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One person has been arrested after surrendering to Oklahoma City authorities following an hours-long standoff in the city’s southwest. Oklahoma City police responded to a shooting that turned into a standoff Monday morning near Southwest 42nd Street and South May Avenue. Officers said they responded around 1 a.m. and two people were shot. The extent of their injuries is not yet known, but both were taken to a local hospital. OCPD said the suspect had barricaded himself inside an apartment after shooting the two victims and refused to come out. Officers said they used flashbangs and broke down the front…

After the summer, the Van Oord – Hakkers – De Klerk consortium will start the construction of a tugboat dock on the Yangtze Canal of the Port of Rotterdam. Van Oord’s photo The consortium and the Rotterdam Port Authority signed the relevant contracts today. The work will consist of the construction of 500 meters of quay wall with space for 12 tugboats to dock. According to Van Oord, the project is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2025. Van Oord, Hakkers and De Klerk will build the new tugboat dock at the entrance to the canal on the…

The Weir Fire Department will have a political rally on Saturday, June 17, 2023. This will be a fundraiser for the Fire Department, food will be served at the fire station and speeches will be held on the track, weather dependent and the dryness of the soil on the track. We will have $5 BBQ Sandwiches, $1 Fries and $1 Drinks, on sale starting at 11am and the speeches will begin at noon. If for any of these reasons it cannot take place on the Passeig, it will take place inside the Fire Department. Everyone is welcome and we would…

Stagwell, a global marketing and communications group, has launched a risk and reputation unit to advise brands on navigating an increasingly polarized consumer base. As America’s culture war continues and the 2024 presidential election approaches, brands will be looking to avoid being in the political crosshairs on both ends of the spectrum. The most recent and high-profile victim is Bud Light, which has faced a boycott from the right after promoting a product collaboration with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer. The boycott has sent stock prices of parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev plummeting and cut sales of Bud Light by nearly…

US, China vow to stabilize frayed ties and resume high-level talks after Blinken’s visit‘It was hell’: Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with US responseBiden plans 4 San Francisco-area fundraisers as he ramps up 2024 campaignWho has a break? Competing ideas on tax breaks loom large for the 2024 campaignMore than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states begin… READ MORE US, China vow to stabilize frayed ties and resume high-level talks after Blinken’s visit ‘It was hell’: Hostage freed after years in Africa recounts ordeal and frustrations with US response Biden plans 4 San Francisco-area…

A Texas fisherman only set a new record for Corpus Christi Lake after catching a 207-pound alligator, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Paul Hefner told KSAT he caught the massive 7-foot, 6-inch fish on April 13. Hefner’s father, who has been fishing in that area since the 1980s, stood up on the family’s boat and took a photo of him next to his catch to better show the size of the fish. “Not only were we targeting gar, but we were also targeting flathead and blue catfish. We also broke the Nueces River bluefish record, four separate…

CNN — [Breaking news update at 9:05 a.m. ET] At least one person was killed and nearly two dozen were injured after severe weather swept through Jasper County, Mississippi, on Sunday night, local officials said in a news release. [Previous story, publish at 8:50 a.m. ET] More than 50 million people in the Southeast face the possibility of severe weather Monday as record-breaking, sweltering temperatures threaten millions more, including many who remain without power after several storms last week. There is a 2 out of 5 slight risk of severe weather for parts of the Gulf Coast and the Southeast,…

MIFFLINTOWN BOROUGH, Pa. – One Pennsylvania State Police trooper is dead and another was injured after a shooting in Juniata County. The incident began when Brandon Stine, 38, of Thompsontown, allegedly began shooting at patrol vehicles in the parking lot of the state police station in Lewistown around 11 a.m. Saturday. State troopers found Stine in the Mifflintown area around 12:45 p.m. Police say Stine began shooting at the officers. He shot and seriously wounded Lt. James A. Wagner. Wagner, 45, was taken to Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. It is listed in critical condition. Authorities found…