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Chuck Roberts By: Chuck Roberts Updated: 1 hour ago / Posted on May 9, 2023 According to businessinsider.com, the White House is hiring political influencers to reach a younger demographic that resides on the Internet and does not read traditional media. An influencer is a person, usually on social media (Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, etc.), who has built a reputation for having a degree of expertise in a certain area of ​​knowledge or has name recognition due to sports, movies, etc. They usually post opinions on topics they know about and have many followers who listen to their opinions and may…

The Pentagon is expected to hold a briefing on Tuesday as President Vladimir Putin declares the West has launched “a real war” against Russia, echoing a familiar refrain in scaled-down Victory Day celebrations that may reflect the weight it is bearing the Ukraine conflict. their strengths Watch the briefing in the player above. Putin’s remarks came just hours after Moscow fired its latest cruise missile barrage against targets in Ukraine, which Russia invaded more than 14 months ago. Ukrainian authorities said air defenses destroyed 23 of the 25 missiles launched. The Russian leader has repeatedly tried to paint his invasion…

The Los Angeles Times building in downtown LA. | Photo courtesy of Visitor7/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Los Angeles Times picked up a pair of Pulitzer Prizes, the pinnacle of journalism’s achievement, on Monday for its breaking news coverage of the City Hall racism scandal and for Christina House’s photography that documents a homeless woman living along the Hollywood Freeway. The paper’s staff was also named a Pulitzer finalist for local reporting for its coverage of the impacts of marijuana legalization in California. “These awards reflect accurate, sophisticated and nuanced reporting and photography on complex issues important to Angelenos:…

BOSTON — Massachusetts will end its public health emergency from Covid on Thursday in line with federal guidelines, marking a milestone in the battle against the virus, state public health officials said Tuesday. That will include revoking a state order requiring masks for all providers and visitors in healthcare settings, Dr. Robert Goldstein, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, told reporters earlier this afternoon. “We are, after years of hard work, in a better place,” Goldstein said. He added that public health officials “will continue to prioritize prevention in everything we do as we adapt to living with…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The largest vessel arriving at JAXPORT is now at the Blount Island terminal. ONE STORK made its record arrival on Tuesday morning. The arrival of the huge container ship is the result of the dredging of the river St. Johns 47 feet deep. The ship had a big welcome party once it arrived, with hundreds of rides on the St. Johns to see A SWAN. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] ONE STORK can hold up to 14,000 containers and they hold everything from electronics to furniture. The ship made the trip…

A little change in our thinking tonight. Thunderstorms are developing tonight in southeast Arkansas and northwest Mississippi. These storms are not surface based, but what we call “elevated” storms. This does not mean that they are stronger, but that their bases are “elevated” or higher in the atmosphere. These elevated storms can produce hail and strong winds, but generally do not produce tornadoes. The storms have plenty of velocity shear to work with, and the strongest ones will show enough organization to potentially approach severe limits overnight. They can produce strong winds and even some hail. There could be a…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A second shooting has been reported in downtown Louisville in a separate incident. The incident happened near Jefferson Community and Technical College in the 800 block of West Chestnut Street in Louisville. JCTC reports that the campus has been cleared, but the school is currently closed. One man died and another person was injured and taken to hospital. Louisville Metro Police report the suspect fled on foot and possibly got into a car and fled the scene. That was just hours after a shooting at the Old National Bank downtown, but LMPD says the two incidents are…

PITTSBURGH – Campus streets and buildings have reopened after Pitt Police declared a public safety emergency on O’Hara Street during a demonstration on campus Tuesday evening. HAPPENING NOW: A couple of hundred protest outside the O’Hara Student Center on the Pitt campus. Conservative commentator Michael Knowles engages in a transgender debate inside. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/xikKJWofx2 — Rich Pierce (@RichPierceWPXI) April 19, 2023 A planned demonstration took place outside the O’Hara Student Center when conservative commentator Michael Knowles took the stage for a debate about the transgender community. Police said an incendiary device, later identified as a smoke bomb, was fired outside…