My grandmother was born near New Castle in 1911, the youngest of 9. Her family moved to Indiana when she was five. She started school in a one-room school and completed through the 11th grade. She was the most educated person in her family. She hated being called a dumb Kentuckian. Grandma was a young […]
The King held his first in-person meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after working behind the scenes in recent weeks since sharing his cancer diagnosis The Royal Family/ X Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles meet at Buckingham Palace on Feb. 21, 2024 King Charles is back on royal duty! The King, 75, who […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Stocks are vulnerable to a 5% “air-pocket drawdown” as traders short volatility, Sevens Report Research said. VIX futures contract expirations recently started having a bigger impact on the S&P 500, reminiscent of 2018’s “Volmageddon” episode. “These expirations will remain dates to keep in mind as the threat of volatility will be elevated […]
In California, a seismic shift endangers the educational landscape as we know it. While overshadowed by national elections, campaigns for school boards and other local positions are in full swing. And school districts are undertaking the task of updating their Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP. Mandated by the state, it is a strategic […]
In five of the past 11 years, parts of the U.S. electrical grid have been hit by blackouts, shut-offs or close calls during cold weather, according to an NBC News review of federal and state records and internal utility documents, with each major cold snap threatening a grid failure. Experts say one of the main […]
Russian soldiers often move at night to try and avoid being seen, and they have more time to do this in winter. They are more exposed when moving, and Western intel has said they fight poorly at night. But a drone operator and expert told BI Ukraine often doesn’t have the right gear to hit […]
A market veteran said a bear market and recession are on the way.Thomson Reuters A long-time market veteran anticipates a bear market and recession to hit the US. Jon Wolfenbarger pointed to falling earnings and the inverted yield curve, among other factors. He said the extended duration of the yield-curve inversion suggests a longer recession. […]
Jan. 29—GROTON — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., toured sites in the City of Groton and downtown Mystic on Monday afternoon that are vulnerable to flooding and pledged to seek federal funding to address the problem. City and town officials said the number and intensity of storms are increasing, and federal funding will be crucial […]
An attorney “betrayed” her clients’ trust in a $250,000 scheme to defraud people she had been appointed to protect, Alabama officials said. Teresa Darwin Phillips has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison, Alabama’s attorney general Steve Marshall announced in a Jan. 29 news release. Phillips, 43, was a DeKalb County attorney and candidate […]
Giving an overabundance of something for nothing financial earned five attorneys from the Florida Keys to Palm Beach, three South Florida judges and a Hollywood law firm laudatory notice at The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards. Though the Florida Bar requires its members to report annually the amount of pro bono work done, […]
WASHINGTON — Centrist Rep. Susan Wild, a Pennsylvania Democrat and one of the Republicans’ top targets in the 2024 election, said in an interview Friday she is leaning toward voting to save Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., if conservative hard-liners force a vote to oust him from power. Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has personally […]
Having a COVID-19 infection can shore up your immunity to the virus, but can it also leave you more susceptible to getting sick with other illnesses? That’s the theory laid out in a new scientific paper in JAMA Medical News and Perspectives, which looks at a possible tie between COVID and the recent surge in […]