Reading archive 2022-05-27

Police slow to engage with gunman because ‘they could’ve been shot,’ official says

Southern Baptist leaders release sex abuser database they kept secret for years

Key takeaways from the bombshell sex abuse report by Southern Baptists

Slain teacher’s husband dies of heart attack days after school shooting

Climate pressure from employees, shareholders rattles: Big Oil The likes of Shell and ExxonMobil are meeting resistance to ‘business as usual’

Opinion  The secret planning that kept the White House a step ahead of Russia - "Germany was a reluctant but essential ally, and the Biden administration made a controversial decision last summer that was probably crucial in gaining German support against Russia. Biden gave Germany a pass on an initial round of sanctions against a company building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in exchange for a pledge from Chancellor Angela Merkel that if Russia invaded, Nord Stream 2 would be scrapped. When the invasion came, Merkel was gone but her successor, Olaf Scholz, kept the promise.

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"The Group of 20 nations were meeting at the end of October in Rome, and Biden pulled aside the leaders of Britain, France and Germany and gave them a detailed readout on the top-secret evidence."

Opinion  Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming - "Consider McCarthy himself. He’s refusing to divulge information about his direct communications with Trump at the very moment Trump was essentially weaponizing a mob to intimidate his vice president and GOP lawmakers into subverting the electoral count, to keep himself in power illegitimately."

Tennis has an anger-management problem, and it’s getting worse

‘Diablo Immortal’ aims to be a breakthrough hit for AAA mobile games

The options for a Commanders stadium site: Bad, worse and nonexistent - "The Washington Commanders badly need a new stadium, and they should have their pick of the three jurisdictions from which they draw the bulk of their fans. More than that: They should have those three jurisdictions elbowing one another out of the way. 

"Their reality is this: The club is looking at far-flung sites in Virginia, which has a state legislature that is preparing to sour its offer, not sweeten it. Maryland officials are so indifferent to the Commanders’ presence in Prince George’s County that they’re pledging to pump $400 million into developing the area around FedEx Field even if the team doesn’t stay, a municipal shrug of the shoulders."