MEXICO CITY (AP) — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners. Masked protesters smashed through the windows and looted high-end businesses in the touristic areas of Condesa and […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that Mexico hadn’t previously arrested boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. on a 2023 arrest order, because he had been mostly been in the United States since. Sheinbaum spoke a day after U.S. authorities announced the boxer’s arrest in California for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application. He […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager found unconscious on top of a New York City subway train early Friday morning has died. New York City Police were called to the Queensboro Plaza Subway Station at 2:47 a.m. and discovered the unresponsive 15-year-old male, a NYPD spokesperson said. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital, […]
Russia intensified its air assault against Ukraine Friday night, days after the United States froze an air defense shipment due to waning weapons stockpile. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 550 drones and missiles overnight, including seven ballistic missiles. Russia mainly targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the attack, injuring at least […]
(The Center Square) — Amidst a housing affordability crisis, Las Vegas reportedly has over $7 billion in home value on the market. Redfin’s new report spelled out a record total value for the city’s real estate market. “What I think has happened, we have very high prices,” said George Kiprios, president of the Vegas Realtors Association. “Our […]
(The Center Square) – While Ohio’s new budget has been the legislative focus in the last two weeks, lawmakers continue to push to change the rules voters approved for recreational marijuana use. Many expected the House to pass changes earlier this month that would have cut in half the amount of home-grown marijuana allowed and given […]
In our Weekly White House Report Card last Saturday, we dared President Donald Trump to top his historic success of the previous seven days, which started with the destruction of Iran’s nuclear bomb facilities and ended with major Supreme Court victories. A week later, it looks like, at a minimum, he tied those successes this […]
Top officials in the Israeli government will meet on Saturday to discuss their latest ceasefire effort with U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas. Hamas delivered its response to a ceasefire framework on Friday night, which was “characterized as being positive.” It added that the group is prepared to start talks to put a ceasefire into effect. The […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s new budget includes $5 million that will re-start the state’s film tax credits and create a state film office as part of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Advocates, including Gov. Tony Evers, have pushed the tax credits as a way to have more movies and television shows film in the […]
(The Center Square) – As foreign espionage threats continue in the U.S. and in Texas, a new bill becomes law Sept. 1 that prohibits foreign ownership of Texas land. SB 17, filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, passed the Texas legislature with bipartisan support and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. The […]
