Month: June 2023

In a 2024 Republican presidential field filled with long-term candidates, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may be the longest running role of all. No sitting mayor has ever been elected president of the United States, a job that has historically been won by governors, vice presidents, senators or cabinet secretaries. Some former mayors have become commanders in chief, but only after holding high-profile positions. None of this has deterred Suárez, who announced his campaign last week talking about his experience leading the city of about 450,000 inhabitants. Being Miami’s two-term mayor, he said, has helped him understand and confront issues facing…

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. – Brookhaven police are investigating a shooting incident at a shopping center on Buford Highway. Police told Channel 2 Action News officers received reports of a person shot outside a shopping plaza on Buford Highway. We have a team on the scene gathering information and will have the latest breaking news on Channel 2 Action News at midday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Officers have confirmed that one person has been shot. They were taken to hospital in critical condition. Authorities are looking for a suspect who is considered armed and dangerous. The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — On his first day as attorney general, Merrick Garland pledged to return to what he called the Justice Department’s “rules” and said he would work to eliminate the perception of political interference. But in the two years since he took office, the former federal judge has found himself in the middle of a political storm of historic proportions. The case against Donald Trump, the first former president to face federal criminal charges, brought a throng of protesters to a Miami courthouse last week, as well as a flood of messages from Trump on social media and an…

A tornado hits Logan County Sunday morning Updated: 8:17 AM CDT June 18, 2023 Hide transcript Show transcript FAR AWAY? WELL, PHIL, WE PASSED THROUGH LOGAN COUNTY THIS MORNING. >> NOW WE’RE IN SCRANTON. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN SO FAR, WE’VE SEEN POWER LINES DOWN, TREES DOWN, A LOT OF LIMBS IN THE AREA. BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE WORST DAMAGE WE’VE SEEN. GO LEAVE MY PHOTOJOURNALIST, JACOB ADAMS HERE. THIS IS A HOUSE OF LICE HERE IN SCRANTON. AND PARTS OF THE FLOOR HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS WOOL…

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The editorial board and opinion section staff are independent from the newsgathering side of our organization. Through our staff-written editorials, we take positions on important issues that affect our readers, from pension reform to protecting our region’s unique natural resources to transportation. Editorials are unsigned because, while written by one or more of our staff members, they represent the point of view of our news organization’s management. To take informed positions, we meet frequently with government, community and business leaders on important issues affecting our cities, region and state. During elections, we meet with candidates for office and proponents and…

In what was surely a case of unintended consequences, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision a year ago that overturned Roe v. Wade is putting abortion opponents increasingly out of step with public opinion and creating political dangers for candidates on his side. In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll, one in four Americans say subsequent state efforts to impose strict limits on abortion access have made them more supportive of abortion rights. The Dobbs decision, which removed access to abortion as a constitutionally protected right, galvanized the anti-abortion movement, but its fallout is helping to boost support for legal abortion…

A new video showing a party at Conservative Party headquarters shows staff drinking and dancing during the Covid pandemic. One person is heard saying that it’s okay to film “as long as we don’t play it like we’re, like, following the rules.” The video, published by the Mirror, date of December 2020 when London was in level 2 restrictions. Home Secretary Michael Gove has apologized for the video, saying it was “indefensible”. The Conservative Party said four people were disciplined, but it is not clear who they are. BBC political correspondent Helen Catt breaks down the video. Video by Mattea…