Close vote seen on background checks
WASHINGTON A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Republican and the potential support of a second Sunday as sponsors said the vote expected this week was too close to call.
The plan would strengthen the background check system without in any way infringing on Second Amendment rights, Maine Sen. Susan Collins said in a statement explaining her support for the measure. But she added that it is impossible to predict at this point what will be in a final bill.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has a B+ rating from the National Rifle Association, said he was very favorably disposed to the proposal that has emerged from Sens. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
Man jailed as slain DA probe continues
KAUFMAN, Texas Authorities investigating the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife appear to have narrowed their focus on a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the official for theft.
Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested Saturday on a charge of making a terroristic threat and is being held in the Kaufman County Jail on $3 million bond. His arrest came after federal and local agents investigating the March 28 deaths of Kaufman County District County Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, searched Williams home on Friday.
Authorities have said little about their investigation into the McClellands deaths and have not named any suspects. Previous possible culprits mentioned included a white supremacist prison gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, which had been targeted by a task force that included McLellands office.
Jenna Bush Hager gives birth to 1st child
DALLAS Former President George W. Bush has become a grandfather.
His twin daughter Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on Saturday night in New York City.
The former president announced the birth in a statement Sunday. The babys name is Margaret Laura Mila Hager.
Jenna Bush Hager is a contributing correspondent for the Today show. Shes married to Henry Hager.
The former president says the baby was named for her grandmothers.
Associated Press
