Month: August 2022

At least one lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump signed a written statement in June stating that all material marked classified and kept in boxes in a storage area at the Mar-a-Lago residence and clubhouse of Mr. Trump had been returned to government. , four people with knowledge of the document said. The written statement followed a June 3 visit to Mar-a-Lago by Jay I. Bratt, the top counterintelligence official in the Justice Department’s homeland security division. The existence of the signed statement, which has not been previously reported, is a possible indication that Mr. Trump or his team…

HONOLULU (AP) – Candidates running in Saturday’s primary election to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. David Ige include a former first lady, a retired mixed martial arts champion and a congressman seen as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot. Democratic U.S. Rep. Kaiali’i Kahele’s decision to run for governor has opened up his congressional seat representing rural Oahu and neighboring islands. In the U.S. Senate, incumbent Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz is also running for re-election and faces a primary challenge from a little-known candidate. Hawaii is a vote-by-mail state, so voters have been mailing their ballots and placing them in mailboxes across the…

SHEFFIELD, Ala. (WHNT) – A new Veterans Affairs clinic will double the amount of space to treat veterans in northwest Alabama, and the groundbreaking ceremony is next week. The Birmingham VA Health Care System will open the new clinic, located at 410 Cox Blvd. in Sheffield at 10am on Friday 19 August. NOW HIRING: The Athens Buc-ee location is now accepting applications In addition to doubling the space (from 6,300 square meters to more than 16,000 square meters), the following services will be offered: 18 patient rooms for primary care, women’s health and mental health Three telehealth rooms New services,…

Nearly 935,000 people in southeast Michigan were advised to boil their drinking water Saturday after a critical water main break was reported. The 23 communities include Flint, Pontiac, Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, Utica and Troy, The Great Lakes Water Authority said. GLWA is working to isolate a break in a 120-inch water transmission main that distributes finished drinking water from our Lake Huron water treatment facility to communities in the northern part of the service area of drinking water from GLWA. pic.twitter.com/X2z34yAUhN — Great Lakes Water Authority (@glwatermi) August 13, 2022 Crews identified the location of the leak, which is…

Devastating news for Nikolai Knyzhov. The San Jose Sharks announced today that Knyzhov recently ruptured his right Achilles tendon while practicing off the ice. He had successful surgery on August 10 and will be out for approximately six months. What an exciting way to start the day for Sharks fans: Knyzhov, 24, has already missed all of last season with groin injuries and an infection following surgery. And the popular defender will continue to sit until Valentine’s Day. Knyzhov was named the San Jose Sharks Rookie of the Year in 2020-21, as the free agent out of the KHL rose…

Mopping up continues along the perimeter of the fire with crews looking to “find and destroy method hot spots.” Alpine Wildfire Services conducts a cleanup on the McKinney Fire along Mill Creek Road. [Courtesy Klamath National Forest] The McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County was 90 percent contained Saturday, but that “doesn’t mean the work is done,” said Dennis Burns, fire behavior analyst for the Fire Management Team. ‘California Interagency Incidents II, during a fire briefing Saturday. Standing in front of a map of the fire, Burns pointed to a red segment on its west side that crews are still working…

A gunman who died in a shootout Thursday after trying to breach the FBI office in Cincinnati has ties to Tampa Bay and was registered to vote in Hillsborough County as recently as 2021, records show. Ricky Walter Shiffer, 42, was armed with a nail gun and an AR-15-style rifle when he tried to break into the visitor screening area at the FBI office, authorities said. Shiffer fled when officers confronted him. A state trooper later spotted Shiffer along a road and engaged in a shootout that ended with the police being killed, authorities said. Shiffer has lived at several…