Day: February 16, 2024

Man who shot Indianapolis officer in throat convicted of attempted murder

7:43 pm February 16, 2024

A man accused of shooting an Indianapolis police officer in the throat during a shootout that followed a car crash has been convicted of attempted murder and other charges. A Marion County jury convicted Mylik Hill, 33, on Thursday of two counts of attempted murder, six counts of resisting law enforcement and one count of […]

Andrew Yang says he’d be ‘stunned’ if Biden lasts majority of a second term: A ‘palpable difference’ from 2020

6:55 pm February 16, 2024

Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang believes President Biden will not be able to complete a second term in office, saying he has seen a “palpable difference” between now and four years ago. Yang, a supporter of Biden’s Democratic challenger Rep. Dean Phillips, sounded the alarm about Biden’s mental acuity in an interview with The […]

Kids Online Safety Act reintroduced in Senate expected to pass with major support

6:53 pm February 16, 2024

Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act with more than half of the Senate’s backing, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, suggesting that the bill will be filibuster-proof when it comes to the floor. On Thursday, Blackburn and Blumenthal announced that the revised bill had 62 senators on board, […]

Alexei Navalny’s wife has a message for Putin following news of husband’s death

6:49 pm February 16, 2024

The wife of Alexei Navalny vowed on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, his allies and the Kremlin “will have to pay” following reports that her husband – a prominent opposition leader – collapsed and died in custody at a penal colony in Siberia. Yulia Navalnaya, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, while Vice President […]

NY state police release video of encounter with man responsible for Maine’s deadliest shooting

6:39 pm February 16, 2024

An Army reservist responsible for Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was “gonna friggin’ do something.” Reservist Robert Card told troopers who escorted him to a hospital in upstate New York that fellow reservists and others kept […]