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A search is underway for a suspect who opened fire Saturday morning at a hospital in Portland, Ore., authorities said. Portland Police Bureau Sgt. Kevin Allen told reporters at a news conference that the shooting was reported around 11 a.m. PT at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in northwest Portland. Allen said “one or more people were injured by gunfire,” but declined to provide details on the exact number of victims or their conditions. Responding law enforcement officers locked down the hospital and began “fanning the entire neighborhood” in search of the suspect, Allen said. A nearby Fred Meyer grocery…

He’s surging in the polls and turning heads in Iowa and New Hampshire on the back of heavy ad spending that feeds voters’ appetite for an upbeat, positive leader in a dark political moment. He has experience, a compelling personal story and a campaign war chest that allows him to hold onto power in a Republican primary that has so far been a two-way race. And among Republican voters, he’s the candidate everyone seems to like. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is perfectly positioned to seize the moment if former President Donald Trump collapses under the weight of his…

Comment on this storycomment In a country divided, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) is torn between optimism and realism. As the new president of the National Governors Association, his chosen focus for the organization’s next year speaks as much to the state of politics as it does to his own aspirations. It’s called “Disagree Better.” Most of Cox’s predecessors as NGA leaders have used their tenure to highlight an issue that is common to all states: economic development, such as health care or education. Cox hopes to delve into what he believes is the most serious impediment to solving the…

Several politicians are fueling speculation that they could make late entries into the 2024 presidential race ahead of what appears to be a possible rematch between President Biden and former President Trump. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) became the latest figure to raise questions about a White House bid after he released a cryptic video this week that sparked rumblings of a possible third-party campaign. Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) has raised similar questions in recent months and days. Meanwhile, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has been floated as a possible late entry in the GOP primary. Georgia Gov. Brian…

A woman and three children are dead after an hours-long standoff with an armed subject at a Verdigris home, police said. Related story: OSBI identifies woman involved in Verdigris triple murder-suicide Brandy McCaslin, 39, shot and killed her three children and then turned the gun on herself, OSBI said. The OSBI said Verdigris officers were driving near Dogwood Court and Cyprus streets around 4 p.m. Thursday when they were flagged down to a home by fireworks going off outside the home. Investigators said police went to investigate and found a woman inside the home who was armed and barricaded. According…

The IDF Spokesman’s Office on Saturday denied reports that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi had told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the army would lose its readiness to maintain national security within 48 hours, due to reservists’ protest against the repeal of the judiciary’s reasonableness clause. The denied leak came shortly after groups leading the call for reservists to quit the IDF announced that 10,000 reservists were joining their cause and 1,194 air force reservists, including a growing number of fighter pilots. The IDF also said Halevi would keep his communications to “the political echelon” – Netanyahu…

Albemarle Police and the Sheriff’s Office are investigating the shooting in Long Lake Posted at 14:26 on Saturday, July 22, 2023 The Albemarle Police Department and the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting in Long Lake. At 11:43 a.m. Saturday, Albemarle police were called to investigate after a woman on a jet ski on Long Lake in the area of ​​Concord Road was struck by gunfire. She was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Albemarle Police Department and the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office are currently following leads as they search for a suspect. Source link

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Republican Mississippi state Sen. Jeremy England says he intentionally wore what he considers a “very embarrassing” Halloween costume to raise money for breast cancer research: a bright pink bodysuit with a short pink skirt. Now England says a photo of him in the suit has been misused, with an insult directed at him, in an increasingly divisive Republican primary as he backs Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann for re-election. A supporter of one of Hosemann’s opponents posted a picture of England in a tutu on Twitter along with the comment: “Hosemann and his strange hairdressers”. “I think…