BALTIMORE, MD, May 13, 2025 – As communities across the United States continue to confront the devastating toll of mass shootings, new research reveals a staggering economic dimension to these tragedies. A study published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science finds that mass shootings cause an estimated $27 billion in annual lost revenue for U.S. retailers driven by sharp declines in foot traffic, reduced transaction volume and long-term store closures.
BALTIMORE, MD, May 13, 2025 – Researchers who took a close look at loosened concealed carry laws between 2010 and 2017 have found that “Shall Issue” regulations, which remove local authority discretion on the issuance of concealed carry gun permits, contribute to a significant increase in handgun purchases. At the same time, the researchers found that in states that adopted “Permitless Carry” policies, there was no noticeable change in gun purchases.
The time has come: REAL ID will finally be implemented in less than one week, about 20 years after it was initially proposed.
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Sheldon Jacobson, professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joins John Williams to talk about his Tribune Op-ed that explains why he thinks that it’s time to say goodbye to changing clocks twice a year.
We are fast approaching the time when we move our clocks back an hour, commonly described as “falling back,” and say goodbye to daylight saving time. Perhaps members of Congress could get their acts together and make it unnecessary to change the clocks twice a year.
The median age of Americans is about 39 years old, but many of the country’s leaders, including some serving in the highest offices, are over the age of 60.
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