The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has committed to taxing all clothing imports with an import duty of 45% plus VAT from next month, which means an end to the de minimis loophole according to local news reports. This means items packaged in small quantities will be taxed at the same rate as large quantities […]
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Nassau County Sheriff helps launch playing cards to solve cold cases
Nassau County Sheriff and Florida Sheriffs Association President Bill Leeper, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, and others teamed up to release Cold Case Homicide Playing Cards. Because of their collaboration, decks of playing cards featuring unsolved homicide cases will be distributed across county jails and correctional facilities in Florida. […]
Al Roker describes touching moment playing Frisbee with late dog Pepper one last time
Jacksonville couple hits $1M prize playing scratch-off three weeks before welcoming first baby
Florida officials to release cold case playing cards in hopes of cracking new leads
Florida’s top attorney is betting that revitalizing an old program that distributes playing cards in jails and prisons will help crack some of the state’s cold cases. Attorney General Ashley Moody said in a statement Monday that 5,000 specialized decks of playing cards featuring photographs and information about unsolved homicides or missing people will be […]
British intelligence reportedly playing key role in search for Gaza hostages
British surveillance drones are reportedly helping search for Gaza hostages as part of the “largest intelligence effort ever conducted by Israel”. A senior Israeli official briefed The New York Times that British and American drones have been able to provide information that Israel’s drones do not collect, without specifying details. The sheer number of American […]
Trump supporters must love playing Twister
Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on all 34 counts in the first of four criminal trials he faces must make it hard on those who continue supporting him. One must twist oneself into a moral and political pretzel in this game of political Twister to which Trump subjects even his most ardent loyalists. When Trump […]
Old man playing an accordion while sitting on a stump made in Japan
4-year-old playing hide-and seek accidentally shoots herself after finding gun, cops say
A girl accidentally shot herself in the arm after finding a gun while playing hide-and-seek, Maryland police say. Jayvon Thomas, the 4-year-old’s relative, was arrested on multiple charges stemming from the incident, the Prince George’s County Police Department said, WJLA reported. Officers responded to a Cheverly apartment shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, June 2, and […]
Prosecutors open their case against Hunter Biden by playing his own voice for the jury
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Prosecutors at Hunter Biden’s trial on gun-related charges urged jurors Tuesday not to show sympathy or favoritism for him because he happens to be the son of President Joe Biden, while the defense suggested the case was belatedly charged and overblown. “No one is above the law,” prosecutor Derek Hines declared at […]
Young girls shot and wounded playing in Brooklyn playground
Two girls, ages 9 and 11, were shot and wounded playing in a Brooklyn playground in a neighborhood that has seen its murder rate triple this year. The young victims were playing in Hilltop Playground on Dean St. near Thomas Boyland St. in Brownsville when a gunman walked up and sprayed bullets around 9:05 p.m., […]
How the Trump verdict is playing down the ballot: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, national political reporters Bridget Bowman and Henry J. Gomez explore how Senate candidates in key races are […]