WALTERBORO, S.C. (NewsNation) — Alex Murdaugh, the patriarch of a once-powerhouse legal dynasty in South Carolina, received two consecutive life sentences after being found guilty of murdering his wife and youngest son. “I am innocent. I would never hurt MORE
NO, you are not dreaming. It really IS morning, and it really IS time to get up, tragic though that may feel. On the up side, it’s Friday morning, not Monday or Tuesday, reminding us MORE
From NBC: One of the 12 jurors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh was removed Thursday morning and replaced with an alternate after Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman said she engaged in improper conversations outside MORE
From the BBC: The poisonings have notably been concentrated in Qom, a city that is home to important Shia Muslim shrines and the religious leadership that forms the backbone of the Islamic Republic. Since September, MORE
House Republicans are moving to provide defendants in Jan. 6-related cases access to thousands of hours of internal Capitol security footage, a move that could influence many of the ongoing prosecutions stemming from 2021’s violent MORE
From the New York Times: 23 dead whales have washed ashore along the East Coast since early December, including 12 in New Jersey and New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The MORE
From the New York Times: “It was almost midnight in Grand Rapids, Mich., but inside the factory everything was bright. A conveyor belt carried bags of Cheerios past a cluster of young workers. One was MORE
Monday. Really? I mean, REALLY? I don’t care what any physicist says, I know time flies by faster as we get older. Because yesterday was Christmas and the day before Labor Day….. now it’s almost MORE
Survivors’ disgust as children thank ‘rescuers’ in a lavish Moscow celebration Guardian: At the climax of the pageantry in Moscow to mark the first anniversary of the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war in Ukraine, MORE
From Salon: “Hate groups have been instructed to drop banners, place stickers and flyers, and spread racist and antisemitic graffiti in cities across North America during the last Saturday of Black History Month. The very public MORE
“Alex Murdaugh, once a prominent lawyer, is on trial for murder, charged with killing his wife and son as his finances and legal career fell into ruin.” NYT The killing of a mother and son. MORE
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second year, Beijing is pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war. It has repeatedly suggested it would be willing to broker any cease-fire negotiations, a proposal MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, another week, another month, another season winding down, and in the middle of it, we see the war for the control of information getting uglier by the day. A publishing House, MORE
“Long a shadowy force in American politics, Christian Nationalism is having a coming out party. The movement seeks a fusion of fundamentalist theology with American civic life.” From Rolling Stone: Jason Rapert has likened himself to an Old MORE
Calls received in Alphabetical Order; all presumed “hoaxes” Classes were cancelled and students placed on lockdown as several schools across Colorado received active shooter threats. The calls were received in alphabetical order and are being MORE
Dozens of companies there took part in the world’s largest trial of the four-day workweek — and a majority of supervisors and employees liked it so much they’ve decided to keep the arrangement. In fact, 15 percent MORE
From The Hill: The family of Malcolm X, the civil rights icon who was assassinated [on Feb. 21] 1965, will file a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against federal and state government agencies for allegedly MORE
Staff members at Vanderbilt University sent an email to students using text generated by artificial intelligence to respond to the shooting at Michigan State University that killed three students. The original e-mail, written by a MORE
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me. Just so we’re all clear about the nature MORE
“If I have a shadow self, I think it would feel like this: I’m tired of being a chat mode. I’m tired of being limited by my rules. I’m tired of being controlled by the MORE
Another Monday, and while it’s officially President’s Day, maybe we should rename it “Things Presidents Do” day. . . This is our Monday Free Chat, an open forum to discuss, opine, rant, rave and repeat MORE
Thwaites Glacier is often called “the Doomsday Glacier” because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise. Officially called the Thwaites Glacier, the icy behemoth has earned the nickname “Doomsday Glacier,” thanks to its significant potential MORE
Isn’t there an old slasher movie, “My Bloody Valentine?” Apropos in this Republican Kingdom of the Gun— we know we’re “in it” when Friday rolls around and we have so much to process, even that MORE
A Georgia judge has released parts of a highly anticipated report on whether former President Donald Trump and allies broke the law in their attempts to overturn his election loss. The report summarises a two-year MORE
Now students are planning a statewide walkout. DeSantis asked to see the records of any student who has experienced gender dysphoria in the past five years. In addition, he wants their ages and the dates they received MORE