Police officer, sheriff's deputy and suspect killed in upstate NY shootout, cops say A police officer and a sheriff’s deputy in upstate New York were shot and killed Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, who also was killed, police said. The shooting took place ... 04/15/2024 - 4:59 am | View Link
Syracuse cop and Onondaga sheriff’s deputy shot and killed in upstate NY suburb A Syracuse cop and a sheriff’s deputy were shot and killed in an upstate New York community Sunday night in an exchange of gunfire where the suspect was also killed, police said. 04/15/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Police Officer, Sheriff's Deputy Killed In Shootout On Suburban Street In Upstate NY Two police officers were killed overnight in a shooting on a suburban street in upstate New York. The incident happened in Onondaga County in the village of Liverpool located just north of Syracuse, ... 04/15/2024 - 12:20 am | View Link
O.J. Simpson, Football Star Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76 He ran to football fame and made fortunes in movies. His trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend became an inflection point on race in America. 04/11/2024 - 3:53 am | View Link
A veteran with dementia got lost going shopping. He died months after an officer body-slammed him When Carl Grant awoke from emergency surgery and couldn't move, he apologized to family gathered around his hospital bed. In the fog of dementia, the U.S. Marine Corps veteran thought he'd been ... 04/5/2024 - 7:45 pm | View Link
Enthusiastic treason enabler Bill Barr said yesterday he will vote for the “Republican ticket” in the November presidential election. He said on Fox that it was his duty to pick the person "I think would do the least harm to the country." Ha, ha! What a lying weasel he is.
While Republicans once again blocked repeal of an ancient abortion statute, Democrats in the Arizona Senate worked on clearing a procedural path to bring a proposed repeal to a vote. Via HuffPost:
Although no vote was taken on the repeal itself, Republican Sens. T. J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick sided with 14 Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday in changing rules to let a repeal proposal advance after the deadline for hearing bills had passed.
The Kennedy family will come out in force to endorse Joe Biden at a campaign event in Philadelphia today, since Biden is likely more at risk from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s third-party challenge than Trump is. Via Axios:
RFK Jr.'s sister, Kerry Kennedy, will invoke the legacy of her slain father, former Attorney General Robert F.
Rep. Jamie Raskin laid into James Comer after the two got into a heated argument that lasted almost five minutes over the fact that Comer has not found any crime President Biden actually committed, but continually lies about it.
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The Washington Post reported that the charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed after Republicans quashed their opportunity for limited debate and the creation of an impeachment committee. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dreams of being the MAGA star of the day must have been so crushed once she learned she and the other House impeachment managers would never have the opportunity to perform make their case.
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Some senators appeared bored at their small desks as Republicans made procedural point after procedural point, forcing a series of failed votes to delay the trial and other matters.