College protests: What to know as student anti-war movement spreads across US campuses Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have ignited at colleges across the U.S., with hundreds arrested or suspended. Here’s a look at some of the most significant protests. 04/30/2024 - 8:15 am | View Link
Dog shot by Philadelphia officer after fatally attacking another animal, police say PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia police officer shot a dog in the city last week to stop an alleged animal attack, according to authorities. It happened just after 8 a.m. on April 17 when the ... 04/23/2024 - 3:58 pm | View Link
Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca shot, killed while off duty and returning home from shift CHICAGO (CBS) — An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot and killed after arriving home from work in the Gage Park neighborhood overnight. The shooting happened in the 5500 block of South Troy ... 04/22/2024 - 4:19 am | View Link
Chicago police officer is shot to death as his car is taken in Gage Park Chicago Police Department An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot to death early Sunday in Gage Park on the Southwest Side in what sources described as an apparent carjacking. La Voz Sidebar Lea ... 04/22/2024 - 1:36 am | View Link
Officer shoots, kills suspect’s dog while serving warrants, CMPD says A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer shot and killed a suspect’s dog while he was serving arrest warrants, the department said. It happened Wednesday just before 7 p.m. at a home on ... 04/18/2024 - 7:20 pm | View Link
Adolf Hitler, who rose to power on the backs of anti-Semitic scumbags, crackpots and German nationalist zealots finally ended his reign of terror by killing himself.
On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
“I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me.”
— Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), quoted by HuffPost, dismissing comparisons to Gov. Kristi Noem (R).
“A panel of federal judges has tossed out Louisiana’s new congressional map, striking the state’s second majority-Black district just months after it was signed into law,” Politico reports.
“The ruling, if it stands, could be a win for Republicans, since Democrats were almost certain to win the newly drawn district.”
Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election for New York’s 26th congressional district, the Washington Post reports.
“When Kennedy is sworn in as a member of the House Democratic conference, it will temporarily shave the chamber’s Republican majority to one seat, leaving a small margin for error for party-line agenda items.”
“Hundreds of police officers in riot gear marched onto the campus of Columbia University in Upper Manhattan late Tuesday, where protesters had occupied a campus building, as clashes over the war in Gaza continued to escalate at American universities,” the New York Times reports.
The second week of the Donald Trump criminal trial testimony began with a bang!
First up, a ruling on the gag order. Trump was found in criminal contempt and fined $1k for each of the 9 violations. He was also ordered to remove the offending 9 posts by 2:15pm (which he complied with) AND warned that he will be incarcerated (maybe) for future violations.
Reminder: there is a 2nd gag order violation hearing scheduled for this Thursday morning.
BREAKING:Judge Merchan threatens Trump with jail time for further violations of his gag order."Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2024
BREAKING: Donald Trump has just complied with the order from Judge Merchan to remove social media posts from his Truth Social page and his campaign website that the judge deemed in violation of the gag order.