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Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. Over months, the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued more than 100 subpoenas, done more than 1,000 interviews and probed more than 100,000 documents to get to the bottom of the attack that day in 2021 by supporters of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-5:03AM , 308 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are processing the nightmare of the slaughter of children in Texas, the racist murders in Buffalo, New York, and the other numbingly repeated scenes of carnage in the United States.
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With the U.S. Capitol building in the background, a person turns flameless candles on so that they can be distributed at a vigil Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington, on the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Americans do not remember Jan. 6 Capitol riot as one people
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
Thu,01/06/22-3:17PM , 170 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Side by side at ground zero on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Republican governor read from the Gettysburg Address and a Democratic governor read from the Declaration of Independence as Americans everywhere mourned and remembered as one people.
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Cafe owner Maureen Donnelly Morris is shown behind the counter at Back Street Brews, on Dec. 16, 2021, in Lovettsville, Va., a gathering spot where neighbors of all political persuasions come together for coffee and civil chat. In the neighborhood, the mix of pro-Trump signs, gay-pride rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter banners speaks to a striking diversity in political views and an undercurrent of tension that plays out unfiltered on Facebook. But in this "coffee bubble," left, right, red and blue get along. (AP Photo/Cal Woodward)

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In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
Sat,01/01/22-9:18AM , 242 Reads
LOVETTSVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Maureen Donnelly Morris came from nearby Leesburg to open her café in Lovettsville, neighbors rallied to her aid. Divisions ripping at their town and their country were set aside. America's thunderous rage felt distant.
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Cafe owner Maureen Donnelly Morris talks to customers at Back Street Brews, on Dec. 16, 2021, in Lovettsville, Va., a gathering spot where neighbors of all political persuasions come together for coffee and civil chat. In the neighborhood, the mix of pro-Trump signs, gay-pride rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter banners speaks to a striking diversity in political views and an undercurrent of tension that plays out unfiltered on Facebook. But in this "coffee bubble," left, right, red and blue get along. (AP Photo, Cal Woodward)

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In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
Sat,01/01/22-9:00AM , 239 Reads
LOVETTSVILLE, Va. (AP) — When Maureen Donnelly Morris came from nearby Leesburg to open her café in Lovettsville, she got a warm welcome. Neighbors rallied to her aid. Divisions ripping at their town and their country were set aside. America's thunderous rage felt distant.
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