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The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Iraq’s new government is sworn into office….but it’s still not complete…..five ministers are temporary and two deputy prime minister posts are still vacant…..meanwhile the violence accompanying its installation goes on — 170 have been killed in six days In Britain families of soldiers slain in Iraq plan to take British prime minister Tony Blair to … Continued
Private Lynndie England pleads guilty to mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib…she’ll be sentenced tomorrow…. an ACLU attorney says the focus on England obscures the issue of command responsibility by defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other high level officials At least 140 people are dead in the five days of bloodshed since the Iraqi parliament approved … Continued
One day after Iraq forms a new government resistance fighters unleash a wave of coordinated bomb attacks….17 explosions kill at least 50 including three U.S. soldiers Republicans in the House of Representatives announce plans to draft legislation to overhaul social security….the move comes one day after president Bush tells a nationwide audience that those lawmakers … Continued
Congress debating a compromise budget plan that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling…..senate opponents won’t be able to use the filibuster to kill the plan…. President Bush with a rare prime time press conference….in his opening remarks Bush pushes congress to pass his energy bill and to overhaul Social Security, including … Continued
The Republican dominated house approves a bill making it illegal to take a teenager across state lines for an abortion without parental consent.. Former Vice President Al Gore on blames “Republican lust for one-party domination” for the Republican campaign to change senate rules on filibustering judicial nominees State senator Sheila Kuehl’s legislation for a state … Continued
A measure to legalize same-sex marriage in California wins approval by an assembly committee on a party line vote…opponents say it violates a five year old ballot initiative restricting marriage to a man and a woman… A new report documents an increase in violent hate crimes against bay area gays and lesbians, bisexuals and transgender … Continued
An assembly panel approves a measure asking California abide by the international Kyoto Treaty global Warming standards that were spurned by the Bush administration… Injured workers and their allies call for insurance rate regulation to cap the billions in profits they say are being pocketed by companies that provide workers compensation insurance… San Francisco supervisors … Continued
