WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday in an impassioned video plea to Congress to send more help for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Lawmakers stood and cheered, and President Joe Biden later announced the U.S. is sending more anti-aircraft and anti-armor weapons and drones.
The U.S. is seriously considering making daylight saving time permanent, a move that would likely be popular.
CHICAGO – No charges will be filed against the Chicago police officers who chased and fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez within days of each other last year, prompting sharp criticism of how the department handles foot pursuits, a prosecutor announced Tuesday.
1. “Lessons From the Edge” by Marie Yovanovitch (Mariner, nonfiction) What it’s about: The former ambassador to Ukraine, who was recalled from her post and became a key witness in the 2019 Trump impeachment hearings examining his efforts to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate Joe Biden, offers timely insights in this memoir.
One day long ago, a fiercely mischievous feline showed up at the house of two young children. Chaos ensued.
“Nine Lives” by Peter Swanson (William Morrow) The elderly owner of a decaying hotel in Kennewick, Maine, is shoved to the ground, dragged to a tidal pool, and held there face down until he drowns. When police arrive, they find a crumpled piece of paper clutched in his hand.
ATLANTA – President Joe Biden on Wednesday remembered the victims of shootings at three massage businesses in Georgia a year earlier and decried racism, misogyny and gun violence. Six women of Asian descent were among the eight people killed on March 16, 2021.
“The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (St. Martin’s Press) Call them the not-so-golden couple.
NORMAN — The first win is the hardest. That was the message Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser gave to his men's basketball team on Monday.
NORMAN — OU’s linebacker group will look different in 2022 under Brent Venables and Ted Roof compared to the last three seasons of Alex Grinch’s defense. While Grinch ran primarily a 3-4 defense (or 3-3-5) with a rush linebacker, Venables has typically used a 4-3 look with a strongside linebacker that also can play nickel.