Veteran ’60 Minutes’ newsman Morley Safer dies at 84
Safer once claimed “there is no such thing as the common man,” explaining, “If there were, there would be no need for journalists.”
House would ban Confederate flags on VA cemetery flagpoles
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to ban the display of the Confederate flag on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries. The 265-159 vote would block descendants and others seeking to commemorate veterans of the Confederate States of America from flying the Confederate Battle Flag over mass graves, even on days that flag displays are…
Justices say no constitutional right to speedy sentencing
The court was being asked for the first time to extend the right to a speedy trial that is part of the Sixth Amendment to the sentencing phase of a case