news2shortsExpert testifying for the defense acknowledged that Memphis officers’ blows were unnecessary A police training expert testifying on Saturday as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols acknowledged that kicks and punches to Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive. Don Cameron took the … Read more
F1 qualifying news from a 9pm BST start in Miami Send your thoughts to Luke via email There was rain a bit earlier, which doesn’t sound very Miami, but there it is. This being a street circuit there is of course a fair chance of red flags during qualifying if anyone comes a cropper on … Read more
Dent’s grandson announces golfer’s passing at 85 Augusta native became one of PGA’s longest hitters Jim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as ‘The Patch’. He went on to become one of the PGA Tour’s longest hitters … Read more
After weeks of economic strain, stocks surged on Friday after a better than expected April jobs report. In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker, Trump downplayed growing fears of a possible recession, saying the United States would be ‘OK’ in the long term. NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor reports for Saturday TODAY.
The U.S. Army is planning a celebration to recognize not only the 250th anniversary of its founding, but also President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The event, which could fall on Trump’s June 14th birthday, is expected to bring 150 military vehicles and 50 aircraft to the nation’s capital, according to three defense officials familiar with … Read more
Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world It’s tempting to believe that tech billionaires’ embrace of Donald Trump and the far right is a sudden rupture with the usual political ideology of Silicon Valley. Op-eds in the New York … Read more
Queens, N.Y.: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., threw down the gauntlet to Tom Homan on Friday after the border czar previously threatened to refer her to the Justice Department for giving advice to migrants on how to avoid being deported. Ocasio-Cortez told attendees at a Queens town hall event that she was not afraid of the … Read more
A new lawsuit seeks to examine ransom notes linked to the 1932 kidnap and murder of the transatlantic aviator’s son HL Mencken, the prominent journalist and critic, once called it the “greatest story since the Resurrection”. Though it has been 93 years since the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case merged crime, fame and mass media together, … Read more
Exclusive: Insiders sound alarm over ‘catastrophic’ impact of widespread departures and cuts under Trump A “catastrophic” exodus of thousands of employees from the US Department of Labor threatens “all of the core aspects of working life”, insiders have warned, amid fears that the Trump administration will further slash the agency’s operations. The federal agency has … Read more
Texas residents, which include SpaceX employees, are voting to turn Elon Musk’s SpaceX headquarters into the state’s newest city called Starbase. The proposed land where the new city would be is about one and a half square miles and is made up of SpaceX complexes, homes and land. NBC’s Marissa Parra reports for Saturday TODAY.
