Police support from right may be eroding after the response to Hill mob
Marissa J. Lang and Peter Jamison, The Washington Post
Jan. 8, 2021
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Supporters of President Trump storm the Capitol building on Wednesday.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
A boom from the Capitol steps sent protesters scurrying back. Stun grenades had begun to rain down on the mob that had laid siege to the U.S. Capitol for nearly three hours.
A man standing on a folding chair on the Capitol lawn raised a middle finger toward the advancing line of police and joined in a chant quickly sweeping the grounds: Traitors! Traitors! Traitors!
Suspected Chinese spy honey-trapped top US politicians: Report
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Suspected Chinese spy honey-trapped top US politicians: Report
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Dec 23, 2020, 17:58 IST
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Fang with then-Dublin city council member Eric Swalwell at an October 2012 student event. (Source: Facebook)
NEW DELHI: The US intelligence officials have blown the lid off a high-profile honey-trap mission carried out by a Chinese woman to target several top politicians, including mayors and a Congressman, according to a report by Axios.
The suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed close ties with several local and national politicians between 2011 and 2015 to gain proximity to political power, the report revealed, quoting current and former US intelligence officials as well as one former elected official.
Five decades later, San Antonio s Elf Louise is still lifting children s spirits
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Irene Avina, center, hands out candy to Arabella Oca, 7, center, and Yolanda Perez, 17, left, during a Christmas-themed celebration at Mission County Park put on by The Elf Louise Christmas Project on Sunday, November 11, 2018.Matthew Busch, For The San Antonio Express-News / For The San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Louise Locker holds an armful of toys in this undated photo. Locker founded the Elf Louise Christmas Project to give presents to kids who otherwise wouldn’t have any when she was still in college. The project is still going strong 51 years later.File /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
Reopening debate fuels school board candidacies in Northwest suburbs
School board candidates from across the suburbs lined up early Monday to be among the first to file paperwork with the Cook County clerk s office at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Updated 12/15/2020 7:40 PM
Amid the heated debates in recent months over school reopenings, some Northwest suburban school districts are seeing larger-than-usual fields of candidates who intend to run for their local school boards in April.
More than 480 school board candidates submitted paperwork on the first official filing day Monday across four locations set up by the Cook County clerk s office. That included 140 candidates who stood in line to hand in their petitions at Old Orchard Country Club in Mount Prospect.