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Jul 06 2020
News
Dozens of shootings across US mark bloody July 4th weekend
The nation’s 4th of July weekend was marred by the wrong kind of fireworks.
A spate of shootings throughout the US left more than 150 people wounded and nearly two-dozen dead so far this weekend, including 67 gunshot victims in Chicago over a blood-splattered weekend, according to reports.
Police said 13 people were killed in separate shootings in the Second City, including a 7-
New York Post (News)Jan 27 2020
News
Weather conditions eyed in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, officials say
Officials in Los Angeles said late Sunday that dense fog in Southern California likely played a role in the deadly crash in Calabasas that claimed the lives of nine people, including NBA great Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter.
Several experts pointed to the poor flying conditions in the area and said fog will likely play a key part in the investigation, the Los Angeles Times
Fox News (Online News)May 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What is Fake News?
We’ve all heard the term “fake news.” But what actually qualifies? There is broad disagreement about what deserves to be called “fake news.” The term was broadly used during former President Donald Trump’s tenure in office, and became part of the mainstream discourse when he famously told a CNN reporter, “You're fake news” in 2017. “Fake news” typically refers to purely false or made up
Henry A. BrechterApr 22 2020
News
COVID-19 and the (possibly) changing climate debate
Many climate activists see the world's community-spirited response to the coronavirus as potentially shaping a more robust response to another collective challenge: global warming.
“Will we learn the lessons?”
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, that question is being heard ever more widely. Yet the potentially more critical question is what lessons we’ll learn. And on
Christian Science MonitorAug 16 2014
News
When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims
On the afternoon of Aug. 9, a police officer fatally shot an unarmed, black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. Details remain in dispute. Eyewitnesses have said that Brown was compliant with police and was shot while he had his hands up. Police maintain that the 18-year-old had assaulted an officer and was reaching for the officer's gun. One thing clear, however, is that Brown's
HuffPostAug 14 2014
News
Obama calls for ‘healing’ and ‘justice’ in shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
President Obama said Thursday that “now is the time for healing” after a series of clashes between protesters and police over the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., but he also called for an open and transparent investigation “to see that justice is done” in the case.
Speaking from Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., where he is on vacation, Obama said that many Americans “have been
Washington PostApr 20 2020
Analysis
Celebrities and the Media Shouldn't Sneer at Coronavirus Lockdown Protesters
The gatherings are ill-advised but understandable given the harms of government-enforced shutdowns.
In their desperation to get back to work, some Americans are taking to the streets to demand that the government end the quarantine. Comedian Patton Oswalt is unsympathetic.
"Anne Frank spent 2 years hiding in an attic and we've been home for just over a month with Netflix, food
ReasonJan 13 2023
Headline Roundup
Lisa Marie Presley Dies at 54
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, has died of an apparent cardiac arrest at the age of 54. She had followed in her father's footsteps and had become a singer, releasing three albums that received generally positive reviews. She leaves behind three daughters, having lost her son Benjamin to suicide in 2020.
Key Quote: "She was the most passionate
New York Post (News) BBC News CNN (Online News)Mar 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Two Teens Charged with Murder In Carjacking of Uber Eats Driver
Two teenage girls were charged with carjacking and with murder in the death of an Uber Eats driver in Washington, D.C. The suspects, ages 13 and 15, allegedly attacked Mohammad Anwar, 66, with a taser inside his car, causing the car to flip on its side. Anwar was taken to the hospital, but did not survive; the two girls were pulled from the wreck and arrested at the scene.
The
The Hill The Daily Wire CNN (Online News)Feb 24 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Texas Holding Facility for Immigrant Teens Reopens
President Joe Biden's administration reopened a Texas holding facility this week for unauthorized immigrant teenagers who cross the Mexico-U.S. border without a parent. The shelter was opened in July 2019 and closed roughly a month later. News of its reopening drew comparisons between Biden and former President Donald Trump on immigration policy at the border.
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