Amid SPD controversy, Mayor Harrell leads with empathy
Seattle’s mayor has used his natural empathy to guide the city through these turbulent days. He deserves credit for making the right moves.
Day: September 20, 2023
Bernie Sanders-backed group to support Barbara Lee in California Senate primary
Left rallies around Lee as three House Democrats battle to replace aging Feinstein
Rupert Murdoch thought $787.5m Dominion suit would cost Fox $50m, Michael Wolff book says
Trump tell-all author returns with tale of Fox News strife which also includes prediction Ron DeSantis will be Republican nomineeIn winter 2022, at a hideaway in St Barts, Rupert Murdoch directed “sudden fury” at Donald Trump, who he thought would lose…
Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps
Kentucky Democrats have taken their legal fight to the state’s highest court in challenging Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts.
Moment huge explosion hits Azerbaijan as attacks launched on ‘terrorist’ separatists
Azerbaijan launched an ‘anti-terror’ strike in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region against separatist Armenians. Unverified reports claimed 25 people, including two civilians, were killed and 11 children wounded.
Hurricane Nigel strengthens as it moves over Atlantic
The system was centred about 590 miles (955km) east of Bermuda.
GAO: U.S. troops living in barracks with mold, backed-up sewage
Government investigators recently found health hazards, including mold, brown tap water and bug infestations inside a number of barracks where single military personnel live. In one case, enlisted troops living in the barracks were told to clean up the…
South Carolina secures drug for lethal injections after 12-year pause
State general assembly passed a shield law in May allowing it to keep secret the suppliers of drugsSouth Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years, officials …
Trump unwittingly admitted to two of the charges against him in new interview, ex-Mueller prosecutor says
‘He went out and tried to get states to stop counting votes,’ Andrew Weissmann says of indicted ex-president