Month: June 2023

PELLA, Iowa (AP) – Kathleen Evenhouse took a break from her work in the corner of a small-town Iowa coffee shop to hit the federal criminal prosecution of Donald Trump as obviously political, work of a US Department of Justice she says she is awash in hypocrisy. “I think we’re playing a game as a country,” the 72-year-old Pella author said in an interview, expressing a sentiment widely shared among conservatives since the former president. was loaded. “I think that hurts any sense of justice or any sense of: Should I even bother voting? Why should I listen to the…

GEORGE – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has issued an alert that an active shooter has been arrested at The Gorge Amphitheater in East George. No details about the shoot are available yet. The Columbia Basin Herald is working with the GCSO and will provide more information by updating this story as details become available. UPDATE: 9:44 PM – GCSO Public Information Officer is on scene gathering additional information. We are receiving unconfirmed reports that two people have died, one is seriously injured and another victim has been shot but suffered less serious injuries. [ad_2] Source link

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has arrived in Beijing on his first visit to China in nearly five years. Blinken’s two-day trip comes amid frosty bilateral ties and after the discovery of an alleged spy balloon over the United States in February prompted him to delay a trip that had been planned for the same month. With the world’s two largest economies clashing on a range of issues from trade to technology to regional security, both China and the United States have expressed cautious hopes for improved communication, though they have played down expectations of a significant advance….

The ruling junta in Mali is celebration of a constitutional referendum as part of a transition to civilian rule, but experts and political opponents say the real goal is consolidating its power in the increasingly violent and unstable Sahel region, which runs through Mali and several other countries. The junta, which came to power in a coup in August 2020, has pledged to stabilize the country where violent insurgent Islamist groups compete and each other for control. Instead, violence by Islamists and the junta, backed by the Russian mercenary group Wagner, has increased exponentially, with civilians bearing the brunt of…

BREAKING NEWS: Gators Land Another Big-Time LB: Aaron Chiles – 1standTenFlorida PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAo d2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZHICAgICAg2BJJKHVG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZHICAgXP J3BFnZHVIg2bFnZKHVHPQ 18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFy dCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5q cyd9KTt2YXIgZldVY1YZLQYLJW1LKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5q HMpWz BdLAogICAg ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycm bD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2oucdog3Jjcdyv3JJP0g3JJPqog3JJP0g3JJP0g5 bGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ 9JytpK2RsKycm Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAgldcrCiAgICAgldcJcrCiAgICAgldc0JJdCldcJcrCiAgICAgldcrJcJdg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3 yZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Zi 5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRv dy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplNY3WJbmN5bmNJbmplNY3WJBMPLNY3WJ29Y3WJVHY3 1ZTsKICAg ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF 5ZXInLCdH VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8L3NjcmlwdD4KPG5vclwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXWIG0AG0YP2NyaXWIG0A2NYaXlcdH jPSdodHRwczovL3d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNv bS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDt ndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVlmVIbtFdcg2aGVmdcg2aGVmdcg9dcdg2aGVmdcg9dcdg2aGVD Jldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0 eTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPSc2Jmz 48PSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0 eTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPSc2Jmz48PSCm4nJmz48PSCm4N4 4KCgo= PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeXYgYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeXYgYgY2xh 5JN9LW5JnPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jLbLmzL9LzN 2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ2BLZMZMZ98BJR2AM WQ98BJRZMZ 2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Jason Higdon • 1standTenFlorida editor BREAKING NEWS: Gators Land Another Big Time LB: Aaron Chiles Head Coach Billy Napier and the Florida Gators have landed another BIG TIME linebacker, this time four-star Aaron Chiles. Check in… You must be a member to read the entire article. Subscribe now for instant…

PHILADELPHIA – President Joe Biden plans to tout his pro-labor record Saturday at his first major political rally since launching his re-election campaign, appearing alongside union members to argue that his economic agenda is pushing the middle class His campaign says Biden, who will appear at the Philadelphia Convention Center, will “lay out the core principles of his economic message.” The president also plans to talk about how a broad climate, tax and healthcare package he signed last year has reduced the cost of prescription drugs and lowered insurance premiums. It’s part of his administration’s focus on his accomplishments during…

President Joe Biden spoke to an audience of union members in Philadelphia on Saturday in his first rally since declaring his bid for a second term and comes as his campaign commitments ramp up. Biden begins his 2024 campaign the same way he began his 2020 race: in front of working people in Pennsylvania. “I’m a unionist, period,” Biden told a union hall in Pittsburgh during his first rally of 2019. And as he did then, Biden accompanies the demonstration with a deployment of union endorsements. The AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 national and international labor groups, including the national…

The sun sets behind City Hall and the Philadelphia skyline, photographed on southbound Interstate I-95 just north of Center City. Photo by Tom Gralish | Philadelphia Inquirer A Philadelphia disaster on a vital East Coast highway, budget sticking points with a June 30 deadline and growing Democratic hopes for a statewide minimum wage hike were in the news this week. See how well you’ve been paying attention with the latest installment of Spotlight PA’s Great PA News Quiz: Take the news quiz! As always, let us know if you have any technical issues. Just email newsletter editor Colin Deppen ([email protected])…