Brandon Walkden

Ghost guns are the fastest-growing gun safety threat in the country. They're built in basements and garages, untraceable by design. New York is stepping in to stop them. Every 3D printer sold in this state will be required to include software that blocks it from printing a firearm.

April 30, 1992, Thursday Day 2 contd (5pm) "Hey kid, go home..." Frank's a good guy. Older, divorced, 2 kids, great stories, smokes like he's Asian but he's light skinned Mexican. He once talked a broken English speaking Chinese couple from mainland China not to install the aftermarket A/C and get the already factory installed one because the button looked like a nipple and the wife might get mad every time he pushed it. They both nodded in serious agreement. The rest of us were two cubicles over laughing our guts out. I have to take the 101 Fwy past Downtown LA. It looked different driving, seeing the haze build and smelling the smoke. Traffic was lighter than usual. I didn't have to take side streets to get home to Hollywood.

critical bird strike safety test on a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II cockpit canopy. Test Purpose: Engineers simulate a bird strike by firing a projectile, often a chicken, from a pneumatic cannon nicknamed the "chicken gun". Speed: The projectile is launched at speeds exceeding 500 km/h to replicate actual high-speed flight conditions. Objective: This test ensures the canopy can absorb immense kinetic energy without shattering, protecting the pilot. Materials: The canopy is constructed from layered polycarbonate and reinforced composites designed for extreme resilience.

🚨NEW: The House Ethics Committee finds Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of ethics violations over $5 million in allegedly stolen FEMA funds, which she allegedly used to buy a $109,000, 3.14-carat yellow diamond ring Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is under investigation for allegedly using millions from her family's health care company to fund her political campaign An ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans found she committed 25 ethics violations The panel said it will recommend a punishment in the coming weeks She and co-conspirators are accused of funneling company money into her campaign through straw donations Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami in November The indictment says she bought a 3.14-carat yellow diamond ring for $109,000, which appears in her official House portrait She faces up to 53 years in prison if convicted