Month: August 2022

Arrests for crimes Assault – Alfredo Daniel Martinez, 32, of Kennewick, Washington. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Martinez on Wednesday on warrants charging him with five counts of third-degree assault by driving under the influence and misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, assault by fourth degree and reckless driving. He was being held Friday in the Jackson County Jail without bond. Theft – Carrie-Michelle C. Miller, 36, of Palo Alto, California. Medford police arrested Miller Wednesday on felony second-degree burglary, misdemeanor second-degree burglary and warrants for failure to appear in court on previous charges of driving while suspended or…

Relations between China and the United States have not been as strong as they were before 2008 and will continue to worsen, said Matt Gertken, chief strategist, geopolitical strategy and US political strategy at BCA Research. His comments come after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. During her trip, Pelosi publicly stated that Taiwan is an independent nation, which China disputes. Beijing claims Taiwan is a rogue province of China. “Over the last eight or 10 years, we’ve seen the United States and China no longer engage as they did between 1972 and 2008,” Gertken said. “This will continue….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – During Fancy Farm this year, a handful of Republican politicians made jokes against the LGBTQ community, specifically the transgender community, during their speeches. Spectrum News 1 reached out to the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ advocacy organization in Kentucky, to hear their response. The organization’s executive director, Chris Hartman, said, “Shame on Kentucky Republicans for trying to turn Kentucky’s trans kids into political pawns for votes.” What you need to know Held on the first Saturday in August, Fancy Farm is an annual political picnic in western Kentucky where many political candidates running for the upcoming election give…

“My gut feeling is that they don’t add up to transformative issues on the scale of Social Security, the Securities Exchange Act, the Federal Housing Administration, the Civil Rights Act of ’64,” said David M. Kennedy , a historian at Stanford University and the author of “Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.” How Times reporters cover politics. We trust our journalists to be independent observers. So while Times staff members can vote, they are not allowed to endorse or campaign for political candidates or causes. This includes participating in marches or demonstrations in support of…

The Duval County Democratic Party posted the announcement on its Twitter page. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A political ad made by the Duval County Democratic Party and posted on Twitter targets Duval County School Board candidate April Carney saying show a facebook post in which he says he was “there” at the 2021 capitol uprising. “It was important for us to be able to share that information with the voters and let them make a judgment call about whether or not he was the right person for this very important position,” Daniel Henry said. He is the chairman of the Duval…

The FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida mansion has made the most headlines this week, but lawmakers in Pennsylvania are also being thrown into the probe. On Wednesday, PennLive reported that the FBI served subpoenas on the offices of several Republican state representatives and senators in Harrisburg. The names of the lawmakers have not been confirmed, and as of Friday, GOP spokesmen said they had no evidence the members were targeted. This news came shortly after the revelation that federal agents had seized US Rep. Scott Perry’s cell phone as part of an ongoing investigation. Perry, R-10th District,…

Neighbor rushes to get dogs out of burning house after explosion in Jeannette, no injuries reported JEANNETTE, Pa. – “I saw the fire almost breaking through the windows, you could hear the glass breaking.” Robert Williams was standing at his bathroom window when he saw flames and smoke coming from his neighbor’s house on South 14th Street. He called 911 and ran outside. “She was screaming that the pets were inside, so me and three other people went in and tried to get the pets out,” Williams said. As Williams rushed to get the family’s dogs out, an explosion was…

This may just be another piece of bad news. And if so, there is evidence that many of you are walking away in despair. The Reuters Institute revealed last month that 42% of Americans actively avoid the news at least some of the time because it bothers them or they simply don’t believe it. Fifteen percent said they disengaged from news coverage altogether. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom and Brazil, the numbers who selectively avoided it were even higher. “In America, those who identify on the right are much more likely to avoid the news because they…