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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.
The Senate gives final approval to the biggest overhaul of U.S. spy agencies in a half century… Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faces open criticism from U.S. soldiers about to be sent to Iraq about the lack of armor for their vehicles and the stop loss policy that keeps them in the military after their term … Continued
Newly released memos show U.S. special forces in Iraq threatened U.S. government personnel who witnessed the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners. The House approves legislation overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies ..civil liberties groups are alarmed by many of its provisions. Civil rights advocates sue to stop the implementation of proposition 69, calling it an unconstitutional … Continued
Agreement appears near on an intelligence reform measure …civil liberties groups warn it will weaken the already loose safeguards intended to protect Americans from unwarranted surveillance by the government… A fierce gun battle erupts near the fortified green zone in Baghdad …in Washington, president Bush meets with Iraq’s interim president and says the U.S. will … Continued
Iraqi resistance fighters ambush a bus carrying unarmed Iraqis to work, killing 17; meanwhile, Iraqi Sunni groups join the call to postpone the scheduled election for January 30 Ohio’s Secretary of State will official certify the vote count there tomorrow, as a new set of supreme court challenges are expected. Hospital workers demonstrate against the … Continued
Hundreds of protesters gather in Columbus, Ohio to support a recount of the presidential vote in that state The Green party of California holds its post election state conference, with the focus on major electoral gains made on November 2nd and the Ohio presidential recount effort…. The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq acknowledges that … Continued
More changes in president Bush’s second term cabinet …Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson is out, former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik is in as Homeland Security Secretary and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is going to stay on President Bush’s margin of victory in Ohio narrows but not enough to prompt an automatic … Continued
13 Sutter hospitals lock out 8-thousand nurses and other workers after their one day strike….. .they won’t be allowed to go back to work until Monday Sharp differences at a hearing of the San Francisco board of supervisor’s budget committee as the public and some supervisors take issue with mayor Gavin Newsome’s proposals to solve … Continued
The Pentagon says it will increase U.S. troop strength to 150 thousand .in preparation for next month’s Iraqi election. . .soldiers tours of duty will be extended. . . Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti enters the race for Palestinian president — reversing his earlier pledge to back the candidacy of Mahmoud Abbas. . . … Continued
The Center for Constitutional Rights files war crimes charges against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the former head of the CIA, and eight military leaders charging them with acts of torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq…. .the charges are filed in Germany which allows the prosecution of war crimes and human rights violations across national … Continued
U.S. Supreme Court justices question whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren’t really sick as it debates whether the federal government can prosecute patients whose doctors prescribe their use of marijuana. The court declines to hear a challenge to the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts . . . An … Continued
