In Westchester, the average price of gas as of Feb. 20 was $3.53 in Westchester, $3.50 in Rockland, and $3.33 in Putnam county. That compares to a state average on that same day of $3.31 in New York and a national average of $3.23 per gallon, according to AAA. A week ago, the average price […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on comparing his criminal indictments to the circumstances of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the top political opponent of Russia’s autocratic leader Vladimir Putin who died in a remote arctic prison after being jailed by the Kremlin leader. Appearing on a Fox News Channel town hall pre-taped […]
Former President Donald Trump on Monday compared the sudden death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison colony to the legal peril he faces in the U.S., elevating a talking point in some right-wing circles linking the two in his first comments on Navalny’s death. “The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called out Israel for committing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza, comparing the monthslong military offensive in the territory with the Holocaust. Speaking to reporters at the African Union summit in Ethiopia, the left-wing leader said on Sunday that the ongoing violence in Gaza by the Israeli military “isn’t […]
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death by Chicago police. The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured […]
Last January felt like a fever dream. Downed trees, broken levees, flooded highways and surging rivers surrounded the capital city as residents spent days without power. Sacramento was dreary for months. But last year’s record-setting precipitation was rather extraordinary. How does this year compare? How much rain has Sacramento seen this year compared to 2023? […]
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has responded to a leaked German plan for how the country would respond to a Russian hybrid assault on NATO’s eastern flank, which it suggests might occur in July 2024. Source: Maria Zakharova on Telegram Details: German tabloid Bild has leaked the details of what it claims to be […]
President Joe Biden’s remarks on Monday were the second of two speeches to commemorate the third anniversary of Trump supporters’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021. President Joe Biden‘s remarks on Monday were the second of two speeches to commemorate the third anniversary of Trump supporters’ efforts to overturn the 2020 […]
GREEN BAY — It’s been 87 years since Green Bay’s temperatures reached 50 degrees Fahrenheit on Christmas Day, but Monday’s record-breaking warmth of 54 likely had many people regretting their choice of a Christmas sweater. In the 130 years of data tracked by the National Weather Service, the temperature has only ever reached 50 or […]
A stinging Christmas opinion issued by the editorial board of the Houston Chronicle newspaper asks Texas’s hard-right Republican leader: “How would governor Greg Abbott treat Mary and Joseph at the border?” The leading media outlet in the Democratic-voting city published an editorial article on Christmas Eve and posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on […]
Former President Donald Trump ramped up attacks on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week following recent tumult in the camp of his main Republican rival, including the abrupt Dec. 16 departure of the chief strategist at the “Never Back Down” Super PAC. The increasing rancor between the former GOP allies comes as the pivotal first […]
It’s official. Netflix has given the green light to a second season of Squid Game: The Challenge. Ahead of Season 1’s Wednesday finale, in which the winner of the reality competition series $4.56M prize was revealed, the streaming service announced plans to bring the show back for another season. “There was no red light in […]