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☆ Mass Shootings in the U.S.: A Symptom of Despair - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jillian Peterson | James Densley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Seven killed and 46 injured in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022He suffered from severe back pain. Eight killed and seven injured in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021He was known for being paranoid with a short temper. Five killed and seven injured in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2019He had expressed violent thoughts. Nine killed and seven injured in Red Lake, Minn., on March 21, 2005He had been noticeably depressed and angry at church. Seven killed and seven injured in Fort Worth on Sept. 15, 1999He killed his daughter’s cat because he was upset.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced Thursday that she won't seek re-election in 2024, setting the stage for a competitive Senate race in a key battleground state during a presidential election year. Garlin Gilchrist, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Attorney General Dana Nessel and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who gained a national following last year after going viral with her pushback against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Stabenow has served in the Senate since 2001 and previously served in the House from 1997 until her career began in the upper chamber. She holds several Democratic leadership roles including Senate Democratic Policy Committee chair and chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. She has served alongside Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., since he came to Congress in 2015.

☆ Lesbians score big political gains in midterm election's 'rainbow wave'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Matt Lavietes | Matt Lavietes Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The 2022 midterm elections ignited what LGBTQ advocates called yet another “rainbow wave,” with over 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer candidates emerging victorious. Across the country in Oregon, fellow Democrat and lesbian Tina Kotek was in a much tighter three-way gubernatorial contest. Lesbians and other queer women were successful in down-ballot races as well, according to advocacy groups and political action committees that have been tracking these races. “These are people who have taken the normal political path and are ready for the big leap,” she said, referring to lesbian election winners. “Queer women, just like all other women, understand that we’re in a really fraught time here in America.”Follow NBC Out on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

☆ Factbox: Who could run in the 2024 U.S. presidential election?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Katharine Jackson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

His potential candidacy was buoyed by better-than-expected results for his fellow Democrats in Tuesday's midterm elections, which White House officials deemed a vindication of his administration's policies. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMPRepublican former President Donald Trump has hinted seemingly endlessly that he will launch a 2024 White House run soon, most recently pointing to next Tuesday as the date for a possible announcement. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRISShould Biden decide not to run, Vice President Kamala Harris could step in. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCERepublican former Vice President Mike Pence served as a loyal, prim No. The 63-year-old former Indiana governor is widely considered to be mulling a White House run.

☆ A Starbucks in Indianapolis is closing over safety concerns, puzzling local police and business owners who say the area is 'very safe'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Starbucks is closing a store in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana over safety concerns. Starbucks has closed more than a dozen other locations since July, citing safety concerns. But local police and business owners are puzzled by the announcement, telling Fox 59 that the area is safe. "We were not made aware of any type of safety concerns," Phil Burton, commander of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's Downtown District, told the outlet. Starbucks said that employees at the Indianapolis store will be able to transfer to other stores nearby.

Prosecutors with the 18th Judicial District and DEA agents seized 114 pounds of pure fentanyl in Colorado. A spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, which made the initial discovery of the fentanyl, provided a blunt account of the botched operation. But after this story was published, a DEA official confirmed the seizure of 114 pounds of fentanyl. "DEA is relentlessly pursuing the individuals that were involved in the trafficking of the seized fentanyl and will continue to do so." “We’ve got a record amount of fentanyl involved here, in fact, enough fentanyl to kill everyone in the state of Colorado,” Figliuzzi said.

☆ Biden seeks out dead Indiana Republican during White House news conference: 'Jackie, are you here?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Biden mistakenly sought out the late Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana at a news conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, in a slip-up that's sure to fuel Republican attacks. Biden was speaking at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health when he thanked bipartisan elected officials who introduced legislation to convene the conference. Where's Jackie?," Biden said, looking to the side and saying in a soft voice, "she was going to be here." Biden had already planned to welcome her family to the White House on Friday, when there will be a bill signing in her honor, she said.

The probe into the August crash that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and three others faulted the driver of the SUV she was riding in for trying to make an unsafe pass. Potts had slowed to create distance with the flat-bed, then accelerated to 82 mph to make the pass, sheriff's investigators said in a statement. "The Toyota was then observed accelerating to a high rate of speed, closing the distance to the unidentified truck," the sheriff's office said. There was no evidence that phones were being used prior to or during the crash, and there was no indication of mechanical failures, the sheriff's office said. Indiana Republicans picked Rudy Yakym, an executive with Elkhart distribution company Kem Krest, to replace Walorski on the ballot.

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