Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Loveland, Colorado, will pay $3 million to settle police-brutality case where the victim was a 73-year-old woman -- at 5-feet and 80 pounds, with dementia

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The brutalization of Karen Garner, 73 A Colorado city has settled a police-brutality lawsuit, where the victim was a 73-year-old woman with ...
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Monday, March 7, 2022

Lindsey Graham's suggestion that Putin's assassination, as an inside job, might end Russia's war in Ukraine draws bipartisan heat from sober minds

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Lindsey Graham   U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has drawn fire from both sides of the political aisle for saying out loud what many Western...
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Friday, March 4, 2022

Setting of a criminal-trial date in a case tied to Balch & Bingham proves "You Don't Mess Around with Journalism that Makes a Difference" in public life

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Jim Croce   The late Jim Croce was one of our all-time favorite pop/folk musicians, and if he were still alive and following corruption in A...
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Thursday, March 3, 2022

Javelin missiles, the anti-tank weapons that could give underdog Ukraine a fighting chance in war with Putin's Russian army, are assembled in Troy, Alabama

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A Javelin missile takes to the air Javelin anti-tank missiles, the weapons that might give Ukraine a fighting chance in a war with Russia, a...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Russia's Putin appears cornered and "addled," but that makes him more unpredictable and dangerous as the West seeks peaceful resolution to war in Ukraine

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A Russian convoy The Russia-Ukraine conflict might be at its most perilous moment, and a key word in the puzzle is "de-escalation"...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Ali Alexander, the right-wing extremist with Alabama ties, makes cryptic comments that suggest he might be playing a dangerous game with the Jan. 6 committee

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Ali Alexander   Alabama-connected extremist Ali Alexander has a history of making inflammatory statements, some of which suggest he might be...
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Monday, February 28, 2022

No-knock warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke in Minnesota is a glaring sign that police reform must move out of the shadows onto the front burner

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With Russia invading Ukraine and the Trump family facing investigations from all directions, the issue of police reform seems to have gotten...
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Friday, February 25, 2022

Birmingham media outlets take strangely contrary positions on Balch & Bingham law firm as redistricting sparks racial tensions in cities across Alabama

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Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm cannot seem to outrun its history of taking dubious actions on matters of race . Balch, howeve...
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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Republicans Cruz, Hawley, and Cotton suggest that Biden's nominee for judicial post has contributed to crime problem by correcting wrongful convictions

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Nina Morrison   A confirmation hearing for one of President Biden's judicial nominees provided evidence that at least three U.S. senator...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

SCOTUS allows North Birmingham bribery convictions to stand, but signs point to a renewed investigation, sniffing around some of Alabama's deepest pockets

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Mike Cole, Jay Town, Mark Crosswhite The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari, allowing convictions in the North Birmingham Superf...
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