Reality Check is a Telegraph series digging deeper into key issues and focusing on accountability. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email mynews@macon.com. Garrett Thomson wanted to make a difference for his beloved city of Macon, and trying to clean up trash strewn across the city seemed like a good way to do it. […]
METRO EAST, Ill. – Landmarks Illinois, a nonprofit focused on historic preservation, has named two Metro East sites among the “most endangered historic places” in the state. A new list of Illinois’ “most endangered historic places” was released earlier this week, calling attention to 10 culturally and architecturally significant sites across the state in need […]
(Reuters) – BP’s electric charging unit is keen on buying Tesla’s Supercharging sites in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. BP “is aggressively looking to acquire real estate to scale our network, which is a heightened focus following the recent Tesla announcement,” the report quoted Sujay Sharma, CEO of BP Pulse Americas, as […]
May 8—The distraught parents of an 11-year-old girl contacted the Chaves County sheriff’s office earlier this year after noticing disturbing Facebook messenger chats between their daughter and a man who turned out to be a convicted sex offender from Texas. The case, which was eventually investigated as part of an undercover operation by the state […]
May 8—Downtown Dayton has two hotels today, offering about 230 hotel rooms, and local tourism and business leaders say it needs far more than that. They could soon get their wish. Multiple boutique hotel projects are making progress, including the long-delayed Hotel Ardent, and could more than double the amount of hotel product downtown. There’s […]
Hundreds of Gaza’s water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed since Israel began military action against Hamas, satellite analysis by BBC Verify has found. Damage to a major supplies depot has also severely disrupted repairs. The lack of clean water and flows of untreated sewage pose a serious threat to health, say aid […]
Russia has threatened to strike British military facilities and said it will hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid rising tensions over comments by senior western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian […]
Apr. 29—Most of the buildings where America’s worst mass shootings occurred have been abandoned or demolished. This week’s planned reopening of the bowling alley at Lewiston’s Just-In-Time Recreation, where seven people were killed Oct. 25, 2023, diverges from the pattern. Of the buildings involved in the dozen most deadly shootings in the United States, only […]
Apr. 29—Most of the buildings where America’s worst mass shootings occurred have been abandoned or demolished. This week’s planned reopening of the bowling alley at Lewiston’s Just-In-Time Recreation, where eight people were killed on Oct. 25, 2023, diverges from the pattern. Of the buildings involved in the dozen most deadly shootings in the United States, […]
The leader of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, has recently inspected areas that saw clashes between the militant group and Israeli forces, a senior Hamas official told the Qatar-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper. Al-Sinwar has been leading the movement in the field and reports about him “isolated in the tunnels” […]
The leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, has recently inspected areas that saw clashes between Hamas and Israeli forces, a senior official in the movement told the Qatar-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper. Al-Sinwar has been leading the movement in the field and reports about him “isolated in the tunnels” […]
A year after making its North Carolina debut in Charlotte, The Salty is expanding right in doughnut giant Krispy Kreme’s back yard. The Miami-based artisanal doughnut shop will open this fall in Ballantyne. The Salty joins other retailers opening at The Bowl at Ballantyne, including Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, expected to open next month, as well […]