Month: May 2023

SAN ANTONIO – A man heard the sounds of his car being broken into, and when he went outside, the suspects shot him, the San Antonio Police Department said. The shooting happened shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of Fairmeadows Street on the city’s south side. Police said the suspects fired at the man and he was hit in the lower abdomen. The man, however, pulled out a gun and also fired, possibly hitting them. SAPD searched the area but did not find the suspects. The only description provided was that they were in a dark colored…

The parade begins with the raising of the flag at the International Mother’s Day Shrine – 9 a.m. Performed by the Taylor County Honor Guard accompanied by the 249th Army National Guard Band. Parade Co-Chair: Scott Willis Parade Co-Chair: Chad Royce Grafton City Police – Coleman Durrett, Cpl Taylor County Sheriff’s Department — Terry A. Austin, Sheriff West Virginia State Police Taylor County Honor Guard Band – 249th Army National Guard Band – Morgantown Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Taylor County Emergency Response Team West Virginia Memorial Day Flag Military Order of the Purple Heart — Chapter 724 — Bob Carr,…

TEQUESTA – A popular morning show on conservative Fox News came to town Friday to let local viewers sound off on the Trump-DeSantis rivalry and other political issues. “Who likes Donald Trump? Who loves the governor?” Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked the dozens of people enjoying breakfast at sunrise at Tiki 52 for a loud, effusive round of applause for the two 2024 Republican presidential candidates. The scene was festive with live music, cheering and waving cameras as Doocy talked to people from the table to the dock. Beyond the network microphones, the fierce campaign rivalry simmering between…

Pignanelli & Webb: Happy Memorial Day weekend. This is the unofficial start of summer and a break from the grind when our leaders stop to think about their biggest challenges and how to solve them. Now Utah politicians and other leaders have access to a new tool to help them succeed: ChatGPT, a form of artificial intelligence. What questions would our civic leaders ask at ChatGPT? We relay our best guesses about the wisdom our leaders might seek from the AI ​​oracle. We are still working on hacking the answers. Gov. Spencer Cox: “How can I properly say what I…

Ed Dornlas, Las Vegas Saturday, May 27, 2023 | 2 am Long before we had a polio vaccine, there was a charity called the March of Dimes. He was dedicated to finding a cure for polio. After developing the vaccine, the charity had to change its focus from polio to childhood cancer. It is unlikely that childhood cancer will ever be eradicated, as polio was, because every cancer is a little different. Politicians have noticed. Problems are not useful if they are solved. Take immigration. Most Americans are immigrants not too many generations ago. I certainly am. People are flexible…

BEIJING, May 27 (Reuters) – China will make concrete efforts for a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, citing special envoy Li Hui. China has always adhered to an objective and fair position on Ukraine, advocated peace and promoted talks, Li told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Li, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Russia, held meetings and talks with Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Ministers Andrey Rudenkon and Mikhail Galuzin. The two sides exchanged views on China-Russia relations and a political settlement for the Ukraine crisis and agreed that President…

What should Americans pay for the legacy of slavery and a century of Jim Crow segregation? For decades, the question was mostly academic. Democrats and activists then seized on it during a time of racial reexamination after the 2020 killing of George Floyd, and several cities and states created commissions to study reparations for black Americans. Now, as these commissions announce their recommendations, the political climate is very different from just three years ago. A widespread “anti-woke” movement on the right has targeted programs aimed at social and racial justice, and the hard cash figures being proposed as reparations are…

What should Americans pay for the legacy of slavery and a century of Jim Crow segregation? For decades, the question was mostly academic. Democrats and activists then seized on it during a time of racial reexamination after the 2020 killing of George Floyd, and several cities and states created commissions to study reparations for black Americans. Now, as these commissions announce their recommendations, the political climate is very different from just three years ago. A widespread “anti-woke” movement on the right has targeted programs aimed at social and racial justice, and the hard cash figures being proposed as reparations are…