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Review: ‘Purpose’ skewers the Jesse Jackson story — it’s the explosive play Steppenwolf has been...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoIn the summer of 2013, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., scion of the civil rights leader, was sentenced to 30...
Does the US prosecute more Republicans or Democrats? Here’s some data
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDemocratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted for the second time in 10 years on bribery and corruption...
Why it’s so rare for Congress to expel a member
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt almost seems to be harder to get kicked out of Congress than it is to get elected in the first place. There’s been no shortage of scoundrels elected...
R. Kelly transferred from Chicago to North Carolina prison
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSinger and child predator R. Kelly has been transferred to a prison in North Carolina, officials said Monday. Kelly, 56, arrived at a federal prison in Butner, N.C., last Wednesday, according ...
Today in History: November 21, deadly Las Vegas hotel fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday in History Today is Monday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2022. There are 40 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 21, 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand ...
Today in History: August 14, McVeigh sentenced to death
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoToday in History Today is Monday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2023. There are 139 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that ...
Today in History: March 11, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan kill nearly 20,000
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoToday in History Today is Monday, March 11, the 71st day of 2024. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting ...
Jim Dey: Veteran pol pours out his past in autobiography
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAug. 31—Four months ago, the Poshard Foundation for Abused Children announced another round of grants — 29 of them — to a variety of social-services agencies located in Southern Illinois. Days ...
