➧  Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trialhttps://www.reuters.com/legal/dominions-defamation-case-against-fox-poised-trial-after-delay-2023-04-18/ It committed $3 billion to buy back shares in the first quarter after revenues beat estimates. Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts in February that the company had about $4 billion cash on hand.

➧ Fighting rages in Sudan hours after cease-fire was due to begin. (2023, April 18). France 24. https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230418-sudanese-army-rival-forces-agree-to-24-hour-ceasefire-as-conflict-enters-fourth-day 

➧ Senate Dems wrestle with Feinstein resignation chatter. (2023, April 18). POLITICO. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/18/senate-dems-feinstein-resignation-00092555 

Missed 75% of her votes

➧ 🏛️ Clarence Thomas’s billionaire benefactor collects Hitler artifacts. (2023, April 11). Washingtonian. https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/04/07/clarence-thomass-billionaire-benefactor-collects-hitler-artifacts/ 

These collections include Hitler artifacts—two of his paintings of European cityscapes, a signed copy of Mein Kampf, and assorted Nazi memorabilia—plus a garden full of statues of the 20th century’s worst despots.  

Speaking of Chicken Little - scaredy-cat people - self terrorized by television

➧ Kansas City homeowner charged for shooting Black teen who rang wrong doorbell. (2023, April 18). Democracy Now!. https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/18/headlines/kansas_city_homeowner_charged_for_shooting_black_teen_who_rang_wrong_doorbell 

➧ Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York State after friend pulled into wrong driveway. (2023, April 18). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65307556 

➧ Bodycam video shows New Mexico police fatally shooting armed homeowner after responding to wrong address. (2023, April 16). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodycam-video-farmington-new-mexico-police-fatally-shoot-armed-homeowner-wrong-address/ 

➧  Florida legislature rescinds unanimous-jury requirement in death sentencing. (2023, April 18). Death Penalty Information Center. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/florida-legislature-rescinds-unanimous-jury-requirement-in-death-sentencing 

➧ DeSantis Proposes Building New Prison Near Disney World over Disney’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy

NOT JUST BULLETS Killing people, tho, ALSO crumbling infrastructure 

➧ One dead in parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan. (2023, April 18). The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/nyregion/nyc-parking-garage-collapse.html 

Good News Network. (2022, November 23). Bride has 'Slowest walk down the aisle' as her ring bearer pet tortoise steals the limelight on her big day. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bride-has-slowest-walk-down-the-aisle-in-history-tom-tortoise/