Tag Archives: Obituary

A First For Cleveland, Hunger and Displacement

Monday, June 20, 2016

Believeland: The Cleveland Cavaliers rebounded last night to become the first NBA team to win the championship after losing three games. And it’s the first championship in the franchise’s 46-year history. Golden State had an eight-point lead early in the …

Warren Attacks, Bernie Moves to the Door

Friday, June 10, 2016

Gloves Off: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren broke her leash last night as the attack dog for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, calling Donald Trump “a thin-skinned racist bully.” Attacking where he’s proudest, Warren said, “Trump tells everyone who will listen …

The First Woman, Sticking With Donald

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The First Woman: Ninety-four years after women won the right to vote in the United States, Hillary Clinton last night won enough delegates to become the first woman to be a major party’s nominee. Reaching to mark a moment in …

Hillary Over the Top, Sentencing Outrage

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

2,383: As voters go the polls in California and five other states this morning, Hillary Clinton is just a handful of elected delegates from the number that assures her the Democratic nomination for president. But the Associated Press reports that …

Muhammed Ali, 74; Chicago Cop Video

Saturday, June 4, 2016

The Greatest: Muhammed Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who bragged that he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee,” has died in Arizona at age 74. Ali, nicknamed “The Greatest,” was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in …

Trump University Politics, Payday Percentage

Thursday, June 2, 2016

University Politics: Forget policy. The presidential race is now about character. Hillary Clinton has weaponized the information released from the Trump University lawsuit. Clinton said of the court documents that, “This is just more evidence that Donald Trump himself is …

Deadly Floods in Texas, Pants on Fire

Monday, May 30, 2016

Heavy Weather: At least six people in Texas have died in floods created by heavy rains in the past several days. An 11-year-old boy is also missing in Kansas after falling into a flooded river. As much as 16 inches …

Bodies and Debris, India Heat Wave

Saturday, May 21, 2016

EgyptAir: Searchers have found floating luggage, seats, and body parts from the downed EgyptAir passenger jet. The Airbus 320 was flying normally overnight Thursday from Paris to Cairo when it suddenly jerked to the left, then spun right and plummeted …

Wreckage Found, Morley Safer Dead at 84

Friday, May 20, 2016

EgyptAir: The Egyptian military says it has found debris and personal belongings of passengers from the EgyptAir flight lost in the Mediterranean. So far there’s only speculation about what brought down the passenger jet with 66 people on board. It’s …

Clinton by a Hair, Olympic Doping

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Numbers Game: Bernie Sanders won the Oregon primary and Hillary Clinton barely eked out a win in Kentucky by half a percent, about 1900 votes. Clinton and Sanders basically split Kentucky’s delegates, making little difference in Clinton’s overall lead, …