Chicago shootings: At least 13 shot in weekend gun violence across city, police say CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 13 people have been shot in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said. A 14-year-old boy and a woman were wounded in a shooting Saturday in Belmont Cragin. 04/28/2024 - 4:33 pm | View Link
Arrest warrant issued for man in fatal shooting of off-duty Chicago police officer An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was heading home from work ... 04/27/2024 - 4:42 am | View Link
Expert says excessive traffic stops and videos of police killings can cause trauma for some West Side residents near where police killed Dexter Reed share details of their trauma from that incident and their own traffic stops. 04/26/2024 - 7:26 am | View Link
Chicago shooting: Man dies after being shot 20 times in Englewood, police say CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man died after being shot 20 times on the city's South Side early Friday morning, Chicago police said. Police said officers responded to a call about shots fired in the Englewood ... 04/26/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
Video released of person of interest in fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca Hoping for a break in the homicide investigation of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca, investigators have released security video of a person of interest. 04/25/2024 - 10:12 am | View Link
President Biden talked about the lows and highs of his life in an appearance designed to reintroduce him to an audience of millions. Via the NYTimes:
In a surprise interview on “The Howard Stern Show” that lasted for more than an hour, Mr. Stern, a skilled interviewer versed in the art of oversharing, repeatedly asked Mr.
Trump lickspittle Sen. Lindsey Graham blew off any concerns that The National Enquirer's David Pecker paid for catch-and-kill stories in order to help Trump's presidential campaign. I still want to know what Trump has got on Graham since he did his 180 back when Trump was running the first time.
Here's Graham's lame response when CNN's Dana Bash asked him about Pecker's testimony this week:
GRAHAM: Apparently, a lot of people do this, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to pull over for speeding and went home and called the police chief to quash the incident instead. That's a no-no.
Unfortunately for her (or fortunately for the rule of law), the entire incident was recorded on the officer's bodycam and now DA Doorley has to explain why she has such reckless disregard for the law, police officers, and common sense.
And although a Republican now (of course), Doorley has been a Democrat in the past.
Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U. S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given her status as the first Black child to integrate an elementary school in the South. But to the right-wing culture warriors behind efforts to ban books about American history—including systemic racism and discrimination against LGBTQ people—Bridges has become something else: a threat.
He is also pushing back against the fact that, through administrative actions and executive orders, Biden has made himself one of the most powerful presidents ever.