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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.
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
Thousands around the country mark the day of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior.. .gay rights marchers in Atlanta say King would have supported their rights …King’s son preaches against the war in Iraq …governor Schwarzenegger claims King as a hero… and president Bush, who has clashed with the NAACP, praises King’s intellect … Continued
Raids by U.S. troops across Iraq today, as insurgents step up attacks on polling places in advance of elections later this month …meanwhile, the CIA releases a report that claims U.S. occupied Iraq is the number one training ground for terrorists Over a thousand gather in downtown Berkeley to both support and protest the display … Continued
Mahmood Abbas is sworn is as the new Palestinian president ….in his inaugural speech, he condemns violence and urges an immediate cease fire. A military jury sentences Specialist Charles Graner to 10 years in prison for his leading role in Abu Ghraib torture scandal. .. . Iraqi authorities may take measures to protect voters in … Continued
Army specialist Charles Graner faces up to 15-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. . . A human rights legal group sues former Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant in federal court on charges including directing torture and rape… constant has lived openly in New York for the … Continued
The defense rests in the Abu Ghraib court martial trial of reservist Charles Graner… a former U.S. military policewoman testifies that an intelligence officer at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison told her to point at the genitals of naked detainees, supporting defense contentions that Graner was following orders Human Rights Watch says Sudanese government officials responsible … Continued
The Bush Administration says the search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is over, but despite the absence of such weapons, Bush has no regrets about the war… Senator Edward Kennedy accuses president Bush of hyping concerns about the nation’s retirement program, just as he did on Iraq, and urged Democrats to stand up to … Continued
