The conversation revolves around the death of Bob Fuller Jr. in a Maryland retirement facility and the controversy surrounding the removal of a statue of Melville Fuller, Bob’s great-grandfather and a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Matt discusses the historical context of Melville Fuller’s decisions, including Plessy vs. Ferguson, and the broader issue of modern society’s tendency to judge historical figures by contemporary moral standards.
Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers and are searching for one more who remains missing after an avalanche in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, authorities said Wednesday, making it the deadliest U.S. avalanche in nearly half a century.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
A shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game left three people dead, including the shooter, and three more hospitalized Monday night in critical condition, authorities said.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84.