VERONA – D.M. Conner’s neighbors promised they would be back, and they followed through. Last month, Stuarts Draft rock quarry D.M. Conner owners Benny Conner and Debbie Henderson asked the Augusta Board of Zoning Appeals to expand. The board did not approve or deny the request, instead pushing consideration back to July. The reason for […]
The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly half a century ago were returned to their families on Thursday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service at Ayios Panteleimonas Orthodox Church in the capital, Nicosia, for the 15 soldiers before their remains were contained in Greek […]
Alon Cassuto stepped into his role as chief executive of the Zionist Federation of Australia during one of the most tumultuous periods in the roughly 200-year history of the country’s formal Jewish community, just a few weeks after the Oct. 7 terror attacks as anti-Israel and antisemitic acts, speech and demonstrations were raging across the […]
Activist investor Nelson Peltz published 133 pages worth of ideas on how to improve Disney, but it might take a little luck to convince shareholders at the company’s annual meeting next month that he and an ally should be added to the board. Peltz’s Trian Fund Management LP is one of two activist investors seeking […]
Ninety-year-old Connie White says her father, Silas White, always wanted to do something for his Black community in Santa Monica, California. Several decades ago, her father opened a laundromat across from Santa Monica College, along with two real estate offices and a successful hamburger stand in the area. Silas White’s family is fighting to reclaim […]
After Jasmine Violenes was mistakenly picked out of a police lineup and charged with two felonies she did not commit, she lost her home, her car and — most harmful of all — her good name. As the single mother of two tried to pick up the pieces of her life in Atlanta after the […]
Illinois state legislators joined the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on Thursday in support of a bill that would transfer a state park in DeKalb County back to the tribal nation on whose historic reservation the park currently sits. State Rep. Mark Walker (D-Arlington Heights) filed House Bill 4718, giving the state of Illinois the opportunity […]
Here’s the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU public history student helps reclaim century of records Michael McCormick, Middle Tennessee State University Ph.D. public history candidate, shown here reviewing a historical document, said he has always had a passion for genealogy and recently completed his program-required internship placement with nonprofit Reclaim the Records, […]
Burger King’s owner, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), just spent $1 billion to acquire its largest franchisee, Carrols Restaurant Group, in an attempt to speed up its modernization plan. It’s a big gamble from the international fast food giant, but it may be necessary if it hopes to compete with top burger chain McDonald’s, which spent […]
GAUSE, Texas — Almost exactly 140 years after the Tonkawa were expelled from Texas, they have returned to purchase Sugarloaf Mountain, a sacred site located in Milam County, northeast of Austin, that plays a key role the tribe’s creation story. “We’re home,” Tonkawa President Russ Martin said at a small Dec. 12 ceremony honoring the […]
Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party has lost its only MP after Andrew Bridgen quit the group over a “difference in direction”. The North West Leicestershire MP said it had been an “incredibly difficult decision” and insisted he still supported the “policies and values” of Reclaim. Mr Bridgen said he was making the decision ahead of the […]
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