WASHINGTON — Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, said he has terminal cancer and months to live. Ellsberg posted on his Facebook page Thursday that doctors diagnosed the 91-year-old with inoperable […]
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13 arrested after ‘riot’ breaks out at high school
One person was taken to a local hospital after suffering minor injuries. March 3, 2023, 2:47 AM Thirteen people have been arrested after “a disturbance turned into several fights” that left at least one person in the hospital at a high school in Arkansas. The incident occurred at approximately 12:28 […]
UN rights group says Nicaragua executed 40 people
A U.N. human rights groups said the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega executed at least 40 people and ordered hospitals not to treat demonstrators wounded in antigovernment protests ByGABRIELA SELSER Associated Press March 3, 2023, 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY — A U.N. human rights groups said Thursday the government […]
Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears
Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be relocated from homes they’re afraid to live in. “It’s not safe here,” said one man, […]
Alex Murdaugh found guilty in murder of wife, son
A jury has found disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of brutally murdering his wife and younger son at the family’s property in 2021. Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on all four counts at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 2, 2023. Andrew J. Whitaker/Pool via […]
George Santos faces ethics investigation from special House committee
The first-term New York Republican has said he did not break any laws. March 2, 2023, 3:19 PM Embattled New York Rep. George Santos said Thursday that he is “fully cooperating” with the House Ethics Committee, which is probing numerous allegations against the freshman Republican. The committee voted unanimously earlier […]
Court overturns California man’s murder conviction, citing new ‘rap lyrics’ law
An appellate court in Riverside, California, overturned the murder conviction of a man who was sentenced to 129 years to life in prison, ruling in part that the use of a rap video as evidence in this case violates the state’s new “Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act” – a landmark law, […]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized with shingles but expects ‘full recovery’
The California lawmaker said she got sick over the February recess. March 2, 2023, 7:52 PM California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has been hospitalized in her home state with shingles. A spokesperson for her office on Thursday confirmed her hospitalization, which was first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle. “I was […]
Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, […]
Inmate accidentally released from jail back in custody
The inmate has been accused of shooting a family member. March 2, 2023, 4:53 PM A Texas inmate sentenced to 25 years for assault was retaken into custody on Wednesday after being let go a day earlier due to a clerical error from the Harris County Jail, authorities said. The […]