Your Community in Brief: Lake County events and news, starting April 19 Lake County events and news include preparations for the annual Leesburg Bikefest, which is April 26-28 and Lake County Schools’ annual District Pitch, a “Shark Tank”-style event ... 04/17/2024 - 3:58 pm | View Link
What it’s like staying at Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas, a future hotel star of 'The White Lotus' Here’s what it’s like to stay at Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas, a reported star in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus." ... 04/17/2024 - 7:42 am | View Link
SA’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ remembers Cyclone Tracy 50 years after they flew into the disaster zone They were known as the Dirty Dozen – 12 young South Australian ambulance officers, dispatched to Darwin with little notice, after Cyclone Tracy obliterated the laid-back city in the early hours of ... 04/17/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Why Mike Trout wants to win only with the Angels Despite seeing Shohei Ohtani leave this winter and years spent watching the playoffs from home, the MLB living legend remains as fiercely committed as ever. 04/17/2024 - 12:03 am | View Link
Lakers vs. Pelicans: What we learned from Play-In game featuring full Zion Williamson experience It's 60-50 in favor of the Lakers through one half of basketball. LeBron James and D'Angelo Russell lead the way with 15 points apiece, whereas the Pelicans have largely been a one-man show. Zion ... 04/16/2024 - 4:42 pm | View Link
“Lawsuits by members of Congress and police officers against Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 may advance despite the related criminal case against him in Washington, a federal judge ruled Thursday,” Politico reports.
“U. S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump’s effort to pause the lawsuits until the criminal charges over his attempt to subvert the 2020 election — brought by special counsel Jack Smith — are resolved.”
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said on C-SPAN that some of his Republican colleagues want Russia to “win” in their war with Ukraine.
Said Bacon: “If we don’t do this, the Russians will be in Kiev. Unfortunately, a few of my colleagues would like to see the Russians win. I don’t know why that is the case.
“Lawmakers on a Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to slash unemployment benefits — part of a Republican-backed push to roll back regulations on companies and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers,” the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed an amendment to the Israel funding bill that included “such sums as necessary shall be used for the development of space laser technology on the southwest border.”