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HEADLINER – Tuesday Feb 20
Washington Post/ABC News poll. Following the tragedy at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the media organizations surveyed a random sample of 808 adults reached via cellphone or landline between February 15-18. The results show that 62% believe president Trump is not doing enough to prevent mass shootings and 77% say Congress is doing an inadequate job on the issue as well. Among those polled, 57% said mass shootings in the United States were more of a reflection of problems identifying and treating people with mental health problems, while 28% blamed “inadequate gun laws.”….Read more
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• Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro tweeted President Trump Monday to ask for talks between the two countries. He wrote, “Dialogue in Caracas or Washington DC?” “Time and place and I’ll be there.” This, as the country continues to struggle financially and Reuters is reporting that lack of medicine, as the healthcare system slides deeper into crisis following years of economic turmoil, has resulted in some transplant patients fearing for their lives.
• In Chicago news: One of the writers in the recent Chicago Reader issue which got Mark Konkol fired is sharing more about what it was like working with Konkol and how that cover of JB Pritzker came to be. Get a first look at the redevelopment plan of Clybourn and Larrabee, once part of the now dismantled Cabrini Green projects. Julius Francellno and Malik Caswell, both 18, and facing charges of first-degree murder in the Feb. 8 shooting of 20-year-old Yakez Semark in Evanston, were denied bond on Monday. There might be some flooding for parts of Chicago today after heavy rainfall overnight.
• Alex Van Der Zwaan, an associate in the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, was charged Feb. 16 in federal court with making false statements to federal authorities as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election.
ENTERTAINMENT
• We are getting down to the finale of The Bachelor Ari’s season and Monday’s episode was all about hometown visits with one unlucky lady having to tearfully say goodbye and head on home. Ari visited Kendall whose home was in Los Angeles and they had fun with taxidermy, so romantic. He also met her identical twin Kylie and the rest of the fam. Tia’s hometown of Weiner, Arkansas where they did some racing and ate wieners in a blanket. But Tia’s bro Jason and dad Kenny were really the stars of that hometown date. Read all about Becca, and Lauren’s hometown dates and who was sent home.
• Remember back when story surfaced that R Kelly was keeping some girls in a house in Georgia and then a few months later that house was robbed? Well Rs lucky streak of bad luck continues as he’s been evicted from two homes he was renting for not paying rent. The past due rent racked up to about $31,000.
FASHION
• Uniqlo is partnering with Bottega Veneta creative director and also founder of his own eponymous fashion line, Tomas Maier. According to the announcement, “The two brands will create a collection for both men and women that fuses the “escape” philosophy of Maier’s eponymous brand with Uniqlo’s commitment to top-quality fabrics.” The Duchess of Cambridge and Sophie, Countess of Wessex hosted a reception to celebrate a new initiative, the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange. Vogue UK EIC Edward Enninful, US Vogue EIC Anna Wintour, Adwoa Aboah, Hamish Bowles, Naomi Campbell, Stella McCartney, initiative co-creator Livia Firth were all in attendance. Gap president/CEO Jeff Kirwan is out! The company made the announcement today.
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