Month: June 2023

WARNING: This report contains words and graphic images. Lee Yoshimatsu knew that the political poster in his yard would attract attention: that was the goal. What she didn’t expect were multiple visits from Wickenburg police officers who told her that her anti-Trump messages and images were illegal. “Honestly, I was prepared to take the signs down after the 2022 election until I got a visit from the police,” he said. “And that’s when I got mad.” [Editor’s note: Due to the controversial content of his sign, Lee asked ABC15 to use a last name he uses for business for this…

ForLiz Nagy i ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Friday, June 2, 2023 04:12 CHICAGO (WLS) — Seven people were hospitalized after a South Side police-involved shooting Thursday evening, officials said. The incident happened on Wells Street near Root Street in Fuller Park. Police told ABC7 that four people, identified only as men, were shot. Firefighters said at least two of those shot were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious to critical condition. Three CPD officers and two other people were also injured and taken to the same hospital in good condition, CFD said. Police told ABC7 the…

A federal jury in New York has found former President Donald Trump liable for assault and defamation in a civil trial stemming from allegations that he raped writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. He was awarded a total of $5 million in damages. The jury, made up of six men and three women, received the case earlier Tuesday and deliberate for less than three hours. The jury’s decision had to be unanimous. In closing arguments, Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, reminded the jury that for the battery charge, “all it takes is that it’s…

12:45 a.m. ET: Senate passes debt ceiling measure – CNN Breaking News Alerts – Podcast on CNN Audio 10 p.m. ET: Senate debt limit vote, Bill Cosby lawsuit, Biden falls and more 5 things listen toCNN 5 things Friday June 2 On PC On Mobile Smart Speakers Global US Political Business podcast Hear the news as it breaks, right in your podcast app. From the team behind CNN 5 Things. 12:45 PM ET: Senate passes debt ceiling measure Breaking news alerts from CNN June 2, 2023 12:39 p.m. EDT The Senate passed the debt limit bill Thursday evening. Listen for…

This is the first time in a week that I’ve found anything in my fridge, but the washing machine is still humming from the mountain of towels and sheets. Our cat has finally found a quiet place to lay his head. I’m recovering from an extended celebration of my granddaughter’s college graduation that brought together relatives from three continents. The graduation was in New York, but my son and his wife came from Singapore, and my grandson from the UK. All in all, it was a joyful meeting, but not without its challenges. We are a family of Indian chiefs….

Crowds have filled Madison Square Garden for nearly a decade, to forget about life for a while, but now the legendary Piano Man is ending his record-breaking residency in New York. Billy Joel and the venue announced that the singer will perform for the last time in July 2024. Here’s what you need to know about the last stretch of his residency shows. The first of Joel’s last ten performances will be on October 20, 2023, and tickets for the show will go on sale on Ticketmaster on June 9, a Press release from Madison Square Garden said Thursday. Citi…

After weeks of political gridlock, tense negotiations and growing economic anxiety, the Senate gave final approval Thursday night to bipartisan legislation suspending the debt ceiling and imposing new spending limits, sending it to President Biden and ending the possibility of a calamitous government default. The Senate’s approval on a 63-36 vote ended a political showdown that began as soon as Republicans won the House in November, vowing to use their new majority and threat of a defect to try to extract from it. expenditure and political concessions of Mr. Biden. The president refused for months to commit to Speaker Kevin…

WASHINGTON (AP) — To avoid a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval Thursday to one debt ceiling package and budget cutsworking late into the night to finish work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline. The compromise package negotiated between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaves neither Republicans nor Democrats satisfied with the outcome. But the outcome, after weeks of hard-fought budget negotiations, sidesteps the volatile debt ceiling issue that was at risk. changing the global and US economy until 2025 after the next presidential election….