Thousands of people in the Spanish city of Málaga turned out to protest against mass tourism on Saturday, angered at high rents and housing shortages. They marched in the centre of the southern city, many carrying signs saying, “Málaga is not for sale” and “This is not tourism, this is an invasion.” Some 25,000 people […]
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Why Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid are closing thousands of drug stores across America
Walgreens said Thursday that it plans to close a “significant” number of its roughly 8,600 stores in the United States. Around 25% of Walgreens’ stores aren’t profitable, and the chain will look to close stores that are right by one another or struggling to hold down theft, CEO Tim Wentworth said in an interview with […]
Suze Orman’s 10 Money Tips To Pay Off Thousands in Debt
Laura Cavanaugh/UPI/Shutterstock / Laura Cavanaugh/UPI/Shutterstock According to recent Experian data, American consumers have a total average debt balance of $104,215 and approximately $6,500 of that balance is credit card debt. Those are hefty bills to add to the already spiking cost of living nationwide. Explore More: You Can Get These 3 Debts Canceled Forever Find […]
In 1956, thousands of Oklahomans flocked to the Billy Graham Crusade to hear his sermon
In June 1956, evangelist Billy Graham brought his four-week crusade to the state fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. A story written by Religion Editor Ray Shaw on the front page of the June 4, 1956, Oklahoma City Times reported: BILLY GRAHAM, daring the devil and the weather, preached to 15,239 persons Sunday. Forty-five heard his plea […]
EF-1 tornado leaves thousands of residents without power for hours
A massive tree fell on power lines in the Grove Park neighborhood taking out power for hours. But the tornado not only uprooted a tree, but it also picked up an entire truck less than two miles away. Wild video shows the moments the wind picked up a truck and flipped it onto Beach Boulevard […]
Thousands attend Trump rally in Chesapeake Friday
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Thousands of people turned out to hear former President Donald Trump at a rally in Chesapeake Friday, a day after the first presidential debate with President Joe Biden. Supporters wave to Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve […]
Development could bring thousands of homes and more to north Indio
About 180 acres of desert dirt in north Indio could become a new development with up to 3,200 apartments, as well as shops, restaurants and other businesses, possibly including a distribution center. Plans for the project, The Oasis at Indio, are in very early stages. A community representative for BH Properties, a Los Angeles-based real […]
Thousands gather for Trump rally at Chesapeake farm
Former President Donald Trump is set to speak at a campaign rally before a crowd of thousands Friday in Chesapeake, the day after sparring with President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season. In a bid to help flip Virginia red, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin will appear publicly with Trump […]
Vendors tell Channel 11 they are owed thousands of dollars by company that manages Homewood House
Three vendors tell Channel 11 they are owed tens of thousands of dollars by the company that manages Homewood House, a senior affordable living high-rise in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. They contacted Channel 11 after a report on Monday about security contractor St. Moritz pulling its staff from the building on Friday due to a lack […]
Popular Macon lake is a destination for thousands each week. What makes it special?
In June of 1969, Lake Tobesofkee opened to the public, and Frank Patterson got a job as one of the park’s first rangers. The lake was a project years in the making. Conversations surrounding the creation of a reservoir for flood control and protection from erosion started in 1954, and soil was first turned in […]
Connecticut governor to replant more than 180 trees, thousands of bushes cut down behind his house
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday was officially ordered by his local inland wetlands agency to replant more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes that were chopped down in November on property behind the Democrat’s Greenwich home. While one of Lamont’s neighbors and a neighborhood organization were also involved in the felling on protected […]
Biden to pardon thousands of veterans convicted for gay sex under military law
President Joe Biden is set to pardon thousands of veterans who were convicted under a military law that prohibited gay sex, his administration announced on Wednesday. The pardon will apply to service members convicted between 1951 and 2013 under Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which criminalized sodomy and essentially banned gay […]