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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.
Its too close to call in a number of key battleground states and the presidential race is still up for grabs Here in California a record turn-out is expected as voters decide on 16 state propositions including stem cell research, expansion of casino gambling and a mandate for employers to provide healthcare for their workers … Continued
President Bush and democratic challenger John Kerry spend a last, long day campaigning before the voters have their say in the hard fought presidential campaign… Californians prepare to vote on whether employers must provide health coverage to their workers in the state’s most expensive ballot initiative, pitting unions and consumer-groups against Macy’s, Walmart and McDonalds… … Continued
With two days to go until election day, and polls still showing the race a near photo finish, president Bush and senator John Kerry campaign frantically across the remaining swing states… Activists in Florida and Ohio say Republicans are trying to win those states by preventing probable democratic voters from casting ballots… Iraqi Prime Minister … Continued
Despite warning state and local officials that a videotape message from Osama Bin Laden could mean another terrorist attack, the Bush administration leaves the terror threat level unchanged. … It’s the bloodiest day in nearly six months for U.S. forces in Iraq…. The Palestinian leadership meets without Palestine authority president Yasser Arafat…. Democrats rally to … Continued
Four days before the presidential election Osama Bin Laden says in a new videotape that the United States can avoid another September 11th-type attack if it stops threatening the security of Muslims …Bin Laden admits for the first time that he ordered the these attacks The battle over the ballots rages .. Democrats and Republicans … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry slams president Bush again for the missing high explosives in Iraq. . . . .Kerry and ‘rock star Bruce Springsteen draw 8 0-people to a rally in Madison Wisconsin Republicans in Ohio in federal court seeking hearings on thousands of voters whose registrations they’ve challenged …in Washington a rally at … Continued
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s health takes a sharp turn for the worst… other top leaders make plans to run Palestinian affairs while Arafat is incapacitated.. President Bush speaks out for the first time on the 380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq…saying they might have been removed prior to the arrival of U.S. occupation troops … Continued
The presidential campaigning is fast and furious with just one week to go to election day.. In Ohio, labor unions and civil rights activists denounce what they say are Republican voter suppression techniques. . . 14 San Francisco hotels reject mayor Gavin Newsom’s request to lift a lockout of their workers during a 90 day … Continued
President Clinton campaigns with John Kerry in Pennsylvania in his first public appearance since undergoing heart bypass surgery last month. . . A Florida judge says the state isn’t required to create a paper trail of ballots cast electronically
In a bold attack, Iraqi insurgents stop three busloads of unarmed Iraqi soldiers, killing dozens execution style with shots to the back of the head. The army released figures this week that some 800 U.S. soldiers have failed to comply with their orders for repeat tours of duty in Iraq… Judge’s order require some provisional … Continued
