Monday, 6 June 2022

Lawyers reveal potential defense in Alabama jailer escape

Lawyers have revealed a potential defense for an Alabama prisoner who walked out of jail with a corrections official, prompting an intensive manhunt

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High court won't hear appeal over McCloskeys' law licenses

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the husband-and-wife attorneys whose law licenses were placed on probation for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters outside their St. Louis mansion in 2020

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Sunday, 5 June 2022

Today in History: June 6, D-Day in Normandy

Today in History Today is Monday, June 6, the 157th day of 2022. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day” as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe. On this date: In 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London. In 1912, Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska peninsula, began a three-day eruption, sending ash as high as 100,000 feet; it was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century and ranks among the largest in recorded history. In 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission was established. In 1939, the first Little League game was played as Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, 25 1/2 hours after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. In 1977, a sharply divided U.S....

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New Orleans Starbucks store 1st in Louisiana to vote union

Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize

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Uvalde gunman's early target recounts terror in sermon

One of the targets of the gunman who killed 19 children, 2 teachers is a pastor.

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3 people killed in early morning shooting in Michigan

It was one of at least 3 shootings with multiple deaths or injuries overnight.

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Madison estate rehires staff let go during recent turmoil

Controversy over sharing governance with descendants of people enslaved there.

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Wisconsin man charged with killing 6 in botched drug robbery

A 34-year-old Wisconsin man has been charged in the deaths of six people who were found dead in January at a Milwaukee duplex

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Saturday, 4 June 2022

North Carolina man gets death sentence in daughter's killing

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to death for the 2019 murder of his teenage daughter

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EPA raises amount of ethanol that must be blended with gas

The Biden administration has set new requirements that increase the amount of ethanol that must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply

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Spokesman: Whitmer was on Wisconsin gunman's list of targets

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office says she was on a list of targets of a gunman who fatally shot a man in Wisconsin

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1st Test, Day 3: Stokes, Root Leave New Zealand Opener On A Knife Edge

1st Test, Day 3: England captain Ben Stokes and predecessor Joe Root led a thrilling rally on Saturday to set up a dramatic finish to the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's.

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Kyle Mayers, Shamarh Brooks Power Windies To Series Sweep vs Netherlands

Kyle Mayers and Shamarh Brooks both scored maiden one-day international centuries as West Indies completed a 3-0 sweep of their series against the Netherlands on Saturday, winning the final match in...

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