The Chiefs and Royals ran the most expensive ballot campaign in Kansas City history to prevent the subject of this column from being relevant. Their Plan B. Jackson County voters last month rejected a 40-year, 3/8th-cent sales tax earmarked to help fund stadium projects for the two teams— and the only public response in the […]
Thousands more civilians have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s north-east that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials have said. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements […]
Thousands more civilians have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s north-east that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials have said. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements […]
MARS HILL – The town of Mars Hill is moving forward with a number of projects in which it and Town Manager Nathan Bennett have been working to see finalized for years. The projects include a bike and pedestrian path, as the town has published its community input survey on the topic on its website. […]
Voters in North Macedonia are casting ballots in a parliamentary election and presidential runoff dominated by issues including the country’s path toward European Union membership, corruption and the economy. The first round of the election for president, a largely ceremonial post, was seen as a barometer for the parliamentary vote. It gave a clear lead […]
Rivian (RIVN) will give investors a crucial first quarter update on its financials as the pure-play adventure EV maker attempts to turn the tide from losses to profit this year. In the first quarter Rivian revealed its upcoming R2 mid-size EV and strong Q1 sales, but also announced job cuts and a pause in the […]
A Chinese jet released flares close to an Australian military helicopter. This intercept is not the first ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ incident involving Chinese aircraft. China routinely engages in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft. The Australian government said Monday that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet released flares dangerously close to […]
Q: When two cars are at stop signs that face each other and have a road going between them that doesn’t stop, does a car going straight have the right-of-way, even if they come to the stop sign after the left-turning car? A: What if I said nobody has the right-of-way? It’s sort of a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats’ roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party defending twice as many Senate seats as Republicans this […]
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, left, speaks alongside Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong during an Australia and South Korea Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting in Melbourne, Australia, on May 1, 2024. Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, […]
The creation of 175,000 jobs in April by US employers has been termed a “Goldilocks” report by leading economists: Creating enough jobs to keep the labor market humming along healthily, but slowing down enough to signal it might be time for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates. Within the walls of the White […]
After weeks of negotiations, Skydance’s proposed merger with Paramount Global appears to be on the ropes. Paramount’s special board committee appears to have cooled on the offer, which would have seen the David Ellison-led studio, joined by financial partners RedBird Capital and KKR, acquire controlling shareholder Shari Redstone’s stake in the company and then merge […]