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Jul 28 2022
News
All the Cops Involved in George Floyd’s Murder Are Now Going to Prison
Derek Chauvin will spend the next two decades in prison for the murder of George Floyd. Now, the three other Minneapolis police officers who failed to stop Chauvin from kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes will serve sentences of their own.
Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were sentenced to more than three years in prison on Wednesday
ViceAug 16 2022
News
6 things to watch in Wyoming and Alaska elections
Jackson, Wyoming (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's campaign to purge the Republican Party of his opponents could reach its most dramatic moment of the 2022 midterm election cycle on Tuesday in Wyoming.
Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the House committee investigating January 6, 2021, who was booted from her House leadership position and censured by the GOP organization in her
CNN DigitalAug 05 2022
News
Jury Finds Alex Jones Must Pay $4.1 Million to Parents of Sandy Hook Victim
A Texas jury on Aug. 4 ordered Alex Jones, founder and host of the Infowars radio show and webcast, to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, marking the first time he has been held financially liable for spreading the false claim that the shooting was a hoax.
Sandy Hook refers to the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, when 20-year-old
The Epoch TimesApr 29 2022
News
Marine vet asks Biden why he was left in Russian prison after Trevor Reed freed
US Marine veteran Paul Whelan has accused President Biden of leaving him as a “hostage” in Russia instead of negotiating a prisoner swap like the one that freed Trevor Reed.
“Why was I left behind?” Whelan, 52, asked at hearing news of Reed’s release Wednesday, according to a statement from his family.
“While I am pleased Trevor is home with his family, I have been held on a
New York Post (News)Nov 17 2021
News
Oklahoma is preparing to defy its parole board and kill Julius Jones
Just hours before the scheduled execution of Julius Jones, a 41-year-old Black man convicted of a murder he says he didn’t commit, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt still hasn’t said whether he’ll commute the death sentence, as activists have urged.
Jones was found guilty and sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Oklahoma businessman Paul Howell. Jones, who has always maintained his
MSNBCAug 06 2020
News
Hydroxychloroquine being 'discarded prematurely', say scientists
A trial investigating the drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment against Covid-19 may never find out if it's effective, say scientists involved.
Controversy around the drug - touted by President Trump and the subject of online misinformation - is stopping completion of the trial, they say.
It is ineffective in hospitalised patients, but investigators hope it might
BBC NewsNov 11 2021
Opinion
By the time Kyle Rittenhouse testified, he already won the case
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial continued today in Wisconsin. In a move that surprised lawyers everywhere, Rittenhouse took the stand in his own defense. That is unusual in criminal cases, and it's especially unusual in murder trials. And the reason is simple: the stakes are too high. One wrong answer in a cross-examination, and you could wind up spending life in prison.
But this case was
Tucker CarlsonJan 28 2021
News
Novavax says its Covid-19 vaccine is 89 percent effective, but less so against South African variant
Novavax announced Thursday its Covid-19 vaccine is more than 89 percent effective at protecting against the virus based on preliminary data from a large late-stage trial in the United Kingdom.
But the vaccine was far less effective against a variant of the virus first discovered in South Africa, according to data from a small trial in that country, the company said.
PoliticoFeb 10 2021
News
Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney's performance, sources say
Former President Donald Trump was unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor's opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people familiar with his reaction told CNN.
Castor, who is representing Trump alongside attorney David Schoen, delivered a meandering argument during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, including praise for the House impeachment managers for a
CNN DigitalAug 05 2022
Analysis
How can the US bring Brittney Griner home?
On Thursday, a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in a penal colony. Griner, who was playing in a Russian league during the offseason just ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was found with about a gram of hash oil and received nearly the maximum sentence after being found guilty of drug trafficking.
Now that the trial is over, Griner’s situation is
Vox