(This story contains strong language in paragraph 5) By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Musician and singer-songwriter Roger Waters says he hopes a now free Julian Assange might one day be able to resume his work at WikiLeaks if he wants to, and that he is prepared to help fund the whistleblower media organisation. The […]
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Okaloosa NAACP to hold town hall with family of Roger Fortson, airman killed by a deputy
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa County Branch of the NAACP is hosting a community town hall event at the Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium with the family of Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was shot and killed by a now-former deputy of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in May. In a news release, Chapter […]
Experts identify the “most chilling” part of secret Roger Stone tape
In a conversation at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, Republican operative Roger Stone thought he was speaking to a fellow MAGA traveler when he boasted that he and fellow dirty tricksters, who were crying “Stop the Steal” months before the 2020 election even happened, are better prepared this time around to snatch victory from the jaws […]
Escaped birds captured and return to Roger Williams Park Zoo. How they baited the birds back.
PROVIDENCE − Blueberries were key in getting Chip, a tropical bird about the size of a chicken, out of a tree and back home to Roger Williams Park Zoo. After flying out of the zoo’s Rainforest exhibit with his father, Monster, during a storm last month, Chip, a blue-throated piping guan, spent more than a […]
What to know about airman Roger Fortson’s fatal shooting
The fatal shooting of Roger Fortson by a Florida sheriff’s deputy when the Air Force senior airman opened his door armed with a handgun pointed down happened almost a month ago, but the information released so far hasn’t clarified why the officer was directed to his apartment. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has released the […]
Hundreds pack funeral for Roger Fortson, the Black airman killed in his home by a Florida deputy
STONECREST, Ga. (AP) — Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy. People lined up […]
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs’, dies aged 98
Roger Corman, the Oscar-winning so-called “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died aged 98. Corman died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his daughter Catherine Corman said on Saturday […]
Girlfriend of Slain U.S. Airman Roger Fortson Releases FaceTime Video of Fatal Police Encounter
Roger Fortson’s girlfriend provided the video, obtained by PEOPLE, after authorities released body camera footage of the police shooting on Friday, May 3 U.S. Air Force via AP Senior Airman Roger Fortson A Florida law enforcement officer shot a U.S. airman multiple times inside his apartment, according to the officer’s body camera footage. Now, in […]
MSU president finalist Roger Thompson touts access, interaction, listening at forum
As a finalist for the university president’s job, Roger Thompson described Missouri State as a rocket on the launchpad. “I’d like to come join your community and light the fuse on that and see where it can go,” he said Thursday. In his 14th year as vice president for student services and enrollment management at […]
Roger Federer documentary to show end of tennis great’s career
Roger Federer’s final moments of his tennis career will be shown in a documentary. The 20-time grand slam singles champion and eight-time Wimbledon winner retired in 2022 after a Laver Cup appearance in London. British filmmaker Asif Kapadia will direct the Amazon Prime Video feature looking at the final 12 days of Federer’s professional career. […]
GOP’s Roger Roth announces candidacy hours after Mike Gallagher said he’s not seeking re-election
WASHINGTON – Just hours after Wisconsin GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher said he would not seek reelection in the House this November, one Republican had already announced a campaign to replace him. Former state Sen. Roger Roth, an Appleton Republican who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, said Saturday he would run for the seat and […]
Roger Stone Discussed Assassinating Dems Before 2020 Election: Report
Roger Stone discussed assassinating members of Congress in the lead-up to the 2020 election with a then-NYPD police officer, according to audio of the longtime Republican operative’s comments obtained by Mediaite. “It’s time to do it,” Stone reportedly told Sal Greco, who was also moonlighting as a security guard for Stone, at a Fort Lauderdale […]