Hageman defeats Cheney in House primaries, ending political legacy | Wyoming News
CHEYENNE — Former President Donald Trump endorsed her. Polls predicted his victory. Republicans rallied around her as the dominant challenger to an incumbent congresswoman vilified by the Wyoming GOP. And on Tuesday night, land attorney Harriet Hageman broke with a long political legacy, defeating Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming’s GOP congressional primary and cementing the state GOP’s loyalty to the former president. The crowd cheered loudly as Hageman took the stage for his election party at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center after calling the election. “With our vote today, Wyoming has put the elites on notice; we will no…
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Political Notes: MACo Fundraising Circuit, Human Lawmakers, FOP Back Ball, Bidens Head to Md.
The 2022 Association of Maryland Counties Summer Conference will be held this week in Ocean City. Stock.adobe.com photo by Christopher Boswell. The annual summer conference of the Association of Maryland Counties begins Wednesday in Ocean City, and beyond the official events taking place at the Roland Powell Convention Center and the plethora of free receptions sponsored by political leaders, businesses lobby and special interest groups, there There are at least seven candidate and political committee fundraisers scheduled to coincide with the convention. They are: A fundraiser Wednesday for Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at…
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British Rwandan deportation flights grounded over warning of political assassinations
Court documents reveal that the UK’s deportation plan to take asylum seekers back to Rwanda was canceled in June after government officials were warned of human rights abuses, including torture and killings . File photo by Andy Rain/EPA-EFE. Aug. 16 (UPI) — The first flight to bring asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda was canceled in June after UK ministers were warned about human rights abuses by the Rwandan government, including torture and killings, according to documents released Tuesday in Britain’s high court. The court is considering an application by an Foreign Office official to preserve parts of the sealed…
Read More »GBI investigates death of juvenile in custody at Waycross Regional Juvenile Detention Center – Action News Jax
WAYCROSS, Ga. – A young man died while in custody at a detention center last week, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it is now investigating. The GBI said in a news release that its Douglas Regional Office was called around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, to the Waycross Regional Juvenile Detention Center to investigate after a juvenile was found not answered When he lost consciousness, “he was in the presence of a staff member and other minors,” investigators said. The boy, who was not identified by the GBI, was taken to Memorial Health Hospital in Savannah and later…
Read More »Police: Intruder arrested after breaking into sleeping woman’s El Cajon apartment
THE CAJON — A man broke into a sleeping woman’s apartment early Tuesday morning in El Cajó and, after rummaging through her belongings, turned on the television and masturbated before falling asleep, the police. Officers later took the 44-year-old man into custody without incident after a relative of the woman, who police described as elderly without giving his age, saw him on an interior security camera and called 911 , El Cajon Police Lt. Walt Miller wrote in a news release. The incident happened around 5:15 a.m. at an apartment on East Lexington Avenue near South Magnolia Avenue, where the…
Read More »Rogue Retreat founder quits: Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News
Chad McComas said he was given the option to resign or be fired from Rogue Retreat this week and chose not to resign. Rogue Retreat founder Chad McComas was let go by the nonprofit on Tuesday. [Mail Tribune/file photo] Rogue Retreat founder and executive director Chad McComas was told Monday to resign by 5 p.m. Tuesday or be fired from the organization he founded more than 24 years ago. He chose the latter. McComas had been on administrative leave since mid-June, after a pair of nonprofits, Siskiyou Abolition and Siskiyou Rising, claimed meetings held at McComas’ Set Free Ministries endorsed…
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New cars are breaking the gender disparity in car crash fatalities
The newer the car, the safer it is for women drivers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a new report Tuesday. While the NHTSA’s previous report, published in 2013, found that women had a much higher risk of dying in car crashes compared to men, the 2022 report said car technology more recently, in accordance with the strengthened regulations, the disparity has decreased. According to the National Road Safety Strategy released by the Department for Transport in February, officials said that while men make up more than 70% of drivers involved in fatal crashes, the risk of motor…
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‘Breaking Bad’ statues spark GOP outrage in NM for promoting ‘meth dealers’
Bryan Cranston i Aaron Paul they are forever enshrined in bronze in the city of Albuquerque, something that conservatives are up against, claiming the statues glorify meth. At the end of last month, mayor Tim Keller unveiled 2 statues honoring the ‘Breaking Bad’ stars, now on display at the Albuquerque Convention Center, following a ceremony where BC and AP were on hand to pose with their metal counterparts . It was a kitschy, fun thing that seemed innocent enough, like a shout-out to the actors and a show to put the spotlight on their city and state, but now, some…
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