On a brisk West Texas afternoon, members of the Lubbock County Commissioner’s Court, Medical Examiner’s Office and others gathered to break ground on what’s touted to be the county’s new state-of-the-art Medical Examiner’s Office Building. This comes after Lubbock County voters approved the $35.4 million bond to construct the new facility last year. Members of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on topline spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hues to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to suspend the debt limit until […]
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are stepping up their direct attacks on former President Trump as time runs out to court voters in Iowa. The GOP rivals went after Trump over “flip-flopping” on abortion, his past campaign promises and electability Thursday in back-to-back town halls hosted by CNN in Iowa. The ramped-up aggression is a […]
In 2009, the River Raisin Watershed Council and the Lenawee Conservation District issued their River Raisin Watershed Management Plan. This comprehensive, enforceable EPA Clean Water Act Section 319 plan identified agriculture and livestock manure, along with tile drainage, as sources of dissolved nitrates and phosphorus (DRP) that feed harmful algae (cyanobacteria) blooms plaguing western Lake […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to an informal settlement where robbers accessed his mobile banking apps. “They had guns and demanded the PIN codes for my apps. They increased the withdrawal limits in my accounts and emptied them. I was only released […]
The longtime chief executive of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, is stepping down at the end of the month, the gun rights organization has announced. The NRA issued a short statement from LaPierre via X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he said: “I’ve been a card-carrying member of this organization for most of […]
It’s early January, when a consumer’s thoughts turn to getting, or staying, in shape. And sure, you can bundle up and brave the sub-freezing temps for a couple of hours a day, but that makes it a lot harder to maintain a regimen and meet your goal. Better to score yourself some home fitness equipment. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Wayne LaPierre, the longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, announced his resignation as chief executive on Friday, days before a corruption trial involving the gun rights group begins in a Manhattan courtroom. “With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation from the NRA,” LaPierre said in a […]
Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump’s lawyers, says in an interview with Fox News that United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will “step up” for the man who appointed him to the high court. Kavanaugh is one of three Trump-appointed justices who will soon decide whether Section Three of the 14th Amendment […]
Ange Postecoglou has acknowledged Tottenham captain Son Heung-min will be a “big loss” over the coming weeks but has called on other members of the squad to step up in his absence. Spurs host Burnley in the FA Cup third round on Friday night and it is the first of potentially six matches where Son […]
By Dan Williams, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in southern Gaza overnight, residents said, after it announced plans to pull back some troops, a move the U.S. said signalled a gradual shift to lower intensity operations in the north of the enclave. Israel says the […]
New York City has plenty of famous nicknames: The City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice, and so on. Now, thanks to a ground-breaking zoning code update, New Yorkers may be excited to embrace one of its newest titles: the “City of Yes.” Earlier in 2023, the […]