Texas police now say no armed officer on duty when school shooting began, raise more questions
msnbc.com > watch...Jonathan Chait: The right's playbook for deflecting anger after shootings. Texas police now say no armed officer on duty when school shooting began, raise more questions. David Frum: Things changed a lot for the worse since Sandy Hook.... ...Beto O'Rourke confronts Texas governor at shooting news conference. Republicans will come up with a thousand excuses for why we shouldn't do anything...
Normalcy Returns to Kyiv as Russia Doubles Down in Eastern Ukraine
newyorker.com > podcast...On the Politics and More Podcast, Joshua Yaffa reports from the country's capital on the brutal fighting in the Donbas region and what the Ukrainian military may do next.... ...MMM, +0.86% rose 0.86% to $147.04, General Electric Co. GE, +3.33% rose 3.33% to $77.01, and McKesson Corp. MCK, +0.88% rose 0.88% to $336.42. Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 1.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M....
Pro-Russian ex-president of Moldova placed under house arrest
aljazeera.com > news...Moldova has firmly backed Kyiv since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, and the arrest of pro-Russia Dodon comes at a time when relations between Moscow and Chisinau are increasingly strained.... ..."It is strange and despicable for those who … filled all the state institutions with foreign, Romanian, American and German advisers, who control all of the institutions, to accuse me of treason," he said. Dodon has denied all wrongdoing....
Here's the Exact Release Time for "Obi-Wan Kenobi" on Disney Plus
themarysue.com...Here's the plot summary from Disney Plus, in case you're just now jumping on the Obi-Wan train:...
Long COVID affects nearly 2 million in the UK
wsws.org > en > articles...At the beginning of April, the number of people suffering Long COVID reached 1.8 million, 2.8 percent of the UK population, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics.... ...Professor Adam Hampshire from the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London, the study's lead author, said: "Around 40,000 people have been through intensive care with COVID-19 in England alone and many more will have been very sick, but not admitted to hospital....
Bolt Financial's loans come due
axios.com...One-click checkout company Bolt Financial yesterday laid off one-third of its workforce, just months after raising $355 million in VC funding at nearly an $11 billion valuation.... ...Particularly since Bolt founder and then-CEO Ryan Breslow once tweeted that over half of eligible employees took out loans. Maybe the layoffs were mostly of newer, unvested employees....
Blinken lays out US strategy to counter China as rivalry grows
aljazeera.com > news...Washington, DC -- Despite the current focus on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, China poses the "most serious long-term challenge to the international order", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.... ...Earlier in May, the US also held a summit in Washington for the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), many of which have disputes with Beijing over competing claims to the South China Sea....
New York Man Who Chased Officer Eugene Goodman Inside the Capitol Building on Jan. 6 Gets Years Behind Bars
lawandcrime.com...Greg Rubenacker inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 (images via FBI court filing). A New York man who was part of the crowd that chased a police officer up several flights of stairs as Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building has been sentenced to 41 months in prison.... ...He argued that the obstruction charge applied to his client's initial breach of the Capitol building, which is also when he joined the mob chasing Goodman up the stairs....
The Property Brothers Love Annie Selke Rugs & You Can Get Them for 20% Off Right Now
sheknows.com > living > articles...The home decor brand, beloved by celebrity interior designers like the Property Brothers, offers bright, happy textiles and specializes in gorgeous handwoven rugs in both neutrals and gorgeous candy colors -- and from now through Wednesday, June 1, you can save 20 percent on your entire purchase... ...An Annie Selke sale doesn't happen every day, so now's your chance.....
No Doubt About it: Zimbabwe President Pro-China, Anti-US
voanews.com...Zimbabwe President Pro-China, Anti-US. If there's a new cold war brewing and both China and the United States are trying to get African countries on their side, it's clear where Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allegiance lies.... ...The United States and European Union have maintained sanctions on Zimbabwean individuals and companies for two decades, since longtime president Robert Mugabe was accused of election rigging and human rights abuses in the early 2000s....