The founder of mobile payment service Cash App was stabbed to death Tuesday morning in San Francisco. Bob Lee, 43, was remembered by one of his friends as a "good person" in an exclusive interview with NewsNation. #CashApp #stabbing #SanFrancisco Watch #RushHour: https://www.newsnationnow.com/joinus "Rush Hour" is a no fluff, no filler newscast hosted by Nichole Berlie … [Read more...]
Police investigating manifesto, map in Nashville school shooting | Rush Hour
Three children and four adults are dead after a shooting at a Nashville private Christian elementary school Monday. Police identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who they said was transgender. When asked about Hale’s motive at a news conference, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said they were investigating a manifesto and a map relating to the attack. More: … [Read more...]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot facing tough reelection battle | Rush Hour
Chicagoans will decide Tuesday whether to reelect Mayor Lori Lightfoot or choose a new leader of the Windy City. Recent polls have shown Lightfoot trailing in the race. #LoriLightfoot #Chicago #Mayor More from #RushHour: https://www.newsnationnow.com/joinus "Rush Hour" is a no fluff, no filler newscast hosted by Nichole Berlie featuring up-to-the-minute news drawing from a … [Read more...]
Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, DJ on ‘Ellen,’ dead by suicide at 40 | Rush Hour
Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a dancer and TV personality perhaps best known as the DJ and co-host of Ellen DeGeneres’ former talk show, has died, TMZ reported. KTLA's Sam Rubin takes a look back at the legacy Boss left behind. #tWitch #EllenDegeneres "Rush Hour" is a no fluff, no filler newscast hosted by Nichole Berlie featuring up-to-the-minute news drawing from a network of … [Read more...]
Ken Starr, who led Clinton impeachment, dead at 76 | Rush Hour
Ken Starr, the man who served as the independent counsel in the investigation that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday. He was 76, according to reports. Starr also served as the president of Baylor University from 2010 to 2016. Baylor released a statement Tuesday on Starr’s death. “Judge Starr was a dedicated public servant and ardent … [Read more...]
Eliza Fletcher’s suspected killer served 20 years in prison for prior kidnapping | Rush Hour
A body found in Memphis has been identified as 34-year-old teacher Eliza Fletcher, who vanished during her morning routine jog last week, authorities confirmed Tuesday morning. The Memphis Police Department said Fletcher’s body was found in the rear of a vacant duplex apartment Monday night, only a half-mile walk from where police believe the only suspect in Fletcher’s … [Read more...]
Final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91 | Rush Hour
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died, according to Russian news reports. Read more: https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/reports-former-soviet-president-mikhail-gorbachev-is-dead/ #Gorbachev #dead #sovietleader Rush Hour is a no fluff, no filler newscast hosted by Nichole Berlie that taps into a nationwide network of thousands of … [Read more...]
Cheney, Murkowski opposed Trump but face divergent primaries | Rush Hour
Two Republican candidates who have spoken out against former President Donald Trump are faring differently among voters heading into Tuesday’s primary elections in their home states. U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) each have positioned themselves against Trump to some degree. But while support for Cheney continues to fall, Murkowski’s … [Read more...]
Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in NY, suspect in custody | Rush Hour
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storming the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to … [Read more...]
4 Kentucky police officers charged in Breonna Taylor killing | Rush Hour
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday brought civil rights charges against four current and former Louisville police officers for their roles in the 2020 fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor — a Black woman who was killed in her home. Federal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt. Kyle Meany, were announced by U.S. … [Read more...]