Joanna Burgess and her football star husband George throw son’s first birthday bash

Double-murderer's car is found hours after the 23-year-old took to Facebook to make a chilling confession, posting: 'I shot and killed my mother and a friend, and now I'm off to commit suicide' President once called Trump Tower blaze victim a 'crazy Jew' and the pair 'hated each other, with art dealer desperate to quit his $2.5m apartment', friends claim US officials DENY it has launched air strikes in Syria amid reports eight missiles have been shot down by the country's air defense at a military airport in Homs John McCain claims Trump's remarks about US military withdrawing from Syria 'emboldened' the Assad government to launch chemical gas attack that killed at least 42 people 'We will find strength in each other': Thousands including PM Justin Trudeau gather at the home of the Humboldt Broncos to honor the 15 victims of the tragic junior hockey team bus crash in Canada NHL teams ... (more)

NY Times columnist calls Chappaquiddick film ‘character assassination’

He said the film sticks 'to the facts as much as we could and to play it out without scandalizing In a New York Times opinion piece covering 'Chappaquiddick,' a film released Friday that illustrates the aftermath of late Sen. Ted Kennedy's July 1969 car accident, the writer criticizes the storyline as 'character assassination'. The infamous Chappaquiddick incident involved the Democratic senator, who claimed he accidentally drove off of a bridge in Massachusetts, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

Boston Globe Movie Review: Ted Kennedy Was ‘Flawed,’ But…

Burr claims that "I'll never know" what really happened the night Ted Kennedy drove off Chappaquiddick Island's Dike Road bridge and left Mary Jo Kopechne to die in his submerged car, "and neither will you." Besides, he insists, though Ted was "flawed but human," he had "endless accomplishments in the Senate."

a Chappaquiddicka puts focus on aftermath of Kennedy accident

Jason Clarke plunged into frigid waters, repeatedly, for his role as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in "Chappaquiddick." The Australian actor said his research about the accident that thwarted Kennedy's presidential chances included jumping into Poucha Pond, the same waters the Massachusetts Democrat's car crashed into in July 1969, killing Mary Jo Kopechne.

‘Chappaquiddick’ brings the story home

At age 28, two video producing buffs came across a shocking story about a young woman from the Wyoming Valley who was left to die in a submerged car that was driven by a man from one of the most powerful families in the world. They felt the "Chappaquiddick incident" in July 1969, which happened 15 years before they were born, was so interesting they decided to write a movie script - for the fun of it during nights after work.

Screenwriters set to bring ‘Chappaquiddick’ story to the big screen

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Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings

It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Treat the opioid crisis like the HIV/AIDS epidemic: Elizabeth Warren & Elijah Cummings It's time for Congress to show the same political courage on the opioid crisis that our colleagues showed 30 years ago for the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Romney’s Senate Run Will Be a Comedy of Errors, Even if He Wins

Even if Mitt Romney becomes the next United States Senator from Utah, his road to November 6 will be paved with covfefe. If Romney does win, it will be an indictment of the gullibility of the Utah electorate, an embarrassing example of a state that will vote for any hack with an after his name.

Almanac for Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018

Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include George Washington, first president of the United States, in 1732; German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1788; Englishman Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, in 1857; German physicist Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of radio waves, in 1857; poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1892; actor/TV producer Sheldon Leonard in 1907; actor Robert Young in 1907; television announcer Don Pardo in 1918; actor Paul Dooley in 1928 ; U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in 1932; filmmaker Jonathan Demme in 1944; author Richard North Patterson in 1947 ; three-time Formula 1 driving champion Niki Lauda in 1949 ; basketball Hall of Fame member Julius "Dr. J" Erving in 1950 ; actor Julie Walters in 1950 ; Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin in 1962; golfer Vijay Singh in 1963 ; actor Kyle MacLachlan in 1959 ; actor Rachel Dratch in 1966 ; ... (more)

The Covfefe Chronicles: How Many Lies Will Trump Pack into His Presidential Memoirs?

Once Donald Trump is removed from office-either through term limits, a 2020 loss, a resignation or an impeachment-he and a right-wing ghostwriter will secure a big-money contract for his presidential memoirs. There will be a built-in audience for such a book-the still-loyal members of the MAGA crowd, the right-wing evangelicals who believe Trump is their second savior, the anti-Democratic Party ideologues who can't wait for Chappaquiddick to come out so that they can rejoice in the denigration of Ted Kennedy's legacy.

Carr: Treasurer’s attitude was right on the money

He was the state treasurer for 27 years, and in the 27 years since he left office, there have been five state treasurers, mostly because they all had big egos, and they wanted something more, because they didn't know how good they had it, thanks mainly to Robert Quentin Crane. They were lucky, in other words, but they didn't appreciate it.

High school issue a test for new council

WITH THE new City Council wasting no time reversing course on the Lowell High School project, the two remaining pro-Cawley Stadium councilors will have to decide quickly what their role in the process will be. Councilor Rodney Elliott has said on several occasions that, while he was disappointed by the results of the November election, he must respect the will of the voters.

John McCain will miss tax vote, but Senate Republicans still have enough in favor

A new controversy has emerged about the tax reform bill - namely, how it will now benefit Trump's bottom line As the Republican tax reform bill winds its way through Congress, two new developments have taken center stage: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., won't be able to vote for the final measure, and President Donald Trump will be enriched by a new provision that was added to it. McCain headed home to Arizona on Sunday to recover from the effects of chemotherapy treatment he had received in a Maryland hospital for a form of cancer with which he's been diagnosed, according to CBS News .

Bozell & Graham Column: Don’t Cry for Al Franken

Senator Al Franken, Comedian of Minnesota, was pressed by a majority of Senate Democrats to resign in the wake of a growing pile of accusations of grabbing women in sexual ways. When the number of accusers reached a critical mass,"They turned on one of their party's most popular figures with stunning swiftness," reported The Washington Post.

Fitzgerald: Those who draw the ‘race’ card are the least deserving to use it

SLUR? U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., yesterday. When Englishman Samuel Johnson suggested "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels," he was referring to sunshine patriots, those who would wrap themselves in the flag for personal advancement as opposed to those who actually fought beneath it for love of country.