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Toms River East’s 6th-inning eruption leads to first Ocean County title since 2007 Matt Ferrara (2) of Toms River East hits a go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning during the Ocean County Tournament final baseball game between Toms River East and Jackson Memorial ... 05/3/2024 - 1:09 pm | View Link
Memorial garden dedicated to victims of AB Specialty Silicones explosion; ‘This is an ideal place to come and remember’ Team AB dedicated The May 3 Memorial Garden Friday in Waukegan, five years to the day after the explosion took four lives and injured three others, giving the workers a place to reflect and ... 05/3/2024 - 12:28 pm | View Link
Memorial Day Has the Best Home Deals. You Can Shop These Offers Early. Whatever it is you're looking to buy for the start of summer, chances are it'll be on sale over Memorial Day weekend. If you can't wait that long, don't worry, we couldn't either. We went ahead and ... 05/3/2024 - 7:13 am | View Link
The Best Early Memorial Day Furniture Sales to Shop Now: Deals at Wayfair, Ashley, Target and More Modern furniture retailer Castlery is hosting a Memorial Day Early Access Sale until May 12 with extra savings of up to $450 if you join the Castlery Club. An extended sofa with an ottoman, a low ... 05/3/2024 - 7:00 am | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
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 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.