Journal Entry #1
“Death of Keenan Anderson” January 3, 2023
On January 3, 2023, roughly 4.5 hours after he was restrained by and tasered six times by a
member of the Los Angeles Police Department, an African American man named Keenan
Anderson experienced cardiac arrest and died of his injuries. Keenan Anderson was known
as Keenan Anderson (LAPD). Patrisse Cullors, one of the co-founders of the Black Lives
Matter movement, was his cousin. He was her cousin.
Anderson was placed under arrest due to the suspicion that he fled the scene of an accident
after hitting another vehicle and due to the testimony of a witness who stated that another
person had attempted to get into their vehicle without permission. Anderson initially
complied with the police officers' command to sit down, but subsequently he attempted to
flee on a road, which resulted in the officers pinning him to the ground and shocking him for
approximately 30 seconds, followed by another 5 seconds.
https://abc7chicago.com/keenan-anderson-death-after-lapd-taser-incident-the-completetimel/12710549/
Journal Entry #2
“FAA system outage” January 11, 2023
On January 10, 2023, around 3:28 p.m., the NOTAM system stopped processing updates,
and the FAA issued the first Air Traffic Control System Command Center Advisory regarding
this event at 7:47 p.m. on the same day.
After its pilot-alerting Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system went offline overnight, causing
severe disruption, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered airlines to suspend all
domestic departures at approximately 7:30 a.m. on January 11. This order caused
widespread chaos. After the FAA discontinued the NOTAM outage advisory, planes began to
resume departures at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), and departures at other airports were
expected to resume by 9 a.m. However, the airlines may choose to conduct ground delay
initiatives, which would cause additional timetable problems.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/faa-orders-airlines-to-pause-departures-until-9-am-etafter-system-outage.html
Journal Entry #3
“Louisville, New York bus crash” January 28, 2023
On the early hours of the 28th of January, 2023, an express bus and a box truck were
involved in a collision on New York State Route 37 close to Louisville. The accident resulted
in the deaths of six persons, and three more survived despite suffering major injuries.
In the immediate aftermath of the collision, which took place at approximately 6:00 AM,
fifteen ambulances and three neighboring hospitals were deployed. The express bus, which
was apparently connected to a business that specialized in solar farms, was the location of
all the victims that were slain. Only one person was riding in the box truck, which was a
hired truck from Penske. The New York State Police have started an inquiry into the incident
that occurred.
https://abc7ny.com/6-dead-louisville-crash-upstate-ny-deadly-accident/12747859/
Journal Entry #4
“ Mike Pence classified documents” January 16-23, 2023
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's lawyer Greg Jacobs discovered a "limited quantity"
of secret documents at Pence's Carmel, Indiana, home in January 2023. The initial
acquisition of the records occurred when Pence was serving in the Trump administration.
Greg Jacobs claimed that after hearing recently about a sensitive papers’ incident involving
President Joe Biden, he had actively looked for the documents. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation quickly gathered and removed the found documents.
According to Jacobs, Pence hired outside counsels with knowledge of handling secret
documents on January 16 to review four boxes of documents at his Carmel, Indiana, home.
In response to the Joe Biden classified materials incident in early January, Pence had
searched for records "out of an excess of caution." Jacobs notified the National Archives and
Records Administration of the finding of the secret records at Pence's Indiana home on
January 18. He asserted that the papers were "accidentally packaged and transported" to
Pence's residence at the close of Trump's administration. Some of the records were taken by
agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Indianapolis field office on January 19 aro,
with Pence's approval. On January 20, in addition to the records the FBI had gathered,
Jacobs offered the Archives four boxes of additional documents. The Archives stated that
they are unable to retrieve the boxes, therefore they chose to permit Pence's agents to
deliver them to Washington, DC. On January 23, Jacobs presented the papers personally.
According to the attorney, the FBI wanted "direct possession" of the records rather than
following "normal protocols.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi/index.html
Journal Entry #5
“ Ice storm” January 31, 2023
An ice storm made landfall in the Southern United States, bringing with it a significant
amount of snow and ice to the region. The winter storm, which has been informally dubbed
Winter Storm Mara by The Weather Channel, has been linked to the deaths of at least ten
people so far. An Arctic cold passage made its way south into the Southern United States,
where it met with warm and moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, which resulted in the
creation of the ice storm. This is what caused the winter storm to begin.
On January 31, an inch of sleet fell in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, with lightning accompanying
some of the storm's more intense bursts. On the same day, freezing rain fell in Arkansas,
which affected regions such as Fayetteville and Fort Smith, as well as in Missouri, which
influenced cities such as Joplin and Springfield. On the 31st of January, freezing rain and
sleet were observed as far south as Austin and San Antonio.
https://www.wunderground.com/article/storms/winter/news/2023-01-30-winter-stormmara-ice-snow-south-texas-ohio-valley