Month: June 2023

Police say they are looking for a man who stole a car after a shooting in Tulsa Tuesday morning. According to police, the victim told officers he was dropping off a man near East 48th Street North and North Lewis Avenue around 5:40 a.m. Tuesday when the person they allegedly dropped off attacked and started chasing him down the street. . Police say the man started shooting as they chased him. Police say the victim was able to get away safely, but the man stole the victim’s car and fled the scene. Police described the vehicle as a 2010 silver…

New York business organizations are warily eyeing the end of a legislative session that also saw an increase in New York’s minimum wage and measures aimed at offsetting the effects of climate change, but those they worry will lead to additional costs for utility bills soon. future The private sector has a lot at stake in what happens in the last week of legislative work for lawmakers in Albany this year: Overall, New York’s economy has struggled to fully recover all the jobs lost immediately after the covid pandemic. At the same time, sustained inflation has driven up both wages…

HUMBOLDT, Kansas: This town is the exception that proves the rule. It’s a slight increase in population in recent years fueled by efforts to get this Allen County town of just under 2,000 people on board with the upscale dining and shopping trends that define rural Kansas. A group called A Bolder Humboldt spent years revitalizing a handful of older buildings that would otherwise sit empty and run-down with a coat of hipster glitz. “There was a feeling of ‘Let’s make the city we want to live in,’” said Paul Cloutier, the group’s leader. The efforts have met with moderate…

AUSTIN — Optimism heading into this year’s legislative session in the GOP was pretty high. All of the state’s top Republican leaders had won re-election by healthy margins. The legislature ran a record surplus. And lawmakers agreed that Texans would see steep rebates on their property taxes. At the end of the session, Attorney General Ken Paxton was fired. A $17 billion property tax cut package was dead. And the so-called Big Three — Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan — were engaged in a rare public political fight with no end in sight….

Prince Harry heads to High Court to fight MGN over phone hacking Stay up-to-date on fashion trends and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edition newsletter Stay up-to-date on fashion trends and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edition newsletter The Duke of Sussex has stoked a political firestorm by blasting the government and the press as “rock bottom” as he gives evidence in his landmark case against the publisher of the Daily Mirror at London’s High Court. In his 55-page witness statement, Prince Harry took aim at the tabloid press more broadly when he asked: “How much more blood…

Breaking news, after leaving PSG, Messi’s decision to sign for Saudi Arabia and Barcelona cry It seems like Barcelona will receive the worst news in the coming days. Everything would indicate that Lionel Messi, after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent, would go to Saudi Arabia to continue his career next season. The new information from Paris collapses the illusion of the Culés. Senior leaders of Al-Hilal traveled to Paris with the aim of closing the mega-contract with the Argentine star, sources close to the negotiations told Agence France-Presse this Sunday. Arab managers intend to meet with Leo’s agent,…

A political party in Austria has said it announced the wrong winner of its party election over the weekend. The head of the Social Democrats (SPÖ) Michaela Grubesa announced on Monday that the results of the election to decide the new president of the federal party at the party conference were confused as a result of a technical error. According to a revised count, Andreas Balber, mayor of the city and municipality of Traiskirchen, received 52.66 percent of the vote and Hans Peter Doskozil, the governor of Burgenland, received 46.51 percent of the vote. At a press conference, Balber said…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will launch his presidential campaign on Tuesday, joining a crowded and growing GOP primary field. Christie will announce his candidacy at a town hall-style event in New Hampshire, a key early primary state. The event is hosted by the New Hampshire Institute of Politics out of Manchester. He will join a field currently led by former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Other leading candidates include former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Former Vice President Mike Pence…