Kerry have reached the semi-finals of the All-Ireland football championship with a 0-15 to 0-10 win over Derry. It was far from a classic, but Kerry did enough to win and set up a semi-final clash with Armagh. Despite recent defensive issues, Derry looked far more solid as they kept Kerry frustrated in a tight […]
Oklahoma Army National Guardsman wins NetWars Oklahoma Army National Guardsman 1st Lt. Makya Stell, assigned to the 205th Network Signal Company, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, wins the annual “NetWars” games during the Cyber Shield training event held at the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach this month. Oklahoma Army National Guardsman 1st […]
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule from taking effect that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried U.S. workers. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, said the U.S. Department of Labor rule that is set to go into effect on […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The most severely wounded survivor of the 2018 massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz’s name, and Cruz cannot give any interviews without his permission, under a settlement reached in a lawsuit. Under his recent settlement with Anthony Borges, Cruz must also turn over […]
Indian author Arundhati Roy has said that she is “delighted” to have been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. Set up in memory of playwright Harold Pinter, the award is for writers of “outstanding literary merit” who take an “unflinching” look at the world. The announcement comes weeks after officials in India approved action against […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the waning moments of Iran’s final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi invoked the name of the one person who perhaps has done more than anyone to change the trajectory of the Islamic Republic’s relationship with the wider […]
California’s Legislature on Wednesday night approved most of the bills that make up the $298 billion budget agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to close a roughly $47 billion deficit. The final budget — which Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced on Saturday — contains many of Democrats’ spending priorities, including money for homelessness grants, social […]
California’s Legislature on Wednesday night approved most of the bills that make up the $298 billion budget agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to close a roughly $47 billion deficit. The final budget — which Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced on Saturday — contains many of Democrats’ spending priorities, including money for homelessness grants, social […]
Rep. Lauren Boebert won her Republican primary bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado, easily outpacing her opponents despite switching congressional districts. Boebert switches districts Earlier this year Boebert announced she would be running again for the House, per CBS News. But instead of facing a difficult reelection bid in western Colorado’s District […]
On June 25, voters took to the polls in the primary election to select their choice for their Democratic and Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. There was also a special election to identify who will replace former Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo. — who stepped down from his seat representing the 4th Congressional District […]
Two videos from the the Detroit Free Press — one on an addict who helps others with substance abuse, and another on the tradition of polka dancing — were honored with Emmy awards by the 2024 Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Winning an Emmy were: “Relapse. Overdose. Saving lives: […]
ALBANY, New York – The Associated Press has declared John Mannion the winner in the Democratic primary in a Syracuse-area congressional seat, setting him up for a November challenge against one of the country’s most vulnerable House Republicans. With a majority of the votes tallied, Mannion had 62 percent in his race against DeWitt town […]