North Carolina lawmakers passed new laws last year and this year. Several took effect on July 1, including ones related to elections, trees around billboards and the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s authority. Here are the laws that took effect Monday: Election Law changes Senate Bill 747: “Elections Law Changes.” This is an expansive GOP-drafted […]
The next wave of obesity drugs is coming soon. Drug companies are racing to develop GLP-1 drugs following the blockbuster success of Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound. Some of the experimental drugs may go beyond diabetes and weight loss, improving liver and heart function while reducing side effects such […]
After passing a slew of conservative policies, Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their 2024 legislative session on Monday. Now with a GOP supermajority, the legislature’s three-month-long session was also the first under Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who won the governor’s race last November. The Republican-led legislature passed hundreds of bills, and more than 400 have already […]
After passing a slew of conservative policies, Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their 2024 legislative session on Monday. Now with a GOP supermajority, the legislature’s three-month-long session was also the first under Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who won the governor’s race last November and is backed by former President Trump. The Republican-led legislature passed hundreds of […]
The News NASA and Boeing have launched the Starliner crew space capsule. The capsule, which launched on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, now carries two American astronauts to the International Space Station for a short stay and then, all being well, it will touch back down to Earth next week. The initial […]
The highly popular Palm Beach restaurant Cucina has pulled its outdoor patio seating after being hit with a slew of code violations for the area that was built on a section of its parking lot and included, among other things, 51 unpermitted seats. Dubbed Cucina Beach, the patio-styled outdoor dining area was built in the […]
Cucina has pulled its outdoor patio seating after being hit with a slew of code violations for the area that was built on a section of its parking lot and included, among other things, 51 unpermitted seats. Dubbed Cucina Beach, the patio-styled outdoor dining area was built in the spring of 2020 in response to […]
We might be post-Memorial Day sales events right now, but it seems like someone forgot to give Walmart the memo — the retailer’s summer savings are still bringing the heat as we ease into a season of fun, sun and savings. Keep it cool for the next few months with a bestselling Keurig hot and […]
CHICAGO – There were more than three dozen shootings and five people killed over the Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. Neighbors on the Near West Side, where a five-year-old girl was fatally shot, said there’s been an ongoing gang conflict for some time. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election-year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. The limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled electric stations are the […]
Joe Biden used his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to mock Donald Trump. “Yes, age is an issue. I’m a grown man, running against a six-year-old,” Biden said. Biden has been using humorous and sarcastic jabs to ramp up his attacks on Trump. Often referred to as Washington’s “nerd prom,” hundreds of […]
I write about all things home for a living, and as far as I’m concerned, spring cleaning is about more than scrubbing down your shower and scraping off that residue from your oven. This season of rejuvenation also offers an opportunity to declutter your closets, cabinets and, well, pretty much every part of your home. […]