Month: January 2022
Governor knew the circumstances around a deadly arrest, but kept quiet, records show
What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass obstructed justice. (Image credit: Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate file photo via
Read MoreIMF urges El Salvador to scale back its push for Bitcoin as legal tender
The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury.
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine standoff is ‘becoming a trial of strength’ as it splits the GOP: conservative strategist
Vladimir Putin’s potential invasion of Ukraine is splitting the conservative movement, former George W. Bush strategist David Frum explained on Friday. “Night after night, the host of the top-rated show on Fox News repeats Vladimir Putin’s talking points justifying aggression
Read MoreCNN reporting on Biden-Zelensky call gets White House pushback: ‘Completely false’ – Fox News
CNN reporting on Biden-Zelensky call gets White House pushback: ‘Completely false’ Fox News Biden Holds Critical Call with Ukraine President As Russia Tension Escalates NBC News Biden sending troops to Eastern Europe soon as Ukraine turmoil intensifies Fox News Biden shouldn’t have played
Read More5G cleared for takeoff near more airports, but some regional jets might be grounded
The FAA says Verizon and AT&T can turn on more 5G cell phone towers as safety concerns over interference with planes eases. But some smaller regional jets still face restrictions. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Read MoreUK to honor Licoricia of Winchester, slain 13th-century Jewish moneylender to royals
City to put up statue by renowned British artist Ian Rank-Broadley to honor the famous Medieval businesswoman who was mysteriously murdered
Read MoreAs Breyer Pondered Retirement, Biden Bet on a Hands-Off Strategy
The president believed pressuring the court’s oldest justice to retire might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach.
Read MoreThe Jamaican bobsled team is returning to the Olympics 24 years later. One bobsledder on what it’s like to carry the nation’s legacy
“This won’t be our last Olympics, and there won’t be a next 24 years span for us to qualify again,” Nimroy Turgott, the team’s bobsled brakeman told the PBS NewsHour.
Read MoreBlizzard Warning For Potentially Historic Storm That’s Likely To Bring More Than 2 Feet Of Snow – CBS Boston
Blizzard Warning For Potentially Historic Storm That’s Likely To Bring More Than 2 Feet Of Snow CBS Boston ‘Bomb cyclone’ to deliver record snowfall to parts of Northeast Washington Post StormBeat: RI travel ban begins at 8 am; McKee declares state of
Read MoreBlizzard Warning For Potentially Historic Storm That’s Likely To Bring More Than 2 Feet Of Snow – CBS Boston
Blizzard Warning For Potentially Historic Storm That’s Likely To Bring More Than 2 Feet Of Snow CBS Boston Dangerous heavy snow and winds approaching hurricane intensity could knock out power, flood coastal areas as weekend nor’easter revs up CNN StormBeat: RI travel
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