Month: June 2023

CNN — GOP Miami Mayor Francis Suarez officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign Thursday, marking the long-shot candidate’s formal entry into the race. “My father taught me that you can choose your battles, and I’m choosing the biggest of my life. I’m going to run for president, I’m going to run for your children and mine. Let’s give them the future that is they deserve. It’s time to take matters into our own hands. It’s time to get things started,” Suarez, who came forward Wednesday, said in a video released Thursday morning. Later that night, during a speech at the…

HUNTINGBURG, Ind. (WEHT) — The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects “free speech,” and a tri-state resident says he’ll make the most of his rights. Tammy Mundy of Huntingburg has displayed many signs in the yard of her residence expressing her views on the political positions she has taken. “I’m not going to let them down,” Mundy said. “I have windows, I have a garage, I will put them in my house if necessary.” While she says that some like her, she signs that others don’t agree with them. “The city of Huntingburg came and knocked on my door,”…

CNN — Several US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software, according to a US cybersecurity agency. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency “is supporting several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions affecting their MOVEit applications,” Eric Goldstein, the agency’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, said in a statement Thursday on CNN, referring to the affected software. . “We are working urgently to understand the impacts and ensure timely remediation.” Aside from US government agencies, “several hundred” companies and organizations in the US could be…

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – On this week’s episode of Eye on Politics, political reporter Jack Fink talks to newly re-elected mayors of Dallas and Arlington, Eric Johnson and Jim Ross, about what they hope to accomplish during their second term. Each week, CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond. Watch the latest episode of Eye on Politics in the video player above and catch new episodes live every Thursday and Friday at 7:00 PM on CBS News Texas. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson Dallas residents recently…

The family of Abby Lutz, one of two Americans found dead in Mexico on Tuesday, said Thursday they believe she and her boyfriend died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on vacation. Abby Lutz was spotted with her boyfriend, John Heathco, in a hotel room in the community of El Pescadero in Mexico Baja California Peninsula, according to the Baja California State Attorney. The initial forensic examination indicated that the couple died of intoxication by a substance, which authorities are still working to identify. Lutz’s family said in their GoFundMe campaign for funeral costs that authorities informed them the couple may…

At least 15 people have been killed and 10 injured in a “mass casualty collision” on a highway in Canada on Thursday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The crash happened on the Trans-Canada Highway between a semi-trailer truck and a bus near the southwestern Manitoba town of Carberry, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Smoke rises from a car after a fatal crash near Carberry, west of Winnipeg, Canada, on June 15, 2023. Nirmesh Vadera/AFP via Getty Images The collision occurred around 11:40 local time. The semi-trailer was traveling east on Highway 1 when it struck the bus,…

NEW YORK (WISH) – Former Vice President and Governor of Indiana Mike Pence is the author of another book, this time with input from his eldest daughter, Simon & Schuster. “Go Home for Dinner: Tips on How Faith Makes a Family and Family Makes a Life” is on sale online for $30 ahead of its November 14 release. It is listed as written by the current Republican presidential candidate “with Charlotte Pence Bond.” A writer, Charlotte is the second child of Mike and his wife, Karen Pence. Simon & Schuster’s notes on the 352-page book say his short chapters will…

More than two and a half years after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new study estimates that about 12 million Americans would support violence to restore former President Donald Trump to power. But support for violence is not limited to the far right. After the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, 22 million Americans now say force would be justified to restore abortion rights. Meanwhile, one in 10 American adults believe the US government is run by Satan-worshiping pedophiles. These are just some of the latest findings from the University of Chicago’s Chicago…