Month: June 2023

In what is a shocking new direction for Final Fantasy, and the RPG genre as a whole, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will have a story and characters. Hard to wrap your head around, isn’t it? But apparently it’s the truth. Square Enix has released another strange developer update for the upcoming sequel. This particular post says, “Players will witness a chain of narrative developments […] while discovering the fate of each character.” Not everyone is as smart as we are, so we won’t judge you if the terminology has slipped your mind. In this case, a “chain of narrative developments”…

ANTIGO, Wis. (WSAW) – A 41-year-old Antigo man is in police custody and two children are safe, after a hostage situation Saturday night that ended early Sunday morning. Antigo Police Chief Dan Duly told NewsChannel 7 that police responded to a domestic dispute call at approximately 8:48 p.m. Saturday. When police responded, the man barricaded himself inside the home, with two young children, in the 700 block of Pierce Avenue. The man threatened to shoot the officers. Area residents were contacted and asked to shelter in place. During the incident, officers entered the interior and were able to safely rescue…

Authorities in Marlow say there were no injuries or fatalities after seven train cars carrying grain, flour and dirt derailed Sunday afternoon. Marlow Fire Chief Jason Miller said the cars at the back of the train derailed around 12:30 a.m. near East Memorial Drive and North Railroad Street in Stephens County. Miller said there were no hazardous materials on board. Miller said it’s a Union Pacific train and the company has crews on the way to investigate what caused the derailment and remove the cars. The intersection of Main Street, Memorial and Choctaw is blocked, which Miller says is the…

NEW YORK (AP) – Billy Joel is finally moving from his monthly perch at Madison Square Garden. The singer-songwriter says he will conclude his residency in July 2024 with his 150th lifetime performance at the venue. “It’s hard to believe we’ve been able to do this for 10 years,” Joel said at a news conference Thursday. “I am now 74 years old. Next year I’ll be 75. That sounds like a good number.” The record-breaking residency began in January 2014 with Joel playing one show each month at the Garden for, as he said at the time, “as long as…

CBS News political panel on what voters can expect as the Republican presidential race heats up – CBS News Watch CBS News The 2024 campaign got to work in Iowa this weekend, as most declared or potential Republican candidates visited the early nominating state. Notably absent was GOP front-runner former President Donald Trump, who was off the court this weekend. Joined by CBS News Political Correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News Senior White House and Political Correspondent Ed O’Keefe, and CBS News Chief Elections and Campaigns Correspondent Robert Costa on “Face the Nation” to discuss. Be the first to know Receive…

Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest Republican presidential candidate in 2024 and a self-proclaimed political outsider, made his “America First” pitch at the White House on Sunday as he defended his view that the US must impose “big concessions” on Ukraine to end the invasion of Russia. and allow for a sharper approach to dealing with China. “The job of the president of the United States is to look out for American interests,” said Martha Raddatz, co-anchor of ABC’s “This Week,” arguing that military support for Ukraine’s continued resistance to Russia’s invasion is a less compelling goal than dealing with Beijing. Ramaswamy’s…

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Despite the scandals that forced former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan out of office, the leader of Republican lawmakers in the Illinois House said there has yet to be significant ethics reform. As Madigan, some former lawmakers and others face corruption charges, state Rep. Tony McCombie said the General Assembly should pass stricter regulations to discourage future occurrences. “We have to be transparent,” the House Minority Leader said. “We need to be open and we need to be clear. Without doing anything, again, ethically, and the ethics reform that was done was not enough, to…

CNN — An investigation is underway after more than a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, Calif., by private jet “without prior arrangements or vetting,” Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said Saturday. California officials met Saturday with the group, which had documentation “purporting to be from the Florida state government,” Bonta said. The immigrants were flown from Texas to New Mexico, then flown on a privately chartered plane to California, where they were “taken to the door of a local church without any warning,” Newsom said in a statement. The state attorney general is investigating the incident and…