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Nichols and his Killing Remembered
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Post Mortem: His family spoke yesterday about how Tyre Nichols loved skateboarding and photography. Vice President Kamala Harris and the Rev Al Sharpton were also among the speakers as mourners marked the death of 29-year-old Nichols at the hands of Memphis …
Budget and Debt, Taking the Fifth
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Clash of Titans: President Biden is scheduled to meet today with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and is expected to ask what budget cuts the Republicans want to win their vote for raising the debt ceiling and avoiding default. The White House …
The Video: “Beat His Ass”
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Go to the Video: Three Memphis emergency medical technicians have been fired for their actions, or failure to act, following the January 7th incident in which 29-year-old Tyre Nichols was fatally beaten. The EMTs were seen on police video doing nothing for …
Beaten While He Was Down
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Go to the Video: A security camera on a light pole — not police bodycam video — gave the most damning view of the Memphis police administering a fatal beating to 29-year-old motorist Tyre Nichols after he was purportedly stopped for reckless …
US to Send Tanks to Ukraine
Thursday, January 26, 2023
The War Room: explosions rocked Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine today after Russia fired a new volley of missiles. One person was killed and two wounded in the capital city. These strikes came a day after the Biden administration announced that …
Secret Docs at Pence Home
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Not Secret: In a political break for President Joe Biden, classified documents have been found at the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence. It’s beginning to look like a trend. A Pence representative told The National Archives in a …
Another Mass Shooting in California
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
The Shooting Gallery: California Gov. Gavin Newsom was meeting yesterday with families of victims in the Monterey Park ballroom dancing massacre when he was pulled aside and told of a shooting in the small coastal town of Halfmoon Bay that left …
California Dance Hall Shooting
Monday, January 23, 2023
The Shooting Gallery: A man believed to have shot and killed 10 people Saturday night during Lunar New Year celebrations at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killed himself inside a van in Torrance after a standoff with police yesterday …
Germany Says “Thanks but no tanks”
Saturday, January 21, 2023
The War Room: Germany is still resisting pressure to give Leopard tanks to Ukraine unless the US also sends its M-1 main battle tanks. Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania issued a joint appeal, urging the Berlin government to provide tanks “now,” saying “Germany …
Actor Alec Baldwin to be Charged
Friday, January 20, 2023
Gunplay: Prosecutors in New Mexico say they are filing felony charges of involuntary manslaughter against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the low-budget Western “Rust.” Also to be charged is the production’s armorer, Hannah …
