Eleven activists from the anti-war group ‘code pink’ were arrested on Wednesday for protesting outside Senator Bernie Sanders’ office in Washington DC, opposing US aid for Ukraine. Many of them were senior citizens, including a handicapped 89-year-old woman. They were either handcuffed by cops or escorted...
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Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting makes first court appearance in Las Vegas
Duane Keffe D Davis is led into the courtroom at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Las Vegas. Davis has been charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool) (Bizuayehu Tesfaye /...
Continue reading...Crews battle large barn fire in Mississauga
Crews are responding to a large fire that has broken out at a barn in Mississauga.
Continue reading...‘Evil,’ ‘delusional,’ ‘Benedict Arnold’: In Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield, Matt Gaetz draws ire
BAKERSFIELD, CA – JANUARY 19: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), newly elected Speaker of the House, holds a town hall meeting at the Fox Theater in downtown on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 in Bakersfield, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times) 'Evil,' 'delusional,'...
Continue reading...‘I promise you I will come back’: SZA’s Toronto concert postponed last minute due to illness
SZA has cancelled her concert in Toronto at the last minute due to illness.
Continue reading...Who could replace McCarthy as House speaker? Here are some of the likely candidates
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 14: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) chats with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) during a news conference a press conference on the 2023 Fiscal Year on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los...
Continue reading...Rep. Justin Jones files a federal lawsuit against Tennessee House speaker
The “Tennessee Three” member — who won back his seat after being expelled — claims that House Speaker Cameron Sexton has violated his constitutional rights.
Continue reading...Newsom stumbled in filling Feinstein seat. Or did he? Our columnists discuss
LEFT: California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses three gun control measures he signed during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday Sept, 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) RIGHT: Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., is seen during a re-enactment of her swearing-in ceremony to the Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 3,...
Continue reading...Trump’s attendance at his civil fraud trial is a mystery. Or is it?
I was at court again on Wednesday watching Day 3 of Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York, and at least until the lunch break, Trump was in attendance again.
Continue reading...9 questions about Kevin McCarthy’s downfall and House GOP chaos, answered
Then Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walks through the Capitol on the eve of his ouster. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images How McCarthy got into this mess, who’ll be speaker next, and more. House Republicans are in disarray after ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an unprecedented...
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