Milwaukee man dead following shooting outside west side gas stationOne man is dead and another wounded following a shooting outside a gas station on Milwaukee’s west side. ….. Read More.JOURNAL SENTINEL – General News | United States NewsFri, February 21, 20201 day ago
Detroit police seek suspect in non-fatal shooting on east sideDetroit police need the public’s help in locating suspect in a non-fatal shooting on the city’s east side that happened Dec. 15, 2019. ….. Read More.DETROIT FREE PRESS – General News | U.S. National NewsFri, February 21, 202012 hours ago
Detroit police seek suspect in non-fatal shooting caught on security videoDetroit police released security video while asking for the public’s help to identify and locate a man wanted in connection with a non-fatal shooting. ….. Read More.DETROIT FREE PRESS – General News | U.S. National NewsFri, February 21, 202012 hours ago
The Ticket: A Historic Vote on Equal Rights, and Hopes for Gun ControlFor the first time yesterday, Jennifer Wexton got to use the gavel. The freshman Democratic congresswoman from Virginia presided over a floor debate on a bill to advance the Equal Rights Amendment.“This wins the prize for the coolest thing I’ve gotten to do as a member of Congress,” she told Edward-Isaac Dovere on the latest episode of The Ticket: Politics from The Atlantic. Listen to the full episode here:Subscribe to The Ticket: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher (How to Listen)Four years ago, when Wexton was a state senator in Virginia, she saw her resolution to ratify the decades-old amendment die under Republican leadership. But the ERA got new life in November after Democrats swept local elections. Soon after, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA, thereby crossing the three-quarters threshold of states needed to amend…
Security Officer Shoots Trucker Over Reserved Parking SpaceAn unnamed trucker was taken to the hospital in critical condition last week after being shot in the chest by a security guard at a TA truck stop in Oklahoma City. According to police, the shooting occurred during an argument over a reserved parking space. It was just after 4:30 am when police got a call about a shooting at the TA near I-40 and Council Road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When they arrived, they found that a trucker had been shot in the chest by a third-party security guard. While the driver was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, police interviewed the security guard. According to Sgt. Brad Gilmore of the Oklahoma City Police Department, the security guard confronted the driver about being parked in a spot that was not reserved for him. It’s not clear what exactly happened then. Some…
Democrats Have a Credibility Problem on Trump’s Foreign PolicyIt’s 2020, and America is embroiled in not one but two catastrophic wars: one with Iran that has sucked in the entire Middle East, and another halfway across the world in North Korea sparked by Kim Jong Un test-firing nuclear-capable missiles that could hit the United States. It’s all the worse since the U.S. is waging both wars without allies, all of which have abandoned Donald Trump because of his incessant bullying.Fortunately, this isn’t where we find ourselves today, but it’s what the president’s critics have been warning could occur if he carries on with policies that have shattered decades of conventional U.S. policy making. It’s not as if their concerns have no factual basis. The Trump administration really did come to the brink of war with Iran and North Korea. In neither case are the underlying tensions that got them there…