Sentences with phrase «states have a shot»

Michigan State had a shot at taking a 17 - 15 lead over Maryland to enter halftime.

Desperate smugglers in Ogun State have shot at the Comptroller in Ogun State and Nine members of the team along the Ifo - Sango road, Ogun State.

The Benue State have shot and killed two of the gunmen known to be harassing Ugbokolo community.

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says her state has a shot at some of the education reform money, but not as much as if it had a charter law.

Rents in this state have shot up among one - and two - bedroom apartments.

Not exact matches

Syrian state TV reported overnight that anti-aircraft defenses had shot down missiles fired at an air base in the Homs area, and a media unit run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah said missiles had also targeted an air base near Damascus.

Then, in 1992, a disgruntled associate who had recently shot Buari in an attempt to take over the corner implicated him in the murder of two brothers and turned state's witness for the Bronx district attorney.

But US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, a spokesman for the US - led coalition fighting Islamic State, told reporters the drone meant to attack them and dismissed the possibility it had fired a warning shot.

As Donald Trump's position at the front of the Republican presidential race has become more and more unshakeable, the media's attitude towards him has changed gradually from a position of somewhat gleeful ridicule to concern that this man actually has a shot at becoming president of the United States — and that the media itself may have helped put him there.

In my observation, California drivers are among the best in the world, perhaps because the state has so many freeway shootings, which provide incentive to follow the rules.

A day after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, gun control advocacy groups occupied the Massachusetts State House, demanding action on a bill that would prevent individuals who pose extreme risks to themselves or others from possessing a firearm.

Now the Missouri native has switched to the Republican Party and is making a long - shot bid in his home state to unseat incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat.

Later on in the discussion, Zeif spoke up again when Trump asked the group to provide suggestions for ways to prevent school shootings and argued that the country could look to states like Maryland, which have stricter, and more effective, gun laws.

So why has the United States been shooting up the ranks?

He has shot above iconic buildings (including the Empire State Building), the Hollywood sign, residential and commercial neighborhoods, airports, parks, and cargo ships.

In recent years, the Sunshine State has become a kind of permanent American freak show, home to zombie face - eaters, and vigilante security guards who shoot black teens for wearing suspicious sweatshirts.

A state investigation of the shooting found that gunman Adam Lanza had not been receiving mental health care in the years before the shooting, despite prior advice from mental health professionals throughout his childhood and adolescence.

While The New York Times announced that they have «no information» about negotiations with Chen, the millionaire shot back with an op - ed in the Chinese state newspaper Global Times.

The U.S. drugmaker, which is the focus of multiple federal investigations, has come under fire for staggering price increases on the emergency shot in the United States.

But Wednesday's launch of Pokemon GO in the United States has seen the title shoot up to become the number - one free app in Apple Inc.'s U.S. iTunes store.

While every social media guidebook out there urges us to think carefully before we post anything (in fact, UAE telco du initiated a #PostWisely campaign just to promote this rationale), this particular mindset seems to have been overlooked by many of my fellow users of social media - they seem to have gotten rather comfortable with shooting off their mouths on such platforms, much like certain heads of state.

Its stock has shot up by 40 % since last year, and it continues to book significant contracts around the world, including with the Swedish Transportation Authority, the Texas Railroad Commission and the State of California.

And while the city has attempted to use strict gun laws to curb shootings, about 60 % of guns used in shootings last year were purchased out of state.

In response to the incident, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the US would have been in the right to shoot down one of the buzzing Russian aircraft — signaling the incredible tensions facing this part of the world.

The Florida state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school.

The Trump administration has invoked the shooting in its effort, unsuccessful so far, to strip federal funds from cities and states that refuse to take part in immigration enforcement.

Less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school, the state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.

As the U.S. businessman has gone from long - shot Republican presidential candidate to the party's nominee for the White House, fears that Mr. Trump will act on some of his campaign statements — like renegotiating the North American free - trade agreement and pulling the United States out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement — have spooked some Canadian small - business owners with U.S. interests.

While the county has «some good choices,» the state will have a better shot if everyone is united, Kamenetz said.

Certain states have special home loan programs that give homeowners a shot at qualifying for 30 - year fixed mortgages with low rates.

MIAMI — Gun control legislation is moving at an unusually fast pace in the Florida Capitol following a deadly high school shooting, which has pushed state lawmakers and the governor to act after years of loosening restrictions on firearms.

The moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change, even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act ofstates, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act ofStates since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

«They've had this irreverent, shoot from the hip attitude about so many things, saying they'll just hire their way into this or buy their way into it or they'll ignore the (state) rules,» he says.

Mr. Hogan announced in a press conference on Sept. 15 that if Amazon were to locate here it would be a «shot in the arm» for Baltimore, and he went on to say there would be a unified state - city effort to land HQ2.

Washington, D.C., and eight states also limit the large capacity magazines that have made many mass shootings so deadly.

And media critic Anita Sarkeesian — who left her home after her criticism of the industry's depiction of women prompted violent threats this summer — said Tuesday that she would cancel a speech at Utah State University after someone threatened a shooting at the event.

Teenagers are forcing lawmakers to consider changing their state gun laws — demanding action after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 students dead and added to the list of instances where people have opened fire on school grounds in 2018.

During a press conference, sophomore Lydia Hester from Madison East High School asked state lawmakers, «How do you expect students to be successful when kids have to worry about themselves, their friends, and their teachers being shot?»

I would guess when you are in the zone, or in a flow state, you just repeat what you did before without thinking about it, and when you are missing too many, you adjust your shot, or you try to refocus.

During his Twitter updates, Musk stated that the device would only shoot flames over short distances, minimizing danger while maximizing the device's fun factor.

Republicans from outside the state, including President Trump, have separately called for a new federal age limit, which has become a focus after 17 students and faculty members in Parkland were fatally shot, allegedly by 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of carrying out the attack with a semiautomatic rifle he legally purchased.

The bills proposed Friday by lawmakers would also create exemptions from the state's public - records law to protect the privacy of victims and provide money to raze and reconstruct the building where the shooting occurred.

That's a phrase we've heard often over recent hours, as Americans reacted to the latest mass shooting in the United States — one that stole the lives of at least 17 people, many of them teenagers.

Despite the day's developments, there was deep skepticism in Washington that anything would change because of the long history of inaction by state and federal politicians after similar mass shootings.

The people who have risk protection orders filed against them range in age from a 14 - year - old boy who classmates claimed «wanted to kill someone to see how it feels» to a 63 - year - old man who, court records state, was «seeing spirits» and purchased two shots guns and two handguns, insisting «I can buy as many (firearms) as I want.»

The N.R.A. has had to contend with other states also considering action since the Parkland shooting.

US Representative Ted Deutch (D) called Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are en route to the State Capitol in Tallahassee to advocate for gun control after the shooting that took place in their school last week.

In the wake of this weekend's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) proposed a ban on the «bump stock,» a device that makes semiautomatic weapons function like automatic ones, which are generally banned in the United States.

The study was required by the FDA under conditions set forth in a prior approval (for adults 50 and older in December, 2011) stating that Pfizer would conduct post-clearance studies to prove the shot protects against pneumonia.