New York CNN — America’s Frankenstein-like information environment has shattered trust. On Wednesday, Gallup and the Knight Foundation released their annual report surveying Americans for insights into how they view the press — and the results were grim. Only 26% of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the news media, …
Read More »February 14, 2023 – Michigan State University shooting leaves 3 dead, 5 injured
(Courtesy Joshua Thomas) Tense, scary and chaotic was how Michigan State University student Joshua Thomas described his experience hunkering down in a classroom with dozens of students as a gunman went on a deadly shooting spree Monday night. Thomas was in the school’s STEM building on the first floor when …
Read More »Michigan State University shooting, East Lansing campus
Gabe Treutel, a freshman at Michigan State University, told CNN he and his roommates are hunkered down and are listening to police scanners as the shooting incident on campus continues. Treutel says he was just sitting at his desk in his West Akers dorm room, taking a quiz for his …
Read More »Super Bowl LVII takeaways: NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes leads Kansas City Chiefs to 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in classic title game
CNN — The Kansas City Chiefs have won their second Super Bowl in the past four seasons, downing the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes appeared to overcome re-aggravating his ankle injury in the first half, rallying the Chiefs in the …
Read More »6 North Carolina officers are on administrative leave after man dies in police custody
CNN — Six Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers are on administrative leave and an investigation is underway after a man died in their custody last month, according to statements and newly released videos from the Raleigh Police Department. Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died in a Raleigh hospital in the early …
Read More »A twisted tale of celebrity promotion, opaque transactions and allegations of racist tropes
CNN — Sitting across from Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” Paris Hilton, wearing a sparkling neon green turtleneck dress and a high ponytail, looked at a picture of a glum cartoon ape and said it “reminds me of me.” The audience laughed. It did not look like her at …
Read More »Chinese spy balloon: US officials disclosed new details about the balloon’s capabilities. Here’s what we know
CNN — Biden administration officials disclosed new information Thursday about the capabilities of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed the United States last week and what they are learning as the FBI begins analyzing the parts recovered after the balloon was shot down Saturday. US officials also detailed what …
Read More »Prosecutors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh continue to lay out evidence of alleged financial crimes
CNN — Witnesses in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday shored up earlier testimony of his former law group’s chief financial officer, who’d spoken about discovering what prosecutors allege were his financial crimes that could have helped lead to the killings of his wife …
Read More »Romney told Santos ‘You don’t belong here’ in tense exchange in House chamber before SOTU
CNN — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah told GOP Rep. George Santos of New York: “You don’t belong here,” according to a member who witnessed the tense exchange in the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday night. Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, made the remarks as he walked into …
Read More »Turkey-Syria earthquake: More than 4,300 dead after powerful quake hits region
Istanbul, Turkey CNN — More than 4,300 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border. One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in …
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