By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 25, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — As our vibrant city takes keen interest in global affairs, a standout decision around the H.Res.771 – “Supporting Israel in its Defense Endeavors” has garnered immense attention. Houston Style Magazine, always at the forefront of crucial narratives,
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the 10 teenagers charged in a deadly 2022 shooting at an Iowa high school now wants to withdraw his guilty plea. Octavio Lopez Sanchez Jr. was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, and two counts of willful injury-causing serious injury. WHO-TV reports that in August,
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to beaches on the southern New Jersey shore came down Thursday. The 463-foot stack at the B.L. England power plant was imploded to make way for the site’s new use as
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, “Grounded” tells the story of an F-16 fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and leaves
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Two workers at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been hospitalized after accidentally being sprayed with radioactive liquid waste. Plant officials said on Thursday that the incident happened when the workers were cleaning a piping at a wastewater filtering facility that’s key to the ongoing
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Mike Johnson swiftly ascended to the speakership with unanimous support from his party. Now comes the hard part. A largely inexperienced and untested leader, Johnson has to immediately confront a number of pressing legislative challenges and the deep scars within his bitterly divided party
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed the family of its Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh — a devastating reality that Dahdouh learned on-air while reporting on the Israel-Hamas war. “The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere condolences
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack. DeSantis’ office said Thursday that Florida has sent cargo planes with healthcare supplies, drones, body
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BLUE RIDGE, Georgia (WANF) — A Georgia restaurant is gaining national attention for charging customers a fee for what it deems to be bad parenting. The menu at Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, located on Aska Road in Blue Ridge, offers a selection of dishes like steak,
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials with Florida’s high speed passenger train service say that they plan to add a stop somewhere along the newly-opened extension between South Florida and Orlando. Brightline officials said Thursday that they were soliciting site proposals for a station along Florida’s Treasure Coast in Martin or St. Lucie counties. The proposed
Continue ReadingBy Tori Cooper Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A brand new video shows a group of young men posing as Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) employees and demanding money in a quiet northeast Atlanta neighborhood. The resident who shared the video with Atlanta News First did not want
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Moving beyond cosmetics, skincare and even a Bratz doll line, the youngest Kardashian-Jenner sibling, Kylie Jenner, is expanding her business portfolio with a new clothing line, named Khy, launching November 1. While it’s not technically her first foray into fashion design — she and her older sister Kendall previously shared an eponymous,
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado has been declared the winner of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate in polling last weekend that has been denounced by the socialist government as illegitimate. The voting Sunday organized by the National Primary Commission drew more
Continue ReadingBy Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Taking a stand to help those without a voice. Community members on Wednesday held a rally to raise awareness against animal cruelty. It was held outside the Hawaiian Humane Society’s Ewa campus, along Fort Weaver Road. This group rallies every month to
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run at testifying at his New York criminal trial when a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding what jurors will hear. Bankman-Fried will provide his version Friday of how his
Continue ReadingROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A man who allegedly attacked two relatives with a sledgehammer in suburban Chicago has been fatally shot by police after he charged at officers. Officers in Round Lake Beach responded about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic violence report and removed two injured women from an open garage. The
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A federal court in Pakistan’s capital has restored the appeals of the country’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his 2018 convictions in graft cases. Thursday’s development comes less than a week after Sharif returned home, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London ahead of parliamentary
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building. Bowman struck a deal with the Washington, DC, Attorney General’s office, in which he pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor offense. According to the terms of
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Police have arrested a Portland woman, alleging that she and her partner are connected to crimes that date back as far as two years ago. The couple is believed to have burglarized post offices, robbed mail carriers at gunpoint and are
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US pending home sales ticked up in September despite mortgage rates surging over 7%. In a surprise move, pending home sales rose 1.1% in September from August, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. Pending sales were down 11% from a year ago.
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