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Air Force Error Allowed Texas Gunman to Buy Weapons

“The Air Force has launched a review of how the service handled the criminal records of former Airman Devin P. Kelley following his 2012 domestic violence conviction,” the Air Force said in a statement.

The statement said Heather Wilson, the Air Force secretary, and Gen. David Goldfein, the Air Force chief of staff, had ordered the Air Force inspector general to “conduct a complete review of the Kelley case.”.

The Air Force also said it was looking into whether other convictions had been improperly left unreported to the federal database for firearms background checks.

“The suspect’s mother-in-law attended this church,” Freeman Martin, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a news conference on Monday.

The immediate question on Monday was how Mr. Kelley had been able to legally purchase his weapons.

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas told CNN that Mr. Kelley had been rejected when he applied for a license to carry a handgun in Texas.

“I think my God, my Lord protected me and gave me the skills to do what needed to be done.”. »

Paradise Papers: Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed

Authored by bbc.com

The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show.

They reveal how Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its controversial Irish tax practices by actively shopping around for a tax haven.

Paradise Papers: Full coverage; follow reaction on Twitter using #ParadisePapers; in the BBC News app, follow the tag "Paradise Papers". »

Rogue Pornhub Employee Deactivates Ted Cruz’s Account On Last Day

Authored by runt-of-the-web.com

Responding to the outcry, Pornhub tweeted that the Senator’s account had gone dark not because of a glitch, but thanks to “human error.”

A follow-up tweet added that the account had been deactivated “by a Pornhub customer support employee who did this on the employee’s last day.”.

“My Pornhub account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee,” he said, in the comment section of a video titled BABYSITTER FUCKD HARD (WHO IS SHE?). »

Stephen Hawking: We Need a New Space Age

Authored by futurism.com

In Brief In this new space age, we are reaching far beyond the Moon and space travel and considering colonizing other planets.

Professor Stephen Hawking is old enough to remember the first space age, which came about in the mid-20th century as NASA scientists raced agencies around the world to land the first astronaut on the Moon.

And so, in this second space age, the goal has been set much higher; or farther, rather. »