October 23, 2021 Abortion in the Court: The Supreme yesterday refused to block the Texas law that effectively bans abortion after six weeks but fast-tracked arguments by Justice Department and Texas abortion providers for November 1st.   Only Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented. “For …

Gunplay: Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun during rehearsals for a Western he was filming in New Mexico, killing the movie’s director of photography, and wounding the director.   Cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed, and the director, Joel Souza, 48, …

The Crime Beat: Some possessions and human remains that might belong to the man wanted for questioning in the murder of his fiancée have been found in a swampy area not far from his parents’ South Florida home.   Investigators say Brian …

Criminal Contempt: The House Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection voted unanimously last night to hold President Trump’s adviser and loyal crony Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the events of January 6th.   Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson …

  In the 26-page complaint, Trump’s lawyer argues that the files sought by Congress are protected by executive privilege under the Constitution even though Trump no longer holds office and President Biden has declined to protect them himself.   At the heart of …

Coal Baron: The NY Times eviscerates West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin for his opposition to President Biden’s clean fuel initiative simply by reporting the facts.    Manchin has said he’s protecting West Virginia’s coal and gas production industries by spurning the President’s …

Covid Nation: The Food and Drug Administration has voted to recommend that people who got the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine can get a booster shot two months later.   The FDA might also consider allowing people who got the J &J …

Banned Again: A three judge panel of a federal appeals court has ruled 2-1 that the Texas law severely restricting abortion can remain in effect until challenges to it wend their way through the courts. A federal trial-level judge had previously …

The Shipping News: In an effort resolve a shipping logjam, the Port of Los Angeles will operate 24 hours a day, President Biden announced. Ports around the country are clogged with shipping containers while ships wait offshore to unload.   But Biden …

The Coroner’s Report: Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country adventure with her fiancé and was later found dead, was strangled, according to the Teton County Coroner in Wyoming.   The circumstances keep pointing to Petito’s 23-year-old fiancé, …