A long sentence for a Proud Boy in the 2021 invasion of the United States Capitol.. a coup in Gabon made in the West… 911 and war fever and Robert F. Kennedy Junior speaks in Brooklyn.

One of the most famous mugshots in history.. the former President of the United States is released… What is RICO.. Guilty until proven innocent.. the Espionage Act and its use… The death of Prigozhin and the effect of war on the environment

Trump’s new indictment… Unrest in Ecuador… Black Economic Advances.. 60 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Has A Dream… Still a long way to go… and Mayor Eric Adams says its time to convert office space to housing in New York City

A victory for abortion rights, Donald Trump keeps up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith, Biden signs a proclamation creating a national monument around the Grand Canyon National Park, shark attack in NYC, an explosion at factory near Moscow injured at least 38 people, counteroffensive stalls, migrant housing crisis, Poor Peoples Campaign

Moscow threatens Ukrainian shipping.. after pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal.. what’s next for the world’s hungry.. More legal trouble for Donald Trump, Israel’s President spars with critics in Washington..

Morocco’s annexation of Western Sahara… Okinawa on the front lines.. again.. and Oppenheimer.. the big screen telling of the story behind the father of the atomic bomb

This is a news brief for the Progressive Radio Network for Wednesday July 19th, 2023.. I’m your reporter and anchor Paul DeRienzo in New York City.

On Wednesday opponents of a proposed police facility in Atlanta known officially as the Public Safety Training Center.. but popularly as Cop City.. began a campaign to get roughly 75,000 signatures on a petition to force a referendum on the facility.. The petitioners have about 58 days to complete the process…

Featuring #CopCity defendant Priscilla Grim and Attorney Stanley Cohen

Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to switch all public sector retirees to privatized health care was dealt a blow last week… Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank who issued a temporary restraining order preventing the city from moving the city’s 250,000 retirees to a Medicare Advantage plan managed by Aetna insurance. An attorney for the retirees is Jake Gardener of the firm Walden, Macht & Haran…

Welcome to this Progressive Radio Network news break for Wednesday, June 12.. from New York City I’m Paul DeRienzo

Dr. Mutulu Shakur who spent 36 years in federal prison for his alleged role in a politically inspired armed robbery of a Brinks truck died today. Shakur was released on parole last year after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. On November 16, I spoke with Chairman Shaka Zulu of the New African Black Panther Party about Dr. Shakur and his legacy.