Month: May 2023

LANSING, Mich. — Mostly sunny and hot with possible showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon. Our stretch of blistering temperatures and sunny skies is likely to extend this week, leading to ideal days along Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan waters are currently in the upper 40s to lower 50s with low tides. The warming trend continues, too, with a couple of days likely to reach or exceed 90 degrees. High pressure is expected to remain in control, slowly meandering across the Great Lakes region. Want to know more about the weather? Visit the FOX47News website. Stay in touch with us anytime,…

Labor accuses PM of being ‘slippery’ with Covid research messages Good morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog. Let’s start the day with Labor accuses Rishi Sunak of being ‘slippery’ in row over whether government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and other documents to Covid inquiry. The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting has said Sky News the prime minister should “comply with the inquiry and do it today”. He said: I think the Prime Minister looks very slippery today. He says he wants the government to cooperate with the investigation, but the government has withheld information…

Persily wrote, however, that his analysis falls into a second school of thought: I don’t think most of the emotional polarization is motivated by a misunderstanding of the facts. In fact, I think many in this field make the mistake of thinking that the line to watch is the line between truth and lies. Rather, I think the critical question is usually whether the truth is relevant or not. In this context, according to Persily, “partisan polarization resembles religious polarization. Trying to ‘disprove’ someone’s long-standing religion will rarely do much to convince them that your god is the right one.”…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s foreign ministry has summoned the deputy U.S. ambassador over a series of tweets the embassy sent calling for peaceful elections in a country that has a history of violent voting and disputed The ministry accused the embassy of “election-related social media posts that limit activism and meddling in Zimbabwe’s internal affairs.” Deputy Ambassador Elaine French was summoned to a meeting with Zimbabwe’s acting Permanent Secretary Rofina Chikava on Tuesday following the posts on the US Embassy’s official Twitter account. Zimbabwe’s foreign ministry said it had a particular problem with a May 26 tweet calling on…

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Subscribe to our free newsletters. HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro refuses to release his daily schedule, a policy that obscures many of the details about who he meets and what they discuss. The decision breaks with the practice of his predecessor and is the new governor’s last option to reverse a transparency measure. The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, an independent state agency that resolves right-to-know disputes, recently ruled in favor of Shapiro and found that…

Jacksonville, Fl – Two suspects are being sought in connection with a fatal shooting on Jacksonville’s west side this morning. Jacksonville police say a man was transported from Lane Avenue south of Normandy Boulevard with at least one gunshot wound. He later died in hospital. According to JSO, a fight ensued between the victim and two other men, who fled in a dark-colored sedan. The relationship between the three men is currently unknown. The witnesses were detained for questioning by investigators. JSO says a VyStar ATM and cameras from other companies can be helpful in capturing the shooting and identifying…

Give this item as a gift Share this article without paywalls. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie”, sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and the Central Bank should be abolished . He could also be the next president of Argentina. Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei, center, arrives to present his book “The End of Inflation” at the Buenos Aires Book Fair on May 14 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Natacha Pisarenko, Associated Press Javier Milei, an admirer of former US President Donald Trump, is the latest…

The Nebraska Legislature moved forward to end the 2023 session ahead of schedule Tuesday, even as several major bills that have passed face legal or political challenges. This year’s legislative session was originally scheduled to adjourn on Friday, June 9. But on Tuesday, Legislature Speaker John Arch announced that Thursday, June 1, will be the last day. “Although I had hoped last week that Thursday might be our last day of session, I was not prepared to announce it until I had the governor’s assurance that there would be no possibility of a pocket veto. I have received that assurance…