Violation of Rights: Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin and the three former officers who backed him up the day he murdered George Floyd have been indicted on federal civil rights charges.   The indictment says Derek Chauvin, who was convicted or murder …

Block That Vote: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared on Fox News yesterday, the house organ for  the Republican party, to sign a bill that will make it harder to vote in his state. All other press and media were excluded from the …

House Divided: Facing possible removal from her position as #3 in the Republican House leadership for attacking Donald Trump, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney stood her ground in a Washington Post opinion piece in which she said her party is at a “turning point”  as some …

Viral News: With a goal of getting 70 percent of the country vaccinated against Covid-19 by the 4th of July, the Biden administration is shifting from mass vaccination sites to smaller, more targeted locations aimed at bringing in younger Americans who’ve been …

Viral News: With cases of Covid-19 in retreat, the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut announced they are lifting almost all their pandemic restrictions starting May 19th, making it possible for people to return to offices, restaurants, nightlife, and cultural …

Viral News: With new variants circulating and a significant portion of the population reluctant to get vaccinated, it’s unlikely the US will reach herd immunity to Covid-19 any time soon, if at all, The NY Times reports.    Apoorva Mandavilli writes that scientists are …

Viral News: Worldwide cases of the coronavirus are reaching a new daily peak, nearly double what it was two months ago. The average daily number of new infections around the world is about 800,000.   It’s the opposite here in the US …

Stampede: At least 44 people died in a stampede overnight at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious ceremony in Israel. At least 150 were also treated for injuries in one of the worst civilian disasters in Israeli history.   The festival took place as …

The Presidential President: President Biden last night delivered one of the most presidential speeches delivered by a president in 50 years, appealing for his dramatic spending plans to launch America into the next century.   He was direct, hopeful, articulate, intelligent, and …

The Fatal Shot: A private autopsy shows that North Carolina deputies shot drug suspect Andrew Brown Jr. five times, one of them a fatal wound in the back of the skull as Brown tried to drive away, lawyers for the family said …