Month: August 2022

Public servant Jim Lewis died this week Jim Lewis [© David Gibb Photography] Jim Lewis [© David Gibb Photography] Jim Lewis, longtime Jacksonville City Council member, former mayor and chairman of the Rogue Valley Council of Government Jim Lewis, died Aug. 8, ending a nearly four-decade run of public service, leaving behind countless members of the community who remember a consummate gentleman and a kind and devoted leader. . Lewis left this world looking like the beloved public servant and former mayor that people always knew, said Gayle Lewis, his wife of 51 years. Lewis, 77, suffered a catastrophic event…

For months, it was unclear whether the House Select Committee investigating on Jan. 6, 2021, would be able to overcome his obstruction and penetrate his West Wing. Baffled critics complained that the Justice Department was not drilling into his inner circle to examine whether his efforts to steal the 2020 election broke the law. But now critics who, through two impeachments, a Russia investigation and multiple scandals, have come to share Trump’s belief that he could shoot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue and get away with it that his impunity may be in question for the first time. A…

State police recommend Hadi Matar, 24, be charged with attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at a talk show in West New York . [Original story, published at 11:09 a.m. ET] Later in the day, Rushdie was put on a ventilator and unable to speak, his agent, Andrew Wylie, he told the New York Times. He will probably lose an eye, Wylie said. “The nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged. The news is not good.” A suspect was arrested a short time later and authorities are…

From Kyiv Independent: 2 in the afternoon Governor: Russian army command leaves Kherson. According to the governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaliy Kim, the command of the Russian army has moved to the left bank of the Dnipro River. Earlier, Ukraine reported that it hit a bridge over the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Kherson Oblast, preventing Russian forces from easily crossing the river and splitting the occupied Kherson Oblast in half. If Kos is still there [and not in the pool]I like to hear your opinion on this. Also from Kyiv Independent: Podolyak: Russian troops bomb a nuclear power plant to cut…

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lyman High School student was arrested Friday for having an unloaded gun on campus, according to school officials. No specific threats were ever made on campus, the school principal said in an email to parents. Around 1:30 p.m., Longwood Police Department school resource officers received a report of a 15-year-old student causing a disturbance with a school employee, according to police. During officers’ interaction with the student, he attempted to place a backpack in a different classroom while speaking with officers. The student became disruptive with employees and refused to cooperate with school resource officers…

It’s been over 100 days since Donald J. Trump was interviewed on Fox News. The chain, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch and fueled the rise of Mr. From a real estate developer and reality TV star to the White House, Trump now often overlooks him in favor of showcasing other Republicans. In the former president’s view, Fox’s ignoring him is a far worse affront than running stories and comments he’s complained are “too negative,” according to two people who have spoken to him recently. . The network is effectively displacing him from his favorite place: the center of the…