Archive for January 22nd, 2020:

Maryland cop punished for taking disturbing video of Delonte West in handcuffs

Date: Jan 22 2020
A Maryland police officer was suspended on Tuesday for filming a video showing former NBA player Delonte West handcuffed and in rough shape after an alleged altercation that went viral on social media, according to the Associated Press.Read more... Read More »

Saudi Crown Prince hacked Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018, according to U.N. Investigation

Date: Jan 22 2020
A United Nations investigation has determined that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in an effort to hack Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018, the Washington Post reported Tuesday night.Read more... Read More »

Drinking water widely contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

Date: Jan 22 2020
The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group.Read more... Read More »

Hillary Clinton reverses course and says she ‘will do whatever I can to support our nominee’

Date: Jan 22 2020
Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded to criticism over comments she made about leading 2020 Democrat Bernie Sanders.Clinton said in a documentary set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this week that "nobody ...Read More »

Air passengers forced to change routes to make sure they get screened for deadly virus

Date: Jan 22 2020
U.S. officials unveiled an ambitious plan to make sure anybody flying from Wuhan, China, to the US goes through screening for a virus sweeping the region.The plans include a vast "funnel" system to reroute individual fliers — and potentially whole ...Read More »

Senate approves impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

Date: Jan 22 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses.Read ...Read More »

Massive brawl breaks out at end of Kansas-Kansas State game

Date: Jan 22 2020
The end of No. 3 Kansas’ 81-60 win against Kansas State did not go well on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.Read more... Read More »

NFL’s first openly gay, female coach headed to Super Bowl

Date: Jan 22 2020
Once rejected from a volunteer coaching position because of her "lifestyle," Katie Sowers will make NFL history as the first openly gay and female assistant coach headed to the Super Bowl.Athletes and fans are excited for Sowers' historic role at ...Read More »

Schiff mauls Cipollone on impeachment trial’s first day

Date: Jan 22 2020
On the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, President Trump’s lawyers were caught off-guard and unprepared.Read more... Read More »

Derek Jeter and Larry Walker voted into Hall of Fame

Date: Jan 22 2020
Derek Jeter’s storied baseball career is now headed where everybody expected. And Larry Walker is headed where some — even him — never thought he’d make it.Jeter misses history by just one voteWalker elected in his final yearThe controversial cases: ...Read More »