Josh Linehan

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Pause on J&J vaccine over clot reports will last only days, FDA says

by ZEKE MILLER, LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

The FDA issued a statement saying it recommends the pause ‘out of an abundance of caution.’

Nation & World, News

Minnesota officer meant to draw Taser, not gun, before fatally shooting Black man, police say

by MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described the shooting death Sunday of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as ‘an accidental discharge.’

Nation & World

Derek Chauvin never took knee off George Floyd’s neck, expert testifies

by AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

A use-of-force expert says Derek Chauvin’s weight was bearing down from his knee and pushing into George Floyd’s neck the entire time that he was handcuffed behind his back and lying facedown.

Nation & World, Religion and Values

In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’

by FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

He sounded a note of indignation, decrying that there has been no shortage of war and conflict during the world’s worst health crisis in a century.

Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World

Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack, lawyer says

by DAVE COLLINS and JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Associated Press April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics

by MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars.

Nation & World, Politics

Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

by ALAN FRAM Associated Press April 3, 2021April 3, 2021

The 38-year-old unblushing defender of Donald Trump is facing a possible abrupt end to his once promising career because of a federal sex-trafficking investigation.