In a mix-up sure to be referenced for years, ‘La La Land’ was mistakenly announced as Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards last night. Approximately one minute into their acceptance speech, they were interrupted and ‘Moonlight’ was announced as the true winner. Oscars 2017: Moonlight wins best picture
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has stated his support for the federal government’s use of private prisons, overriding a previous Obama-era memo meant to phase out their use. U.S. reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons Via feeds.reuters.com 02/23/2017 4:49 PM
President Trump said it would be “wonderful” if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise the US must be “top of the pack”. He has stated that the US has “fallen behind on nuclear weapon capacity”. Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at ‘top of the pack’ Via
The Trump administration’s new action on immigration was met with a fierce rebuttal by Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray. Videgaray stated that Mexico would not accept some of the new plans and added that they may appeal to the United Nations. Mexico’s foreign minister rejects Trump deportation policy Via
The Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era directive yesterday that was created to protect transgender students’ rights. Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms Via feeds.reuters.com 02/22/2017 11:29 AM
Vandals toppled more than 170 gravestones at Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in St. Louis sometime over the weekend. Vandals damage 100 headstones at Jewish cemetery, police say Via rss.cnn.com 02/21/2017 10:05 AM
Activists scaled the Statue of Liberty and unfurled a “Refugees Welcome” banner across the national monument in New York. The protest took place after Donald Trump announced he was working on a new travel ban. ‘Refugees Welcome’ banner hung on Statue of Liberty in New York Via www.bbc.co.uk 02/22/2017 2:15
A plane that crashed into a shopping center in Melbourne, killing four US tourists on a golfing trip and their Australian pilot, had a “catastrophic engine failure” shortly after takeoff, police have said. Four Americans die as plane hits Oz mall Via www.bbc.co.uk 02/21/2017 6:42 AM
The TSA is investigating why eleven people passed through a security checkpoint and make it all the way onto their planes without further screening. Nearly a dozen passengers walked through unattended TSA checkpoint at JFK, police say Via feeds.foxnews.com 02/20/2017 4:30 PM
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station. The rocket was launched fro the same historic site that saw some of NASA’s greatest space missions. SpaceX launches rocket from NASA’s historic moon pad Via feeds.foxnews.com 02/19/2017 7:54 AM Linda Moon / Shutterstock, Inc.
