Tag Archives: FiveThirtyEight
Category 3, Nobel Peace to Colombia Pres.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Hurricane: More than two million people were urged to leave the Florida coast yesterday as Hurricane Matthew approached. Gov. Rick Scott said, “This storm will kill you. Time is running out.” The storm did kill nearly 300 people in Haiti …
“To Be Determined,” Women Beat Men
Monday, August 22, 2016
It’s Political: Donald Trump may be backing away from one of his most hard-nosed campaign promises. Deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. Asked yesterday on CNN whether Trump would create a “deportation force” to remove 11 million illegal immigrants, Trump’s new …
Facebook Gun Ban, Hillary’s Secrets
Saturday, January 30, 2016
GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …
Shootout at Planned Parenthood, Citrus Crisis
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Nation: Police in Colorado Springs shot it out with a gunman inside the offices of the local Planned Parenthood yesterday afternoon. Police convinced the gunman to give up, but only after three people were killed, including a police officer. Four …
Survivalist Caught, Republican Chances
Friday, October 31, 2014
Nation: After a seven-week manhunt, survivalist Eric Frein was captured yesterday to face charges of murdering a Pennsylvania state trooper. Prosecutors say they will press for the death penalty. Frein, 31, was believed to have been living in the woods …
Tabloid Trial Shock!, Mormon Excommunicated
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
We Knew That: Flame-haired former newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks has been found not guilty of hacking the cellphones of celebrities and news subjects for Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World. Her former deputy Andy Coulson was found guilty on …