Umpires ripped after game-ending White Sox-Orioles interference call
The White Sox were trying to mount a comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning on Thursday night, but lost the game in one of the strangest and most unlikely decisions you’ll ever see at the end of a baseball game. Chicago, which was trailing the Orioles 8-2 in the bottom of the ninth, […]
Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers call surprise witness in attempt to poke holes in evidence that he was at grisly University of Idaho murder scene
The defense team for Idaho quadruple murder suspect Brian Koberger called a surprise witness Thursday, signaling their attempt to poke holes in the prosecution’s evidence that Koberger was at the scene of the brutal murders. Koberger’s defense team called Moscow police detective Lawrence Mowery to the witness stand to question whether the prosecution had done […]
Illinois Lawmakers Seek To Call Criminals ‘Justice-Impacted Individuals’ Instead Of ‘Offenders’
Illinois lawmakers are pushing to change the term “offender” to “justice-impacted individual” when discussing those convicted of a crime in an ongoing effort to update language in state law. Proposed House Bill 4409 has elicited sharp disagreements between Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature. During a Wednesday hearing, Republican State Sen. Terri Bryant criticized […]
British ‘Single-Payer’ Health Care Program Is Cratering. That Should Be Wake-Up Call for US Liberals.
Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, refuses to answer a simple question. He was asked three times whether he received private medical care or relied upon the National Health Service, the British version of “single-payer” government-run national health insurance. Sunak dismissed the question as “not really relevant.” But it is. The prime minister […]
Lawmakers call for further inquiry into Virginia prison that had hypothermia hospitalizations
Hypothermia hospitalizations and other suspicious circumstances at Virginia prisons uncovered in a recent report deserve further scrutiny, leading state Democratic lawmakers said this week. Lawmakers have promised to hold Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration to account and have called on a newly created prison oversight agency to investigate the findings of an Associated Press report […]
Lawmakers Call to Allow Ukraine to Strike Russia with U.S.-Provided Weapons
Leaders and members of the House Intelligence Committee on Monday called on the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to attack Russia with U.S.-supplied weapons under certain conditions. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Michael Turner (R-Ohio), Ranking Member Jim Hymes (D-Conn.), Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) and other members of the committee met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd […]
Labor unions call for repeal of Trump tax cuts
America’s major labor unions say they are tired of President Trump’s tax cuts and want them repealed. Unions including the United Auto Workers (UAW), AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG-AFTRA), and the National Education Association joined dozens of progressive groups on Tuesday to They sent a letter to Congressional […]
If Sonya Sotomayor flew upside-down flag GOP would call for her resignation
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farrar Griffin said Sunday that Republicans would demand that former President Donald Trump resign if it was reported that he hung an upside-down flag on his lawn after his election in 2016. . new New York Times report Days before President Biden’s inauguration and less than two weeks after […]
Zelensky Shoots Down Macron’s Call for an Olympics Truce with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected French leader Emmanuel Macron’s call for a truce with Russia during the Paris Olympics and criticized Western countries for calling for an early end to the war. The ancient tradition dating back to ancient Greece of a truce during the Games will not be observed at this year’s Paris Olympics, […]
Biden applauds call for Gaza ceasefire at Morehouse College
President Biden attended a graduation ceremony at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday and praised the call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Speaking before Biden’s commencement address, valedictorian D’Angelo Fletcher did not directly rebuke the president, but called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire.” “It is only natural that the Class of 2024 […]