Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Thursday, 12 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Napa Valley fires continue to devastate Northern California with no end in sight. The next hope for a weather break favorable to firefighters is this coming weekend. …
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The Nightshift: 11 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, 11 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The Napa Valley fires that destroyed thousands of homes, burned wineries to the ground, and killed 17 people, continue to burn as efforts to contain and suppress the …
Transitions: Y.A. Tittle (1926-2017)
The Latest Word: Y.A. Tittle (Yelberton Abraham) Tittle, died on Sunday night, 8 October 2017, at age 90. For football fans in the 1960s, Y.A.Tittle was the classic drop back passer who–banged up and battered and bloodied–always got up for the next play or the next game. As Quarterback for the New York Giants,coached by …
The Art of the Movie Trailer: Star Wars, The Last Jedi
Paying Attention: Only one movie trailer could be so eagerly awaited that it was featured at half-time of the Monday Night Football Game: it was the trailer for Star Wars: Last Jedi. The trailer of the long awaited next installment in the classic Star Wars franchise got top billing at halftime and the folks at …
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The Nightshift: 10 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, 10 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The animosity between President Trump and Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) continues. Corker joins a very small group of congressmen willing to challenge the policies and politics of the …
The Nightshift: 9 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Monday, 9 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and President Trump are waging a rather spectacular war of words. Corker has said the current White House is like an “adult day …
The Nightshift: 8 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Sunday, 8 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Hurricane Nate went ashore in Mississippi yesterday and has quickly downgraded into a tropical storm. Bloomberg reports that the Trump organization is continuing to loan money to its …
The Nightshift: 7 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 7 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. The weather siege will not stop. Hurricane Nate is bearing down on New Orleans as the Mayor orders evacuations. A very public and very nasty sexual abuse scandal …
The Nightshift: 6 October 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning, it’s Friday, 6 October 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Again: Hurricane Nate is winding up and is projected to hit the Gulf Coast–right around New Orleans–over the weekend. Not a good scenario as New Orleans has all …