Weekend Edition April 20-21, 2024

It’s April 25, 2024

What began last week when Columbia University students refused to end their protest against Israel’s war with Hamas had turned into a much larger movement by Tuesday as students across the nation set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave.

It’s April 23, 2024

President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program.

Weekend Edition April 20-21, 2024

After nearly 200 prospective jurors were screened by the judge, Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors, a total of 12 New Yorkers and six alternates were selected Friday to hear the first criminal case of any former U.S. president. Trump is accused of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money deal with an adult film actress ahead of the 2016 election. He has pleaded not guilty.

It’s April 19, 2024

They seem to be going backwards in seating jurors for the trump “hush money” case. A second seated juror was dismissed early, making a  5 seated jurors. An additional  7  were seated by end of day for the total of 12, with 6 alternates yet to be found.

It’s April 18, 2024

The Baltimore bridge accident may be a sign of bigger problems. The Washington Post reports that 424 cargo ships longer than 600 feet reported losing propulsion — meaning the engines were shut down — in U.S. waters over the past three years. Roughly one every 2 1/2 days.