Lewiston bowling alley to reopen months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting A Lewiston bowling alley is set to reopen following a shooting that took place last October in which a gunman opened fire inside, killing eight people. 05/3/2024 - 1:24 am | View Link
VB Fishing Pier reopens months after man drives over the edge As the price of housing goes up, so does the number of people living on the streets. According to HUD, as of 2023 there were over 650,000 people experiencing homelessness. But depending on a ... 04/28/2024 - 4:34 pm | View Link
Popular pub finally reopens months after being hit by devastating flood A popular pub has finally reopened after being hit by flooding. The Royal Oak at Brandon closed in late 2023 and had initially hoped to reopen by March before another flood in February caused even ... 04/23/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
One Stop in Magpie Hall Road, Chatham reopens almost five months after car crashes into building A convenience store which was forced to close after a car smashed through the side of the building has reopened after five months. One Stop, in Chatham, welcomed customers back last Friday (April ... 04/23/2024 - 4:11 am | View Link
Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday party BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A young brother and sister died and several people were injured, some of them seriously, when a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a young child’s ... 04/21/2024 - 4:43 am | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.