Month: June 2023

BREAKING NEWS: 2-alarm fire in Middle River leaves several displaced Updated: June 24, 2023 at 9:41 am EDT Hide transcript Show transcript VALENCIA THANK YOU. FOLLOW THIS MORNING’S NEWS. CREWS AT THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER 11 REPORTER BRIANNA ROSS IS LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH THE BREAKING NEWS. BRIANNA, WHAT DO WE KNOW? ELI, WELL, JANINE, IT’S A VERY ACTIVE SCENE HERE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE FIRE TRUCK UNITS, THEY’RE AROUND THE BLOCK AT THIS POINT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO VERY FAILED UNITS. WE SEE THE…

CNN — US officials determined as early as January that there was an ongoing internal power struggle between the private military group Wagner and the Russian government, and since then have been gathering and closely monitoring information on the volatile dynamic, according to officials. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stalled earlier this year, top US officials said they saw signs of tensions between the Kremlin and Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. They said they believed these tensions would increase in the coming months. The officials said their assessments of the situation were derived from intelligence, an indication of how seriously…

CNN — The White House confirmed on Friday that US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns had been given an official diplomatic reprimand, known as a departure, following President Joe Biden’s comments comparing China’s Xi Jinping with a dictator at a political fundraiser in California earlier this week. The Chinese government summoned Burns to this week’s meeting in Beijing to protest Biden’s remarks, according to two US officials familiar with the matter. Beijing’s move comes as officials are still assessing the potential effect of Biden’s comments on U.S. efforts to repair the fractured relationship between the two countries. While confirming the…

BUENOS AIRES, June 24 (Reuters) – The battle lines in Argentina’s presidential election have tightened after Economy Minister Sergio Massa entered the race in a dramatic late U-turn to face front-runners, such as a conservative city mayor, a former security czar, and a libertarian economist. After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, a deadline for candidates closes on Saturday night, marking the start in earnest of a race to the Oct. 22 general election to elect a leader who can lead the country South American economic crisis, with inflation. more than 100%, the increase in poverty and the decrease in foreign exchange…

Trump has pleaded not guilty to mishandling classified documents. Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to delay the start of his criminal trial until December. The request was made in a series of new motions filed Friday afternoon by the special counsel. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had set a tentative trial date of Aug. 14. Special Counsel Jack Smith speaks to the press at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on June 9, 2023, announcing the unsealing of the indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump. Mandel…

In the months since the supreme court voted to overturn Roe v Wade last year, the effects of the court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization have become clear. More than a dozen states across the country have passed the legislation limiting or outright banning access to abortion, severely restricting the reproductive rights of millions of people and threatening to imprison abortion providers. But as Republicans have pushed these bills, voters have also taken every opportunity to rebuke them at the polls, leading to midterm defeats and emerging as one of the GOP’s biggest vulnerabilities. After initially celebrating…

The Louisiana State Parks Office is seeking public-private partnerships to implement projects designed to enhance visitor experiences and generate additional revenue for the Louisiana State Parks System. A Request for Proposals (RFP) is now open and accessible at OpportunitiesInLouisiana.com for opportunities available at all state parks. Examples of projects include both infrastructure and building construction opportunities, such as cabins, pavilions, nature centers, road repaving, and RV campground improvements, such as adding full sewer hookups. Additional opportunities include services such as concessions, boat rentals, bicycle rentals, and agritourism activities. “To attract new visitors and keep current visitors coming back, our state…

A new list ranking the nation’s top 50 public high schools featured the Prairie State prominently, with 10 Illinois high schools making the cut. The list, published by 247wallst.com, used data from Niche, an education ranking and review website, to rate public high schools on a variety of factors. While academics were the most important factor in a school’s ranking, culture and diversity, extracurricular activities and several other factors played an important role in the evaluation of schools. Here are the Illinois public high schools that made the list and where they ranked: 45. Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest…