Dog dies in central London, Ont. fire London Fire Department crews dealt with an intense blaze at 275 William St., in the city’s SOHO neighbourhood, Wednesday afternoon. District Chief Nick Hewetson said crews were called to the house at ... 05/15/2024 - 9:21 am | View Link
Man dies days after gas station shooting in South Shore Malik Washington, 24, and man, 35, were standing outside a gas station May 2 in the 6700 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when a car drove by and someone from inside opened fire around 7:30 p.m. 05/13/2024 - 11:45 am | View Link
Teen boy dies, three others injured in shooting behind Riverview apartment complex Pearlie Howland has heard gunfire before at the Ja-Te Apartments here, where she lives. But nothing like the ruckus on Mother's Day. Dozens of shots rang out Sunday night. On Monday morning, ... 05/13/2024 - 9:34 am | View Link
Miami Beach police: Man dies after shooting along Washington Avenue in South Beach MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A man died early Sunday morning during a shooting in South Beach. According to the Miami Beach Police Department, police officers responded shortly before 2:30 a.m., to Washington ... 05/12/2024 - 8:08 am | View Link
Mother’s Day drive-by shooting victim dies 2 years later, BSO seeks answers Nearly two years after being shot and paralyzed in a drive-by shooting, Dru’Niyyia Griffin has succumbed to her injuries, officials 05/10/2024 - 4:46 am | View Link
In an interview with ABC News, former White House Situation Room officer Mike Stiegler revealed that Jan. rioters “came that close” to murdering Mike Pence.
“It’s important to me that we don’t forget that it did come that close. And that we did have discussions. If we lose the VP, if the 25th is invoked.
Yesterday a barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, spilling oil into waters near busy shipping channels and closing the only road to a small neighboring island. Via NPR:
The impact sent pieces of the bridge, which connects Galveston to Pelican Island, tumbling on top of the barge and shut down a stretch of waterway so crews could clean up the spill.
SCOTUS restored a congressional voting map in Louisiana yesterday that includes an additional majority-Black district, handing an edge to Democrats less than six months before the November election. However, the three liberal justices dissented, pointing to problems down the line. Via the Washington Post:
The order was in response to emergency appeals filed after a federal three-judge panel in the state threw out the recently redrawn map last month, ruling that it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
That decision left the state without a congressional voting map heading into a 2024 contest that will determine which party controls the narrowly divided House.
As we reported earlier, President Joe Biden just demolished one of Donald Trump’s big attacks: that the president is so feeble, he’s afraid to debate Trump. Biden and the Trump campaign promptly agreed to terms and set the dates for two debates. Biden also got in a well-publicized dig in the process, saying, “I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”
Well, that woke up Sleepy Don!
On this date in 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbade Jewish music. So our musical selection today is Spike Jones' classic eff-you to der master race.
alicublog: Sunday ‘Round-the-Horn: Two days late and a dollar short edition.
The Wisconsin Independent: Van Orden doubles down on anti-abortion stance, says life begins at conception.
Left Jabs: The Ascendancy of Half-Assed Fascism.
Attention space nerds!
Rep. Jasmine Crockett called out Project 2025 horrors in a congressional hearing on May 15. Once again, journalist Aaron Rupar watched the House Judiciary Weaponization Subcommittee hearing, so you don't have to. The hearing featured GOP witness Gene Hamilton, a former Trump DOJ staffer who wrote Project 2025's Department of Justice chapter.