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Month: February 2023

Far-right Proud Boys member Jeremy Bertino

Proud Boy testifies in sedition trial about far-right group being the ‘tip of the spear’ on January 6

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The sole Proud Boy to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in connection to the US Capitol riot testified on Wednesday that members of the far-right organization believed the country was barreling toward revolution and that they were the “tip of the spear.” Jeremy Bertino, a top lieutenant to

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Jefferson City School District receives more than $300,000 in STEM donations

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District announced in a Wednesday press release that it received donation of more than $300,000 in STEM items. Elenco Electronics donated the STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics– products, which include do-it-yourself activity kits, project kits designed to teach about circuits and coding, and more. The

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Kevin Marino (left) and Timothy J. Heaphy are pictured here in Washington

House January 6 investigator says it’s ‘likely’ 2020 election subversion probes will produce indictments

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The top investigator on the House committee that probed the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack said Wednesday it is “likely” that the Georgia and federal investigations into efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election will produce indictments. Timothy Heaphy told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “Erin Burnett OutFront” that “unless there

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South Carolina Senate OKs ‘shield law’ for lethal injections

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Senators hope a bill passed Wednesday will help the state resume capital punishment after an involuntary pause for nearly 12 years. Lawmakers approved a bill concealing the identity of pharmaceutical companies providing lethal injection drugs for state executions. The state has been

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