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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.
Fighting rages in Fallujah for a fourth day between resistance forces and U.S. occupation troops – who drop a 500 pound bomb on a Mosque compound Across Southern Iraq, Simultaneous battles between supporters of Shiite Cleric Al Sadr and U.S. Allied Troops Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says U.S. commanders are considering whether to send more … Continued
One of the bloodiest days of fighting in Iraq since President Bush declared major combat over.. At least 13 American soldiers are killed.. A dozen of them marines in Ramadi.. Dozens of Iraqis are slain, many of them non-combatants, including women and children as occupation forces battle Sunni insurgents west of Baghdad and Shiite militants … Continued
More than a thousand U.S. troops surround the city of Fallujah in possible preparation for a door to door search for Iraqis who took part in the killings and mutilation of U.S. security contractors last week In Baghdad U.S. authorities vow to arrest radical Shiite leader Moqtada Al Sadr.. Helicopter gunships fire on a Shiite … Continued
Intense fighting in Iraq leaves scores of people dead.. and in an article to be published this coming week, the former British Ambassador to the U.S. says President Bush began planning to attack Iraq less than two weeks after the September 11th attacks The Federal Election Commission is considering new regulations on Political Action Committees.. … Continued
Spain’s Interior Minister says three suspects in the Madrid Railway bombings blew themselves up in a building while surrounded by police More than a hundred people gather in front of the U.N. Plaza in San Francisco to demand that China stop persecuting spiritual, religious, and political groups Two community groups – one in Arizona and … Continued
The U.S. economy creates more than 300,000 jobs last month, the most in four years.. Good news for President Bush’s election campaign.. but the official unemployment rate rises a tenth of a percent and the job creation is just a fraction of the jobs lost on George Bush’s watch The city of Richmond laying off … Continued
A State lawmaker shows the videotape of a beating of two wards of the California Youth Authority at a hearing in Sacramento.. Senator Gloria Romero says she’ll author legislation empowering the State Attorney General to prosecute such cases U.S. occupation authorities vow to punish the deaths and mutilations of four American contractors at the hands … Continued
The bodies of 4 U.S. security contractors in Iraq are burned, mutilated, and dragged through the streets of Fallujah after a fatal ambush The Opec oil cartel says it will cut its crude oil production target by four percent – a move that could cause a price hike.. President Bush expresses disappointment Governor Schwarzenegger hints … Continued
Bowing to public pressure, president Bush announces he will allow National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice to testify in public under oath before the commission investigating the September 11th attacks Embattled former San Francisco Police Chief Alex Fagan resigns as head of the Office of Emergency Services after he and his son are involved in a … Continued
Abortion rights supporters warn Federal Judges in 3 states that the new partial birth abortion law is so broadly written that it threatens virtually all second trimester abortions Massachusetts lawmakers narrowly agree on a State constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, but allow civil unions British occupation forces clash with Iraqis in Basra in the … Continued
