George Floyd death: Appeals court orders judge to rethink 3rd-degree murder charge for Derek ChauvinThe Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider reinstating third-degree murder charges for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of killing George Floyd. ….. Read More.UPI – United States | United States NewsFri, March 5, 202119 hours ago
How Do You Expect Me to Write My Book With All This Going On?GARYWORDS at GaryTalk.com – Hey, you guys! You House Managers, Trump Attorney’s, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts, and you guys and gals in the United States Senate, I’m trying to write my first novel, here. Stop taking up all my time and sapping away my energy with this Senate Impeachment Trial you’ve been spending hours and […] ….. Read More.GARYTALK – Conversations & Commentary | This, That and The OtherFri, January 31, 20201 year ago
How Iowa Escaped a Fourth COVID-19 SurgePublic-health experts predicted a tsunami of COVID-19 infections in Iowa this winter. Doctors and researchers told me in November that they expected thousands of Iowans to travel to visit family over Thanksgiving and Christmas. They worried that people would continue to pack into crowded bars and go maskless in public, and they thought that, by January, the state’s hospitals would be overrun with patients—by New Year’s, as many as 80 Iowans could be dying every day.But Iowa, unlike other states, did not experience this post-holiday apocalypse. Iowa’s cases have actually been on a relatively consistent decline since just before Thanksgiving. So what happened?The answer is not clear-cut, because the course of any pandemic is influenced by a complicated cocktail of factors. But one key reason could be that Iowans drastically changed their behavior just in the nick of time, experts told me when I…
Whitmer kidnapping plot hearing live feed: Confidential FBI informant testifiesThree men accused of plotting last year to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are back in court for a hearing to determine whether the case goes to trial. ….. Read More.DETROIT FREE PRESS – General News | U.S. National NewsSat, March 6, 20212 hours ago
Facebook rainforest ads: Inquiry ordered into Amazon land salesA Supreme Court judge in Brazil orders an investigation following the BBC’s report into the trade. ….. Read More.BBC NEWS – Technology | Internet & TechnologyThu, March 4, 20212 days ago
NBA Spotlights HBCUs, COVID-19 Equity During All-Star GameThe League is investing $3 million towards the initiative. ….. Read More.BET – All News | News & EntertainmentFri, March 5, 202118 hours ago