Chris Hoy vs. Julie Hoy in the race to be Salem's next mayor Both Hoys tout public safety, homelessness and city funding as top issues, but their approaches dealing with the issues differs. 04/29/2024 - 5:24 am | View Link
Meg Bennett Died, ‘Star Trek’ Actress Still Cancer-Free After 20 Years and More From “The Young and the Restless” actress dying of cancer to “Star Trek” actress 20 years pancreatic cancer-free, here’s what’s happening in the cancer space this week. 04/26/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
Columbia's president, no stranger to complex challenges, walks tightrope on student protests Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is no stranger to navigating complex international issues, having worked at some of the world's most prominent global financial institutions. 04/25/2024 - 6:15 am | View Link
CMU wrestling tabs 4-time All-American, West Michigan native as next head coach CMU announced Tuesday the hiring of four-time All-American grappler Ben Bennett as the Chippewas’ wrestling head coach following the retirement of longtime leader Tom Borrelli, who stepped down after ... 04/24/2024 - 11:07 am | View Link
CMU names Ben Bennett new wrestling coach A familiar name and face and a legendary figure in Central Michigan athletics will head the storied Chippewa wrestling program. 04/24/2024 - 9:40 am | View Link
Local entrepreneurs have a message for Fort Lauderdale: The city’s homeless crisis is bad for business — and getting worse.
The complaints take on a new urgency in light of a new state law that bans homeless people from sleeping in public. The new law, which goes into effect in October, also paves the way for critics to file lawsuits against local governments starting next year if they fail to enforce the ban.
Bernie Bedor, a business owner in northern Fort Lauderdale, says he has sent email after email to City Hall, begging Fort Lauderdale officials to do something about the city’s ongoing homeless problem.
“We take investors down to the beach and they see homeless people in tents,” Bedor told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
How badly does state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. want to depopulate?
So badly that in addition to participating with private-market insurers in a “takeout” program, the residual insurer is trying to remove customers out of policies that haven’t even begun.
And it’s doing so with confusing letters and questionable premium estimates that ensure the policyholder must take the private-market offer — at least for now.
State officials make no secret of the fact they don’t want Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Q: In Saturday’s first quarter, the Heat missed shots, but the Celtics knew exactly what they Heat were trying to do. No one on the Heat was a trigger, with the Heat players making excessive passes and forcing the action to get the ball in the hands of Tyler Herro to set up the offense, even if it wasn’t there.
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From hospitals to doctors’ offices, the frantic questions women are asking about the new abortion law
Trump meets DeSantis in Miami seeking to tap ex-rival’s donor connections
A Florida sheriff says 10 people were wounded by gunfire after a fight broke out at a party venue
California Disney characters are unionizing decades after Florida peers.
By OLEG CETINIC (Associated Press)
PARIS (AP) — French media are reporting that actor Gérard Depardieu is in police custody for questioning about allegations made by two women that he sexually assaulted them on movie sets.
Broadcaster BFMTV and the daily Le Parisien reported that the 75-year-old actor was summoned Monday morning by Paris police and placed in custody.
The Paris police force said it wasn’t authorized to comment and directed questions to the Paris prosecutor’s office.
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials appeared increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders, as international pressure mounts over the war in Gaza. Airstrikes overnight into Monday killed 25 people in a southern city, according to hospital records.
The deaths in Rafah included nine women and five children, one of whom was just 5 days old, according to the records and an Associated Press reporter.