LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Clark County officials held a workshop Thursday night, just over a week after a new ordinance went into effect requiring street vendors to operate legally. “We’re kind of afraid daily on what can happen,” local vendor Felix Prado said. Prado spoke with 8 News Now about the troubles that other street vendors have been […]
Tag: Frustrations
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city reopened Wadsworth last year to shelter hundreds of migrants without seeking community input, it added insult to injury. Across Chicago, Black residents […]
A year into the job, Metro Transit Police Chief Ernest Morales III points to progress, frustrations
At 12:17 p.m. on a recent Saturday, Metro Transit Police and other emergency personnel responded to a reported passenger overdose on the Green Line, the light-rail train connecting downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. At 12:33 p.m., they responded to another call for a passenger overdose on the same train line. And at 12:44 p.m., […]
Fani Willis’ testimony evokes long-standing frustrations for Black women leaders
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is used to prosecuting high-profile, challenging cases. But as she parried questions about her own personal conduct from the witness stand against the legal teams for defendants her office has accused of election interference, many Black women recognized a dispiriting scene. “It absolutely feels familiar. There is no secret […]
Port Townsend family feels sadness, frustrations over death of infant
There have been questions about why a Port Townsend man hasn’t been charged in the death of his son. Jordan Sorensen is being held on $200,000 bail for kidnapping and unlawfully disposing of his son’s body. But no one has been charged in the infant’s death. The prosecutor said he has done all he can, […]
Frustrations between Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu mount
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken dialed up pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday over the future of the Gaza Strip, laying bare the Biden administration’s growing frustrations with the Israeli prime minister’s rejection of a proposal last week. “There’s a profound opportunity for regionalization in the Middle East, in the greater Middle East […]
Frustrations continue after another day of canceled Alaska flights at SEA Airport
Thousands of people are stranded after Alaska grounded its entire 737 Max 9 fleet. “Roughly 140″ flights were canceled today. That’s more than 300 canceled flights in just two days. And a lot of people aren’t coming to the airport after they learn their flights are canceled. But it does appear some who flew here […]