Month: May 2023

A series of free classes are being held in the Tampa Bay region to teach self-defense skills to members of the LGBTQ+ community. Comes as implements from Florida new laws that target their rights and, as the Department of Homeland Security warns, threats of violence have increased nationally against the LGBTQ+ community. Family collective foundan LGBTQ+ support group, organizes the events while the self-defense company Mark of arms offers the training. An introductory class was held in St. Petersburg in March, while a second class was held at CrossFit ABF in Clearwater on a recent Saturday. About 30 participants stood…

How New York should respond to the thousands of migrants arriving in the state highlights the political divide seen nationally on the issue. For Democrats, lawmakers this week backed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to allow migrants seeking asylum in the US a chance to work more quickly. Meanwhile, Republicans are criticizing plans to move migrants out of New York City and, in some cases, from possible State University of New York campuses. Either way, the national debate over migrant policy is now part of New York politics. Democratic state Rep. Pat Fahy and dozens of her colleagues urged President Joe…

Boris Johnson has insisted new claims he broke lockdown rules are “complete nonsense” and that items from his ministerial diary were “picked and handed to the police”. The former prime minister confronted Sky News about the allegations as he passed through Dulles International Airport in Washington after a brief tour of the United States. Asked if he broke the rules, he told Sky’s US correspondent James Matthews: “This is all a load of nonsense from start to finish. “I think it’s ridiculous that items in my diary should be picked out and given to the police, to the privilege committee…

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Officers from the New York State Office of Environmental Conservation and representatives from the Niagara Falls police and fire departments, as well as the code enforcement office, descended on a industrial property owned by mayoral candidate Demetreus Nix in response to a pair of complaints filed about a potential potential. environmental hazards at work. Nix, who earlier this month won a lawsuit against the Niagara County Board of Elections that resulted in a spot on the ballot for the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary, accused one of other candidates in the race, incumbent Democrat Robert Restaino, selectively. directing his property for…

CNN — If Congress does not address the debt ceiling by June 5, the U.S. Treasury Department will not have enough funds to pay all of the nation’s obligations in full and on time, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday. “Based on the most recent data available, we now estimate that the Treasury will not have sufficient resources to meet the government’s obligations if Congress has not raised or suspended the debt limit by June 5,” he said. he wrote in a letter to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders. The latest missive comes as President…

Kermit Rowe, who works part-time with Habitat for Humanity, said with lower monthly housing costs, families can focus on other expenses and provide for the future. “It gives them something to build as a legacy that they know if they’re just able to make those lower house payments, they’ll have something to pass on to their family one day,” Rowe said. In accordance with Habitat for Humanity, the New Carlisle family consists of husband and wife Len and Alicia and children Benjamin and Gabby. Len served in the United States Navy on the USS Independence where he was exposed to…

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday evening, May 22, 2023, as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., continue to meet in impasse over the government debt ceiling. There was no deal on Monday as Washington races to reach a budget compromise and raise the nation’s debt limit in time to avoid a potentially devastating federal default as early as next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) LOGAN – The United States reached its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling in January 2023. Without the ability to increase the debt, the Treasury Department has been conducting complicated…