Month: May 2023

PHILADELPHIA – A federal police fugitive task force has recaptured the second of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia jail earlier this month, a man who had been arrested on charges in four murders, police said. authorities Ameen Hurst, 18, was arrested around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in West Philadelphia, according to Robert Clark, deputy supervisor of the U.S. Marshals Service in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Authorities had been working with the family since Tuesday evening to get Hurst to surrender, but there were several deadlines for that to happen, Clark said. Authorities had located several locations where Hurst…

CNN — Republicans have their nominee in Kentucky, Democrats have their majority in Pennsylvania, and the 2024 GOP presidential primary has another showdown between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the books. Voters threw DeSantis a couple of flak Tuesday, most notably in Kentucky, where an eleventh-hour endorsement of the Florida governor in the GOP gubernatorial primary failed. Back home in Jacksonville, Democrats unseated another DeSantis ally, electing the city’s first female mayor. Philadelphia is now likely poised to do the same. Former city councilor Cherelle Parker emerged from a deep field of Democratic candidates to…

Andy Burnham, the Labor mayor of Greater Manchester, has accused Sir Keir Starmer’s allies of reporting against him as he told them: “Leave me alone”. Burnham said that whenever he made major announcements it seemed that a “minority machine from Westminster was somehow set in motion” to work against him. Blaming young Labor advisers, he said: “All I would say to them is to leave me alone. You know, I’ve been there supporting the party and working for a majority Labor government like everyone else, but I’m doing my thing. “I’m building a very powerful positive agenda for Greater Manchester…

BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) — Members of the Buffalo Bills and Erie County Legislature Speaker April Baskin will meet Wednesday morning to discuss the new “Level Up” program. The new program was described by the Erie County Legislature as something to “provide comprehensive services to business owners who come from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to qualify to bid on government contracts.” Ron Raccuia, vice president of Pegula Sports & Entertainment, will be among those speaking about the new program. Former Buffalo Bill Thurman Thomas is also in attendance. Evan Anstey is an Associated Press, JANY and Emmy Award-nominated digital producer…

FIRST ON FOX: Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland. Greene is scheduled to withdraw articles of impeachment Wednesday against President Biden’s top cop “for facilitating the weaponization and politicization of the United States justice system against the American people.” “In his conduct as Attorney General of the United States, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of Attorney General of the United States and, to the best of his ability, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. of United States, Merrick Brian Garland continues to materially endanger…

The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards are postponed. ” data-medium-file=” data-large-file=”https://soaphub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/emmys-postponed.jpg”/>The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards are postponed. Soap operas have not been directly affected by the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, but the annual awards show that honors them has. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has made an important announcement related to the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys, which were scheduled for Friday, June 16. 50th Daytime Emmys postponed “The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards scheduled for Friday, June 16 on CBS is postponed due to the WGA [Writers Guild of America] to hit. Additionally, the Creative Arts Lifestyle…

Comment on this storycomment House Democrats plan to begin collecting signatures Wednesday for a discharge petition to raise the debt ceiling, a long-running procedural measure intended to sidestep House Republican leaders, who are negotiating with the White House on awarding several conditions, including deep spending cuts. . House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.), who previously characterized the measure as a last-ditch effort to avoid a catastrophic default, endorsed the request Wednesday in a letter to Democratic colleagues, though who expressed hope that “a real path” still exists for a bipartisan solution. “It is important that all legislative options are pursued…

Turkey has hit back at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its latest cover, which shows a caricature of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan electrocuted in a bathtub. The magazine published its weekly issue on Wednesday, three days after the Turkish elections, and it features the presidential candidate stripped and hit by an electric light bulb. The cover with the bright yellow and red cartoon reads “Erdogan: Like Cloclo, only fate will free us from him!” Cloclo was the nickname of French pop singer Claude Francois, who died in 1978 when he electrocuted himself while trying to fix a light…