Boxing legend Mayweather attends a political rally in Zimbabwe
HARARE, July 13 (Reuters) – Former world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather attended a political campaign event in Zimbabwe on Thursday, as part of the ruling party’s attempts to woo young voters ahead of next month’s general election it comes. Mayweather was greeted with song and dance by ZANU PF party supporters in Mabvuku, one of Zimbabwe’s oldest townships, outside the capital Harare. One of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s closest allies, gold tycoon Scott Sakupwanya, who is seeking to regain an opposition parliamentary seat, said he had invited Mayweather. “People thought I was lying when I said I would bring Mayweather, but…
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Florida AG fires warning shot at DOJ if ‘baseless’ decision to investigate migrant hauls is pursued
FIRST ON FOX: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging Attorney General Merrick Garland against any “impermissible” moves to investigate migrant smuggling in Florida, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the DOJ to do so. “While I urge you not to bail out California or engage in another political investigation or litigation, if you make the unconscionable and baseless determination to do so, Florida stands ready to fight the DOJ’s overreach,” the letter in Garland, obtained by Fox. Digital News says. Newsom, along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, wrote to Garland on July…
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Read More »A Texan is excited about potential property tax savings
AUSTIN, Texas – Mary Selan came to Austin from Plano for a girls’ weekend. He is in the capital the same week leaders reached an agreement on a property tax relief plan. “I’m thrilled that there are finally people in Austin who are helping us,” she said. He has been in Plano for 30 years and 10 of those in his home. Selan says she has a fixed income because she is retired. Even though her property tax rate is frozen because she’s over 65, she says the $4,500 ticket she was hit last time. “It’s always something you don’t…
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Georgia state legislator switches from Democrat to Republican
CNN — A Georgia congresswoman who represents part of Atlanta in the state House of Representatives switched her party affiliation to the Republican this week after repeatedly breaking with her old party on several key votes this session. State Rep. Mesha Mainor announced she was leaving the Democratic Party for the Republican Party at a news conference Tuesday. The 56th District is a Democratic stronghold covering a swath of Fulton County that stretches from parts of west Atlanta to downtown. major he won his last primaries against two other Democrats with 65% of the vote and ran unopposed in the…
Read More »Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reflects on time in office and political future
DENVER – Outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock says Denver is a very different city than it was when he first took the helm 12 years ago. “A recession when we entered, a pandemic, social unrest. And in the midst of all this, Denver experienced the most unprecedented growth in the history of the city,” he recalled. Hancock has seen a lot in his hometown. He grew up in Denver, the youngest of 10 children of a single mother. A busy home, he said, prepared him well for a political life. “You know, really, if you think about it, being a 1-10…
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Tunisian judge frees two main opponents of President Saied | Political news
Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi released almost 5 months after their arrest for allegedly conspiring against state security. A Tunisian judge has freed two prominent political opponents of President Kais Saied, nearly five months after they were arrested on suspicion of conspiring against state security, their lawyer Monia Bouali told Reuters news agency. Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi were released on Thursday after their arrest in February along with 20 other political leaders in a crackdown on the country’s opposition. Both were accused of “conspiracy against the security of the State”. Issa is a leader of the Salvation Front, the…
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Breaking news: Skeletal remains found on South State Parkway near exit 40, NYPD says
The remains were discovered in the wooded area around exit 40 in the Suffolk County town of Islip. On Thursday, July 13, 2023, at approximately 7:15 a.m., New York State Police responded to a call of skeletal remains found along the eastbound Southern State Parkway in the wooded area around off exit 40 in the town of Islip, Suffolk County. The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Forensic Identification Unit (FIU) are on the scene. No further information has been released at press time. LongIsland.com will post updates as they are received from the New…
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