on Sunday. The state attorney's office said its staff was investigating.In August,…

A controversial call during Michigan's loss to TCU in the college football playoff semifinal had the wide receiver participate in the play even after the game had ended.In the second quarter, it looked like the Wolverines had a touchdown in the bag with a pass from quarterback JJ McCarthy to wide receiver Roman Wilson, who caught the ball and appeared to fall towards the end zone. However, officials determined that when Wilson went down, the ball had not yet crossed the plane and ended up 1 yard from the goal line.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Michigan Wolverines…

Ukraine killed dozens of Russian servicemen using US-supplied artillery to attack a base in an occupied part of the country on New Year's Eve, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday. Sixty-three servicemen were killed after 4 HIMARS artillery shells hit a "provisional base," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a Telegram on Monday. to post. Two shells were shot down, the statement added. Earlier, a senior Russian-backed official in occupied Donetsk said the "vocational school" in the city of Makiivka had been attacked by US-supplied HIMARS. “A significant number of dead and injured,” Daniil Bezsonov said on Telegram on Sunday…

Geese, gannets, otters, puffins, cormorants, midges and blackbirds: the 2014 British Wildlife Photography Awards have chosen their winners. See a selection of the most outstanding photographs.