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Here's what to expect in Detroit on Election Day 2025
Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city's first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch, both Democrats, will face off for the city's top job after...
Shocking footage show masked ICE agents brutally 'break 67-year-old US citizen's ribs'
09:44 ET, 29 Oct 2025Updated 09:56 ET, 29 Oct 2025 The immigration enforcement operation occurred on Saturday during a children’s Halloween parade in a Chicago neighborhood, according to residents(Image: Instagram/ @dwrunning1) Video captured the...
Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing
In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. They had lain hidden for some 200 years in an unmarked 18th-century burial ground. For...
China Focus: Global forum highlights Xizang's transformation, future development
This photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows the opening ceremony of the "2025 Forum on the Development of Xizang, China" in Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The forum held here on Wednesday brought together officials and...
The problems of snail mail – CSUMB’s mail service patterns
By Hailey Mcconnell Residents of main campus housing at Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB) have been expressing their concern lately about how unreliable they feel mail services are. Any packages sent to the residential spaces on Main Campus are...
From Bluestone to backhands: the serial founder betting suburban luxury can make padel America’s next big club sport
While Jon Krieger has an eye for opportunity as a serial entrepreneur, his latest venture was fueled by a lifestyle change he never saw coming: a move to the suburbs that laid the foundation for his foray into the world’s fastest-growing sport. As...
Iowa's birth rate is declining. Immigration helps to sustain its population
During a busy lunch hour at Postville’s Junior Senior High School, Brendan Knudtson, the superintendent and principal, walked through the school’s crowded halls, chatting with students. The rural school district of about 800 students has grown...
Ohio’s data centers will impact many Ohioans
Ohio is witnessing the construction of an unprecedented amount of data centers in the state. Columbus is ranked the 10th largest data center region in North America. However, some communities are pushing back against these enormous facilities....
Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, moves on to Cuba
KINGSTON, (Reuters) — Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba’s second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that...
Why It’s An Exciting, Uncertain Time In Home Improvement
Carpenters from L.A. Kehres Buidling and Remodeling work on a kitchen remodel. MediaNews Group via Getty Images In the middle of my own home improvement project, I have the fortune of an open canvas, but I constantly weigh the return on investment...
Trump Fires Entire Arts Commission Tasked With Reviewing D.C. Architecture Plans in Middle of New Ballroom Construction Project
President Trump has dismissed all six serving members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency responsible for advising on design and aesthetic matters in Washington, D.C., according to a new report. The dismissed...
Chase's Chatter: Candy spending sends chills up his spine
Are you scared of bats? Do spiders give you the willies? Maybe Victorian houses blanketed in thick cobwebs strike your fright response. Regardless, it seems that time of year to give yourself a scare. And if you don’t have enough spookiness in...
$265 million bond referendum for DM schools on Tuesday’s ballot
Voters in the Des Moines school district on Tuesday will decide whether to approve a bond referendum to modernize schools, a move supporters believe will better prepare students for the workplace and post-secondary education. If the $265 million...
National Park Partners Awarded $150,000 Grant Towards Restoration Of Brown's Ferry Tavern
National Park Partners of Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Moccasin Bend announces it has been chosen as a recipient of a $150,000 grant from the Historic Property/Land Acquisition Fund from the State of Tennessee as administered through the Tennessee...
Omar Abdullah's NC, BJP join hands in J&K House to vote out PDP's 'anti-bulldozer' land bill
J&K CM Omar Abdullah's National Conference and BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) teamed up in the assembly for the first time Tuesday to vote out PDP's proposed "anti-bulldozer bill" that seeks to grant ownership rights to locals occupying illegal...
UAE breaks ground on world’s first 24-hour renewable power plant
The UAE has begun construction on a US$6 billion solar-and-battery megaproject near Abu Dhabi — the first in the world able to deliver renewable power continuously, day and night — marking a major step in its plan to make clean energy the backbone...
Washington state’s ongoing unemployment claims up by 20% as state grapples with backlog
Simone Carter / The Olympian (TNS) Ongoing unemployment claims in Washington state are 20% higher compared with this time last year, according to the Employment Security Department. A growing backlog has prompted the state agency to change up its...
ELECTION DAY: 3 seek 2 spots on Port Royal’s council
By Mike McCombs The Island News Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 4 with town council races in Port Royal. Two of the four town council seats in the Town of Port Royal are available this election cycle with three candidates who believe that they are...
Your guide to Cherry Hill’s Nov. 4 general election
The Nov. 4 election in Cherry Hill and the rest of New Jersey will leave a lasting impact on the direction the state heads when it comes to the economy, immigration, and sustainable energy. Voters will also choose Camden County lawmakers and local...
Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer refuses to rule out further tax hikes as Kemi Badenoch rips into PM for U-turning just 'four months' after promising no increases
Sir Keir Starmer sparked fury in the Commons after refusing to reaffirm his party’s manifesto tax pledges. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of backtracking on his promises, reminding MPs that Labour won last year’s...