Month: May 2023

meIn April, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, suggested that the severe drought would become “one of the central political and territorial debates in our country in the coming years”. This stark warning surely applies to southern Europe as a whole, as the prospect of another summer crisis looms after a disastrously dry winter. The absence of snow from the Alps has left Italy’s Po River as shallow like during the summer of last year, very hot. In January and February, France recorded the highest number of days without rain since records began, and there are water restrictions in the…

The panel: Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, East Point, @DeanaIngraham Jim Galloway, former political columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, @JimJournalist Leo Smith, GOP political consultant and founder of Engaged Futures, @leosmithtweets Meg Kinnard, National Politics Reporter, Associated Press, @MegKinnardAP The breakdown: 1. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launch their bids for the Republican presidential nomination. US Senator Tim Scott has represented South Carolina since 2013. He presents himself as a true conservative with a positive story to tell. Meg Kinnard, says Tim Scott and Nikki Haley share a home state, and that could split the vote. Florida…

A new law allowing teenagers who live or work on family farms to receive limited-use driver’s licenses has divided local residents over whether the privilege is a good idea. House Bill 1962 makes 14-year-olds who live or work on a family farm eligible for driver’s licenses. The new permit allows these teenagers to drive directly to home, work or school. District 26 state Sen. Darcy Jech, R-Kingfisher, was the lead author of the bill in the Senate. “Many children in rural communities start working on the family farm at a very young age,” Jech said in a House press release….

Details from police are limited, but four people were shot Friday afternoon at a home in the 14700 block of Birchdale Drive in Dale City. As of 3 p.m., police had not yet announced the arrest. Prince William County police began responding shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 26 to reports of a shooting at a home in the 14700 block of Birchdale Drive. They arrived to find a person with gunshot wounds outside the home. Three other victims, all unconscious, were located by police, according to police radio traffic. All four victims were shot inside a home on…

GASTONIA, NC (WBTV) – An investigation is underway after a man was found dead in a car in Crowders Mountain State Park Friday afternoon According to the Gastonia Police Department, the public is not in danger. The man was found around 2:34 p.m., according to police. #Breaking Death investigation GPD is conducting a death investigation at Crowders Mountain State Park. Man found dead in a car. There is no danger to the public. First call received at 2:34 p.m. pic.twitter.com/6czO4ApdGW — Gastonia Police (@GPDNC) May 26, 2023 This is a developing story. Get the latest updates delivered directly to your…

A CV90 made by BAE shown in a snowy landscape. (Courtesy BAE) BRNO, Czech Republic — It’s proving to be a big week for the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), with a new customer buying in and the vehicles set to be “operational” in Ukraine in the coming days. On 24 May, the government of the Czech Republic confirmed that it had successfully completed negotiations with its Swedish counterpart and BAE Systems Hägglunds to acquire 246 MkIV CV90s. The contract, valued at $2.2 billion, will include seven different variants of the CV90. One hundred and forty of the platforms, the…

A Facebook video claimed that a US Navy destroyer recently fired on an armed Iranian ship. But the post misrepresented a 6-year-old story as breaking news. “Breaking: Armed Iranian ship just encountered US destroyer, see what we just fired at it,” read the caption of one May 25 Facebook postechoing the headline of a video he shared. US encounters with Iranian ships in the Persian Gulf are not uncommon: Earlier this month, the The US Navy said it has increased patrols in the nearby Strait of Hormuz in response to the seizures of merchant ships. But we found no recent…

After almost countless conversations with Dan Payne on the radio over many election nights and on WBUR’s Morning Edition, it’s very hard to say goodbye. Dan Payne. Dan, on the Democratic side, and Todd Domke, on the Republican side, were regulars on WBUR for many, many years as we covered the happenings and craziness of local political races in everything from municipal, gubernatorial and of Congress in Massachusetts. , in the United States Senate campaigns, in the New Hampshire presidential primary and in the general election. Dan died earlier this month aged 79 from cancer. The political consultant and commentator…