John Yang:
Good evening, I'm John Yang. This afternoon the Republican controlled Texas State Senate voted largely along party lines not to remove embattled State Attorney General Ken Paxton from office. The Texas House had overwhelmingly voted to impeach him earlier this year.
The Senate sat as a jury in the trial on charges the House had brought and had been deliberating since Friday. The Senate acquitted Paxton on 16 separate articles of impeachment, including bribery, obstruction of justice, conspiracy and abuse of the public trust. Read More...
British actor Linus William Roache was born on February 1st, 1964. In the NBC dramas Law & Order (2008–2010) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, he played Executive ADA Michael Cutter (2011–2012). In Vikings from 2014 to 2017, Roache played Ecbert, King of Wessex. He won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor (TV) for his performance as Ralph Wigram in The Gathering Storm and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Robert F. Read More...
Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, on 16 April 1927 and lived until 31 December 2022.
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
Benedict’s election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title “pope emeritus” upon his resignation. Read More...
