Meanwhile, the Rainbow Youth Coalition Crisis Center has seen a 500% increase in crisis calls after the death of the Tulsa High Schooler following an assault at school. The Tahlequah Daily Press reports: “A state MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, this the 8th week, the 8th Friday, the 54th day of 2024, a year that has 366 days and a February 29th. By all accounts, this is a regular old Friday MORE
The Texas CROWN Act, went into effect on September 1, 2023, and prohibits discrimination based on hairstyles that are commonly associated with a particular race or culture. The Texas Tribune reports “At 18, Darryl George MORE
IVF Appointments made months in advance cancelled today, forecast is continued decreasing birth rates in Alabama. The BBC reports: “The southern US state’s largest hospital has paused its in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) services in the wake MORE
NBC is reporting “Over 32,000 AT&T outages were reported by customers at about 4 a.m. ET Thursday. Reports dipped then spiked again to more than 50,000 around 7 a.m., with most issues reported in Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los MORE
Astronomers discovered a quasar, which is the “brightest of its kind” and the “most luminous object ever observed,” using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), a statement said. From Newsweek: Astronomers have MORE
Minnesota’s Police Association on shooting and death of law enforcement and first responder in Burnsville (St. Paul, Minn.) – Two officers with the Burnsville Police Department and one first responder were shot and killed early MORE
‘They’re doing everything to avoid handing over his body’: Kremlin plays for time after Navalny’s death as the battle to eradicate the opposition leader’s legacy continues after his death ABC reports that allies of Russian MORE
Two juveniles have been charged in connection with a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade that left one person dead and 22 others injured, officials said Friday. The juveniles are being held at a MORE
Aleksei A. Navalny died in prison, the Russian authorities said. The anticorruption campaigner rose to become the most prominent critic of President Vladimir V. Putin. According to the New York Times, Mr. Navalny’s spokeswoman, Kira MORE
Hiya News Viewers, welcome to our weekly Friday Free Chat. . . . . You know, it’s not just any day, it’s Friday, and it’s not just any month, it’s Black History Month, and it’s MORE
The shooting rampage killed at least one person and left at least 21 other people with gunshot wounds, police said. Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs teammates ‘heartbroken’ after parade tragedy According to MORE
2:40 p.m. Update: Minutes after Kansas City Chiefs players vowed to go for a third-straight Super Bowl title, shots were fired and multiple people near the parade route were carried away on stretchers. Fire Department Battalion Chief MORE
Voices of people lost to gun violence have been re-created using AI to call for action, now six years to the day after the Parkland shooting that killed 17. . . . “It’s been six MORE
AP reports that a 45-year-old man was arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a MORE
The rapper was arrested mere moments after winning three Grammys earlier this month and charged with misdemeanor battery for a security guard altercation. The rapper and activist was led away by police after winning three awards for MORE
Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been impressed by the South Carolina Republican’s role speaking on his behalf — and one ally said it’s “a real possibility” he’s picked. “We need a president who MORE
Members of the Kennedy Clan are not happy that their anti-vax relative is out there in front of mics and cameras. . . . According to The Hill, “American Values 2024 ran a 30-second ad during the Super MORE
The legislation includes $61 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for Israel in its war against Hamas and $4.83 billion to support partners in the Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan, and deter aggression by China, and $9.15 billion MORE
February 2024 is a pivotal Black History Month. . . Why? Because we live in a country that right here, right now, is trying to revise Black History — make it pretty, make it on MORE
Happy Friday News Viewers and welcome to our Friday Free Chat, where topics collide…. (My new movie title☺️) where topics flow freely, where we discuss and agree or we don’t agree, while we attempt to MORE
CNN reports, “Anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin has been barred from standing in Russia’s presidential election next month, in a move that further clears the country’s political landscape of opponents to Vladimir Putin. The decision was MORE
From ABC, The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, who killed four students at Oxford High School in November 2021.Crumbley was charged with MORE
House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) have both emerged as top contenders to be Trump’s vice president, and both appear to consider the other as a threat. The Daily Beast discusses recent reporting MORE