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Rico Wade, Key Outkast Producer and Organized Noize Member, Dies at 52

Rico Wade, Key Outkast Producer and Organized Noize Member, Dies at 52

[ad_1] Rico Wade, a member of the pioneering Atlanta-based production trio Organized Noize and a key early Outkast collaborator, has died, according to an Instagram post by his close friend Killer Mike and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No cause of death was cited; he was 52. “I don’t have the words to express my deep and profound sense … Read more

Ex-Ford Foundation member calls Liz Cheney ‘only person on this planet’ worthy of top award after snub he says was over Trump

Ex-Ford Foundation member calls Liz Cheney 'only person on this planet' worthy of top award after snub he says was over Trump

[ad_1] Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly on Thursday defended former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., after he resigned from the Ford Foundation over its refusal to consider her for its Medal for Distinguished Public Service, a snub he claims was driven by the possibility of former President Donald Trump winning this year’s presidential election. In … Read more

Mike Kolen, member of undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl team, dead at 76

Mike Kolen, member of undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl team, dead at 76

[ad_1] Mike Kolen, who played linebacker for the undefeated Miami Dolphins Super Bowl team, has died, his alma mater Auburn University announced on Wednesday. He was 76. The Dolphins selected Kolen in the 12th round of the 1970 draft out of Auburn, where he was a two-time All-SEC selection and earned the nickname “Captain Crunch.” … Read more

Ex-military member charged with crashing into FBI office had online links to QAnon, report says

Ex-military member charged with crashing into FBI office had online links to QAnon, report says

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The ex-military member who federal authorities say drove his SUV into a barricade at the FBI office in Atlanta on Monday had online ties to QAnon-related content and appeared to be a supporter of former President Donald Trump, according to an open-source investigation by the group Advance Democracy. Ervin Lee Bolling currently … Read more

Oklahoma city council member facing recall election over ties to white nationalist group

Oklahoma city council member facing recall election over ties to white nationalist group

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Motion to vacate Speaker Johnson over Ukraine aid is ‘idiotic,’ says Rep. Mike Lawler 07:37 Full Panel: Democrats counting on abortion debate to be ‘motivator’ in November elections 08:55 Now Playing Oklahoma city council member facing recall election over … Read more

Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge is stepping down, the second Biden Cabinet member to leave the administration

Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge is stepping down, the second Biden Cabinet member to leave the administration

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Marcia Fudge, who has served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development since March 2021, is leaving the Biden administration later this month, the White House said Monday. “When I took office, we inherited a broken housing system, with fair housing and civil rights protections badly dismantled under the prior administration. … Read more

Sweden set to become NATO’s 32nd member as PM visits Washington

Sweden set to become NATO’s 32nd member as PM visits Washington

[ad_1] Sweden is expected to formally join NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a complete rethink of its national security policy and the realization the alliance offered the best guarantee of safety. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is in Washington to hand over the final documentation, with the White House … Read more

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets

Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military secrets

[ad_1] BOSTON — Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act nearly a year after he was … Read more

Missouri GOP moves to toss ‘honorary’ member of Ku Klux Klan from governor’s race

Missouri GOP moves to toss 'honorary' member of Ku Klux Klan from governor's race

[ad_1] The Missouri Republican Party said Thursday it was working to remove a Republican candidate for governor from the primary ballot after a picture of him appearing to do a Nazi salute while standing in front of a burning cross resurfaced online. In the picture, the candidate, Darrell Leon McClanahan III, is seen apparently saluting … Read more

School board member bragged of drinking Fireball and Coors Light in Capitol on Jan. 6, FBI says

School board member bragged of drinking Fireball and Coors Light in Capitol on Jan. 6, FBI says

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — An elected member of a Virginia school board —who allegedly bragged about drinking Fireball and Coors Light in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and said he was in touch with a member of the far-right Oath Keepers that day — was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday. Miles Adkins, … Read more