Looking ahead, the city is poised for another record breaking year, according to the corporation. Gastech, an international energy conference planned to be hosted in Houston in September could alone draw a crowd of more than 14,000 energy professionals.
Katie Hobbs defeated Trump loyalist Kari Lake in Arizona’s 2022 governor’s race
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers started five rookies Saturday night against Denver, only the second time that has happened since starters were first tracked on NBA box scores more
Courtesy de la Cruz's family. The lawsuit and the anniversary of the killing came the same week that police shot another man apparently experiencing a mental health crisis. [ more › ]
Earlier this month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual threat assessment, a compendium of “worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.” On the third to last page of the report, to little fanfare, the report makes a startling statement about the threat to America from “global terrorism”: “al-Qa‘ida has reached an operational nadir in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Last September, Christy Abizaid, the director of the National Counterterrorism...
A man who broke into an 85-year-old woman’s apartment and punched her, leading to her death a week later, was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 to 68 years in prison, according to court records.
A New York man whose girlfriend was shot and killed after he mistakenly drove down the wrong driveway is suing both the gunman and his wife. In his civil lawsuit filed in Washington County Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 20, Blake Walsh says he has been “rendered emotionally distressed” and “suffered psychological harm” after Kevin Monahan fatally shot 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis. Sheriff’s officials said Walsh was driving one of three vehicles that mistakenly turned onto Monahan’s rural...
In a statement from U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and his team, the fallen FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), faces a recommendation for up to half a century behind bars for his offenses. The prosecutors argue that SBF has a penchant for high-stake risk and “gambling repeatedly with other people’s money.” SBF’s Path From Finance Tycoon […]
The choir celebrated on stage of the magnificent RDs Concert Hall singing a triumphant rendition of ‘The Undertones’ standard, Teenage Kicks. The choir, under the direction of Emma-Jayne Kelly and accompanied by Trevor Burnside won the two- part Youth choir, were placed second in The Alice Yoakley Cup and won the overall Folen’s Publisher Award Cup and £3000 for the "School Choir of the Year 2024". Miss Kelly described the whole experience as “a fantastic day for Derry as Thornhill College also...
Canada’s housing minister openly mocked Ontario Premier Doug Ford on social media Friday over his concerns over fourplexes. Throughout the week, the premier has made it clear that he does not support a provincial mandate to build fourplexes in residential neighbourhoods—something that both the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force and the federal government have recommended. Later, he clarified he was just against four-storey “towers.” “You have to differentiate between putting four...
FARMINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) -- Five people, including an infant, are dead after a crash in Fayette County on Tuesday afternoon, state police said. The crash involving two vehicles and a tractor-trailer happened on Route 40 in Wharton Township, Farmington, around 2 p.m., according to 911. Five people were killed, including an infant, state police said. All of them were in the same car. Two people in the other vehicle and the truck driver have minor injuries. No more information was immediately...
Watchdogs, legal groups say repeated deadly force incidents are alarming. Portland Police Bureau says it’s a byproduct of high-risk job assignments. by Courtney Vaughn As the city invests in multiple gun violence initiatives in an effort to drive down shooting and homicide rates, data shows a handful of the city’s own police officers have perpetuated gun violence on multiple occasions. Portland Police Bureau (PPB) data shows...