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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.
Senator Ted Kennedy calls on President Bush to negotiate a timetable to bring us troops home from Iraq immediately after the country’s election. …Kennedy, the first senator to call for withdrawal, says at least 12-thousand soldiers should leave immediately and all should be out as early as possible next year …… California utility regulators suspend … Continued
Condoleeza Rice wins confirmation as Secretary of State …the vote in the senate is 85 to 13 — that’s the most votes against a Secretary of State nominee in 180 years… The controversial nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General moves to the senate floor after a 10 to 8 vote by … Continued
The Pentagon acknowledges the existence of a secret intelligence unit with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan… At least five are dead and many more injured in a car bomb explosion near the party headquarters of the interim Iraqi prime minister… The ACLU releases more U.S. army internal documents.. they show that the government failed to … Continued
New Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says he’s close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks on Israelis, and Israel says it too could agree to a cease-fire if militants suspend attacks… 10 Iraqi civilians are killed by roadside bomb explosions in the latest violence in Iraq, one week before national elections… The Bush … Continued
Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Powell announces his resignation ….Powell, who leaves in March, used his post to push looser rules on media ownership and to crackdown on broadcast indecency …. .media activists are glad to see him go….. In the aftermath of president Bush’s inaugural address, questions in the nation’s capital about his pledge … Continued
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes 16-2 to confirm the nomination of Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. . .John Kerry and Barbara Boxer vote no. . . Democrats succeed in delaying a final senate vote on the nomination of Rice and a committee vote on Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales. .. Despite a series … Continued
Governor Schwarzenegger and the U. S. Supreme Court turn down the appeals of Donald Beardslee. . . he ‘ s scheduled to be executed at midnight at San Quentin… California Senator Barbara Boxer mounts a sharp challenge to Condoleeza Rice at her confirmation hearings to be Secretary of State …Rice accuses Boxer of impugning her … Continued
