Malcom X’s family brings $100m lawsuit accusing CIA, FBI and NYPD of ‘plan to assassinate’ leader Two of three men convicted in assassination of activist have been exonerated The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
Iran Orders Death Penalty for ‘Kidnapped’ German National An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. The Tehran Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd in connection with the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 21, 2023
You Need to Watch The Most Bonkers '60s Sci-Fi Movie Before It Leaves HBO Max Next Week Slide, slide, slippity-slide. Time to hit up 'Fantastic Voyage.' Here's why this 1966 Raquel Welch sci-fi movie is essential viewing. Inverse · Feb 21, 2023
Review: Network TV continues its love affair with untrue crime with trio of addictive new shows Crime pays, if you're a television network, and especially if you're network television, where reckoning with malefactors has a long and rich history and continues to have a dominating presence. On some fundamental level, NBC equals "Law & Order" and whatever else Dick Wolf has going, and CBS is just… Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2023
The Lion Has Seven Heads review – a fierce revolutionary leftist bad dream from 1970 With its white-robed preacher striding through Congo-Brazzaville, this denunciation of imperialism from Brazilian director Glauber Rocha is very much of its time The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023
Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy Carter is often criticized for foreign policy weakness, but his approach to the Soviet Union was highly effective Salon · Feb 19, 2023
Meet The Company You Keep cast: who's who in the crime thriller Get to know The Company You Keep cast, with the new drama series led by This Is Us heartthrob Milo Ventimiglia. WhatToWatch · Feb 19, 2023
NKorea Says it Fired ICBM as Warning to US, Seoul North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful "surprise" drill demonstrated Pyongyang's "capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack". Leader Kim Jong Un ordered the "sudden launching drill" at 8 am Saturday (2300 GMT) and a Hwasong-15 missile --… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 19, 2023
‘The Company You Keep’: Milo Ventimiglia lightens up on a slick, breezy con-artist series On ABC’s fast-paced show, ‘This Is Us’ star switches to action as a working-class crook from a family of grifters. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 17, 2023
Trump's new Big Lie: Ballot harvesting Trump says he plans to "master the Democrats' own game of harvesting ballots" Salon · Feb 17, 2023
Mike Pompeo Calls Palestinian Authority President A ‘known Terrorist’ Reported presidential hopeful Mike Pompeo, the former U Zenger · Feb 17, 2023
AP News Digest 3 a.m. Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023
After serving in CIA, lawmaker now has role overseeing it One of the newest members of the House Intelligence Committee was herself once an officer running spies for the CIA The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023
Police and Welsh Government to stop using CCTV cameras linked to China, reports say The cameras are thought to be used by three Welsh police forces Wales Online · Feb 16, 2023
Inverse · Feb 16, 2023 You Need to Watch Bruce Willis' Most Underrated Comic Book Movie on HBO Max ASAP Remember when comic book movies didn't have to star superheroes?
Foreign Policy · Feb 15, 2023 Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.
Reuters · Feb 15, 2023 Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West - but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to a long and fruitless drain on lives and resources.
WEKU · Feb 14, 2023 Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she won't run for reelection in 2024 The California Democrat, the oldest sitting member of Congress, said she will accomplish as much as possible before she steps down.
Al Jazeera · Feb 14, 2023 Veteran US Senator Dianne Feinstein will not seek reelection California’s Feinstein, 89, says she intends to finish her term as several Democrats eye her open seat in 2024.
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 US says 3 mystery objects likely private, with no link to China WASHINGTON — The Biden administration suspects that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday served commercial purposes and weren’t used for spying, a judgment that may help ease anxiety over a Chinese balloon that traversed the U.S. before being shot down.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 14, 2023 Sen. Dianne Feinstein to retire: Looking back on tragedy, triumph and her contentious perseverance Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, announced Tuesday that she will not run for reelection next year. Here's a look at her storied career in politics, which included both tragedy and triumph.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 14, 2023 Sen. Dianne Feinstein makes it official: She will retire at the end of her current term WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, will not run for reelection next year, marking the end to one of the state's most storied political careers.
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 House GOP seeks Fauci testimony in probe of COVID-19 origins WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday began their promised scrutiny of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, requesting testimony from Anthony Fauci and current Biden administration officials, along with classified briefings and documents from U.S. intelligence agencies.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 13, 2023 Is the two-state solution for Israel, Palestine dead? Maybe. But what's the alternative? WASHINGTON — The intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, rights and safety has entered a new phase, one plumbing new depths of hatred and radical intransigence that the U.S. government no longer seems in a position to resolve or even mitigate.
Salon · Feb 11, 2023 Diversity, "wokeness" and oppression Diversity is an important value — but militarists, corporatists and oligarchs have turned into a marketing gimmick