The announcement, made two weeks after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff members, is one of the strongest stances taken by corporate America in the national gun debate.
Fueled by anguished voices in the aftermath of the Florida high school shooting, Oregon's Legislature on Thursday banned people convicted of stalking and domestic violence or under restraining orders from buying or owning firearms and ammunition.
Oregon lawmakers pass gun-control bill; first since Florida shooting Read more
North and South Korean athletes will march together at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony under a unified flag, the South said Wednesday, in a diplomatic breakthrough following days of talks between the two countries.
North, South Korea to march together under one flag at Winter Olympics Read more
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is an international treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament.
More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely Read more
Gorbachev’s dual program of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) introduced profound changes in economic practice, internal affairs and international relations.
Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika began the end of the Cold War Read more
On January 21, 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter grants an unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons all Vietnam War draft dodgers Read more
The 1864 Geneva Convention was the world’s first codified international treaty that covered the sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
The First Geneva Convention is signed by 12 nations Read more
The Peace and Truce of God, by attaching sacred significance to privacy, helped create a space in which communal gatherings could take place and thus encouraged the reconstitution of public space at the village level.
The Peace and Truce of God movement contains violent feuding emerges in Europe Read more
The Edict implicitly granted Christianity the status of religio licita, a worship that was recognized and accepted by the Roman Empire.
