SEE PHOTOS: Phil Spector, music producer and convicted murderer, dies at 81 from coronavirus nydailynews.com/news/ny-memori…
Spector's ex-wife Ronnie Bennett called him “a brilliant producer, but a lousy husband.”
“Darkness set in, many lives were damaged. I still smile whenever I hear the music we made together, and always will. The music will be forever.” nydailynews.com/news/national/…
Phil Spector, the music producer who changed the industry in the 1960s and spent his last years in prison for murder, died at 81.
Spector reportedly contracted COVID-19 from his jail cell in Stockton but was returned to prison, then to the hospital. nydailynews.com/news/national/…
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January 18 marks 35 years of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration of the beloved leader of the modern U.S. civil rights movement & 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
OPINION | As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day, reflect on his wholehearted advocacy for cash relief as a core way of delivering on his dream of economic and racial justice.
99 REASONS TO DUMP TRUMP | Gold Star smear: Trump sinks lower than ever
Even we were stunned when he casually blamed Gold Star families — the parents, siblings, children of deceased service members — for infecting him with COVID-19.
99 REASONS TO DUMP TRUMP: He is a bad manager, leader and politician.
Even by the promises that he set for himself four years ago, he falls short and doesn’t deserve re-election. nydailynews.com/opinion/99-rea…
99 REASONS TO DUMP TRUMP: Trump’s financial ties and corruption are cause enough to oust him
He has delivered a presidency with more corrupt ties than any in memory, corrupting the honest workings of the federal government. nydailynews.com/opinion/99-rea…
NEW | Grand jury charges 1 cop with wanton endangerment in Breonna Taylor case
No murder charges were announced.
A grand jury charged former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison with 3 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. nydailynews.com/news/national/…
Two other cops in the botched raid, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove, were not charged.
Breonna Taylor, shot dead at 26, was blasted with gunfire when plainclothes police cops on a narcotics warrant busted into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. nydailynews.com/news/national/…
OPINION | They dishonored her Black life: Louisville failed Breonna Taylor
The results are always the same for Black and Brown people. The Breonna Taylor case has become the embodiment of so many things.
2/ “Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said.
Ginsburg, 5' 1", 100 pounds had a towering legal mind and formidable powers as she fought for the rights of women and minorities. nydailynews.com/news/national/…
3/ “Today we mourn, but w/ confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”
Ginsburg struggled with health problems after age 85, including broken ribs & cancerous nodules. nydailynews.com/news/national/…