The City Gets Closer with Set Free – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News
Medford’s city attorney says no bias against LGBTQ+ people was found Chad McComas is the founder of Set Free Christian Fellowship in Medford. The city released a report Friday saying it had found no evidence of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people by church-linked nonprofits. Medford’s city attorney has found no evidence Set Free Church has discriminated against LGBTQ+ people and is recommending the city lift the freeze on an $11,550 grant to the nonprofit . Medford City Attorney Eric Mitton 25 page reportreleased Friday, details the city’s investigation into Set Free Services, Set Free Christian Fellowship and Chad McComas, the organizations’…
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe dies after being shot during election speech
NARA, Japan – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of Japan’s most influential postwar leaders, died Friday at the age of 67 after being shot while giving a speech in the western city of Nara two days before an election. nationals, surprising the world. and provoke outrage against gun violence. The senior leader was shot dead by a 41-year-old man who approached him from behind with a homemade gun while he was speaking in front of Yamato-Saidaiji Station on the Kintetsu Railway around 11:30 a.m. from Japan said the police. Abe collapsed to the ground after hearing two loud shots…
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Malkin plans to test the free agent market
Evgeni Malkin’s storied career with the Pittsburgh Penguins may be over. Malkin, who is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday, plans to test the market then, as talks for a new deal with the Penguins appear to have reached an impasse. Malkin’s intentions were confirmed by parties on both sides of the negotiations with the Penguins. Malkin, who has insisted he wants to spend his entire career here, could still re-sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins if he doesn’t find something to his liking on the open market. Malkin, who turns 36 this month, and the Penguins couldn’t…
Read More »BREAKING: Golden State Warriors officially sign NBA champion
On Friday, the Golden State Warriors officially announced the signing of Donte DiVincenzo. DiVincenzo won the NCAA Championship with Villanova in 2018 and was then drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 17th overall pick. He played for the Bucks for parts of four seasons and also played for the Sacramento Kings for the last half of last season. The 25-year-old has career averages of 9.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. DiVincenzo was also with the Bucks when they won the 2021 NBA Championship over the Phoenix Suns. However, he only played in three games during the…
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Monkeypox: WHO declares outbreak global public health emergency | World | Breaking news and perspectives from around the world | DW
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it on Saturday. the ongoing worldwide outbreak of monkeypox, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), announced Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghrebeyesus. Tedros made the statement despite a lack of consensus among WHO emergency committee members on the monkeypox outbreak. It is the first time that a leader of a UN health agency has taken such a decision. What did Tedros say? “We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and that meets the criteria of international health regulations,” Tedros…
Read More »Steve Bannon says he’s ready to testify before panel Jan. 6 after Trump drops executive privilege claims
Former President Trump said he has waived executive privilege to allow Steve Bannon to testify before the committee on Jan. 6, according to a letter he sent his former adviser on Saturday. What’s new: The Justice Department said Trump’s lawyer, Justin Clark, told the FBI in a June 29 interview “that the former president never invoked executive privilege over any particular information or material ” related to Bannon, per a motion filed in DC District Court early Monday and obtained by the Guardian’s Hugo Lowell. Why it matters: Last November, a federal grand jury indicted Bannon on two counts of…
Read More »Public Can Help Shape Highway 199 Changes: Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News
Improving one of the region’s “deadliest highways” also involves driver education, police enforcement The driver of this Honda SUV was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 199. An open house is scheduled for Tuesday to present ideas to help make the highway safer. [Photo from OSP] Illinois Valley residents and others can weigh in Tuesday on plans to improve Redwood Highway. A final open house for the Highway 199 Corridor Plan is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 at the Boys and Girl Club, 24353 Redwood Highway, Kerby. The public will have the opportunity to examine potential improvements,…
Read More »4 arrested after 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine discovered in record seizure
Four men have been arrested and charged with federal drug trafficking charges after two and a half tons of methamphetamine was seized from a box truck that had just crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. The incident occurred on Thursday, July 7 in National City, California at approximately 4:55 p.m., when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said a 20-foot commercial truck crossed the United States through the Otay Bureau. Commercial port of entry. “Law enforcement observed the box truck as it was traveling at Hoover and 30th Street in National City,” the US Attorney’s Office for the…
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