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    Upcoming meetings and events in the D.C. area

    Celebrate Earth Day with the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Enjoy musical performances, craft workshops, and face painting for kids 12 and under. Budget Oversight Hearing: Committee of the Whole Budget Over

  • Dallas County farm hit by suspected tornado

    DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa — A suspected tornado caused some damage to a property in Dallas County Tuesday morning. The rural property in the 24000 block of 230th Street, northwest of Dallas Center,

  • Haley headed to D.C. but to a think tank

    MORNING NEWSBREAK  |  Former Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley of Kiawah Island announced Monday that she has joined the Washington, D.C.-based Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign policy think tank, as the group’s Walter P. Stern chair. The position was created in 2020 to celebrate former chairman Walter Stern, who was instrumental in making Hudson into […]

  • Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere

    Tuesday was an extra cold day in the freezer aisle of Foxtrot, a bougie grocery store chain with multiple locations in D.C. The grocery retailer abruptly shuttered all of their […]

  • D.C. Courts Pop-Up Businesses Ahead of WorldPride

    D.C. hopes PUPs, an expedited permitting process, will allow businesses to quickly set up shop to revitalize downtown ahead of 2025.

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    Boost Your Connectivity with Anker 552 USB-C Hub

    As our lives become increasingly digital, we discover a growing need for enhanced connectivity and data accessibility. Products like the Anker 552 USB-C Hub offer compelling solutions to simplify your digital day-to-day. Currently available at Walmart at a remarkable 57% discount, this multiport hub is a worthwhile addition to any tech setup. The Anker 552 USB-C Hub is a 9-in-1 device capable of everything from charging your laptop to transferring data at high speed, all the while offering...

  • Crow Wing County Commissioners approve sale of school farm

    The farm encompasses 80 acres off Highway 25 and Thiesse Road southeast of Brainerd, originally tax-forfeited in 1948. The school district has leased the land since 1972.

  • Bowe Bergdahl is back in the news, thanks to a D.C. judge

    Special to WorldTribune.com By Bill Juneau, April 18, 2024 You may have figured that you’d heard the last of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his regiment in Afghanistan and subsequently was convicted of the offense in a court martial at which he plead guilty. But the story of the ex-sergeant has taken a new […]

  • D.C. Police Still Searching for Fire Extinguisher-Wielding Thief

    D.C.’s Wet Bandit continues to elude police.  Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to yet another robbery at a 7-Eleven Tuesday. It’s the fifth such incident at 7-Elevens in D.C. (and […]

  • Bioelectronic chip detects vitamins C and D in saliva in under 20 minutes

    Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a bioelectronic chip that simultaneously detects vitamins C and D in body fluids. It is flexible and easy to see and can be adapted for use in a wearable device to assist with a personalized diet. Details are described in an article published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

  • ‘Cliched’: Turkish-Germans react as president brings kebab on Istanbul trip

    Frank-Walter Steinmeier faces backlash on social media as Turkish diaspora argue move fails to treat them as equalsGermany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, raised hackles at home during a visit to Turkey this week by serving up kebabs at a reception in Istanbul, a gesture of cross-cultural exchange many in the diaspora said reduced their contributions to an offensive cliche.Steinmeier himself took a long, sharp blade to 60kg of meat on a skewer brought specially from Berlin, and included...

  • Robeson County man wanted in connection with killing of his children’s mother

    ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) -- Robeson County deputies are searching for a man they say killed a woman who was the mother of his two children. Scotti Dewayne Tyler, 38, is facing charges of first-degree murder and nine counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. The victim, Lydia Ann Hoyos, 36, was the []