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Country Joe McDonald, who performed at Woodstock, dies at 84


Country Joe McDonald, the Bay Area music legend who crafted one of the definitive protest anthems of the Vietnam War era, died on March 7.

The longtime Berkeley resident, who is best known for fronting psychedelic folk-rock group Country Joe and the Fish in the 1960s, was 84.

McDonald died of complications related to Parkinson's Disease, according to the New York Times.

The singer-songwriter will be long remembered for the Country Joe and the Fish favorite "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," which originally came out in 1965 and went on to become a counterculture anthem. The song was usually accompanied by the "Fish Cheer" — spelling out the word F-I-S-H — but was sometimes altered to spell an expletive instead.

The most famous rendition of the altered "Fish Cheer" occurred when McDonald performed in front of hundreds of thousands of members of the hippie movement at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

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Canada will kill its 100,000th patient through its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, come spring 2026.

This estimated figure was popularized by Kelsi Sheren, a Canadian anti-MAiD podcaster, who shared the news in an article and on British rapper Zuby's podcast.

The figures estimate a 4% increase in MAiD deaths in 2025 (statistics not yet released), with a similar projected estimate for 2026.

From MAiD's legalization in 2016 up until the most recent official data from Health Canada in 2024, MAiD has euthanized 76,800 people.

With this conservative estimate for 2025 and 2026, this adds up to over 100,00 deaths in a decade.

Defending Education has launched a protest tracker of K-12 student walkouts. The national grassroots organization released the tracker amid a surge of student protests against immigration enforcement efforts.

Defending Education estimated that the number of school protests has significantly increased since 2022. The organization gathered this information from social media posts, news articles, and press releases.

The K-12 Student Walkout and Protest Tracker estimated 21 demonstrations in 2022, 10 in 2023, 13 in 2024, and 43 in 2025. So far, in 2026, Defending Education calculated that there have been 269 protests at U.S. schools.

Walkouts were recorded in 48 states and the District of Columbia and involved approximately 421 schools, including 33 middle schools.

"The total listed is on the low end of the overall number of schools that had student walkouts/protests due to many news articles not listing names of specific schools that participated," Defending Education noted.

A number of the total protests, 74, were organized or assisted by activist clubs or nonprofits.

The reasons for the demonstrations included disapproval of Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions and President Donald Trump, as well as support for the LGBT community and Palestine. Students organized marches to raise awareness about climate change, for school funding, and to call for stricter gun laws.

"This data shows a multiyear trend of student walkouts for the latest far-left political cause. By allowing these protests, school leaders are increasing the chance of harm befalling students and decreasing much-needed instructional time in the classroom. Administrators need to put an end to these acts of 'civil disobedience' before they lose complete control," Rhyen Staley, the research director at Defending Education, stated.

A California woman — dubbed the "party mom" by local authorities — has been convicted on dozens of charges related to hosting alcohol-fueled parties for young teens. The district attorney's office determined that the mother "endangered" teens and "coordinated" sexual assaults during boozy parties involving her 15-year-old son.

On Wednesday, a jury convicted 51-year-old Shannon O'Connor of 48 charges — including two felony charges of sexual penetration — stemming from hosting parties for teens that included alcohol and sexual conduct, the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office stated in a news release titled, "Party mom convicted: Faces long prison term."

The Mercury News reported, "The sexual penetration convictions were the most serious, as prosecutors argued that O'Connor sexually assaulted the two girls by enabling them to become so intoxicated they could not legally consent."

KTVU-TV reported, "After the verdicts were read, the parent of one of the victims called O'Connor a 'predator,' a 'stalker,' a 'groomer,' and a 'harasser,' who was 'very good at what she did.'"

O'Connor could face more than 30 years in prison, according to the Mercury News. Plus, she must register as a sex offender. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 26 in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

The district attorney's office said in the statement that O'Connor, also known as Shannon Bruga, hosted "drunken parties for young teenagers where she bought alcohol and egged on sex acts — some with teens too drunk to consent."

The announcement noted that O'Connor purchased vodka and whiskey for the teenagers and even provided them with condoms.

The DA said O'Connor "discouraged the teens from telling their parents or police about the parties or calling for help when one of the victims passed out in their own vomit."

The district attorney's office pointed out that the children at these boozy parties were "mostly 14- and 15-year-olds."

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