President Biden is speaking at a campaign event near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on Friday to mark three years since supporters of then-President Donald Trump rioted at the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Biden’s address is the first he’s giving this year. It is becoming increasingly clear that he expects the former president to prevail in the GOP […]
A central Florida venue has canceled an event that was to have featured Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after it learned the event was intended to commemorate the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The event was set to be hosted by the Republican Party of Osceola County at […]
Curbing youth violence and crime prevention are the focus of Indianapolis public safety leaders this year as the city continues its violence-reduction goals. In an update given Thursday, Indianapolis’ mayor, police and city officials shared their vision for carrying out the third year of Mayor Joe Hogsett’s violence reduction plan. The strategy includes creating a position […]
The Marine Corps plans to wrap up the recertification of amphibious vehicle operators, in a process prompted by a series of mishaps, but the timeline for deploying the vehicle remains unclear. The service remains on track to recertify all roughly 300 operators of the amphibious combat vehicle on how to operate it safely in water, […]
Recent Russian long-range strikes against Ukraine primarily targeted defense industry targets, in contrast with last year’s attacks that prioritized energy infrastructure, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its latest intelligence report on Jan. 3. Moscow began intensifying its attacks against Ukrainian cities in recent days, launching particularly massive waves of drones and missiles on Dec. […]
Japanese investigators were focusing on communication between air traffic control and two aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Wednesday, a day after a large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway and burst into flames, killing five people. The accident happened on Tuesday evening when Japan Airlines flight 516 landed […]
Ailing in opinion polls, Joe Biden will aim to jump-start his re-election campaign in the coming week with events designed to symbolise the fight for democracy and racial justice against Donald Trump. The Biden-Harris campaign announced the plans in a conference call with reporters that mentioned Trump by name 28 times in just 24 minutes, […]
After missing out on the Trump family Christmas party at Mar-a-Lago, Melania Trump continued her absent streak by skipping the New Year’s Eve party. The former First Lady has an understandable reason why she isn’t making any public appearances right now, and her husband, Donald Trump, is talking about the sad family news. In public […]
A 23-year-old Erie resident faced a substantial amount of time in federal prison for trafficking in 1,400 fentanyl pills over a little less than two years. The pills carried a total street value of as much as $28,000, or $20 per pill. Adding to the problems for the defendant, Rayshawn M. Woodard, was that he […]
This year, I got the chance to experience the Mississippi River in a new way. I kayaked on it, with the help of two outstanding guides from Broken Paddle Guiding Co. based in Wabasha, Minnesota. And I’ll let you in on a little secret: I was scared. In a recent story, I wrote about why […]
US stock futures were mixed on Friday following the release of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation reading, which showed inflation cooled in November. Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures fell 0.3%, while S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures hovered just abovethe flatline after leading stocks’ recovery from a sharp sell-off. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) […]
US stock futures slipped into the red on Friday, ahead of an inflation reading that could put hopes for interest-rate cuts and the record-setting market rally to the test. Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures fell 0.3%, while S&P 500 (^GSPC) futures hovered just below the flatline after leading stocks’ recovery from a sharp sell-off. […]