The £40 billion of tax rises included in the budget may not be the last following a surge in government borrowing, it is claimed. Public sector net borrowing came in at £17.4bn in October, which was £1.6bn more than a year ago and the second-highest October on record. This meant that total borrowing for the … Read more
LOADINGERROR LOADING Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) conceded to Republican Dave McCormick on Thursday, solidifying the GOP’s majority in the Senate despite an ongoing statewide recount effort. “I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate,” Casey said in a video posted to social media. … Read more
LOADINGERROR LOADING Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with five more lawsuits accusing him of sexual violence. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee filed the suits anonymously on Tuesday on behalf of three male accusers and two female accusers, all of who are requesting a jury trial. The move was part of more than 120 incoming lawsuits … Read more
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community. Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted on one count of murder of a public official by a Letcher County grand jury, prosecutors said. … Read more
LOADINGERROR LOADING California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) launched a tour of counties that flipped from blue to red Thursday, saying he’s listening to the economic concerns that drove residents there to vote for President-elect Donald Trump. There are “certain regions in this state that don’t feel that they’re fully participating in that economic output. They … Read more
LOADINGERROR LOADING A man who was initially ruled out in the 1979 death of a 17-year-old girl after passing a polygraph test has now been named a suspect in the case, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office in California announced Wednesday. Esther Gonzalez, 17, was sexually assaulted and killed while walking from her parents’ house … Read more
A Georgia woman who reported her 20-month-old son missing in 2022, setting off a large search until the boy’s remains were found in a landfill, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday, Nov. 21, for his killing. Leilani Simon was convicted of murder last month in Quinton Simon’s killing. She was sentenced in a Chatham County court … Read more
The petitioner appears to be ‘inspired by conspiracy theories,’ one mayor said, adding that many of the residents in her suburb are ‘furious’ about the city’s plan The skyline of the city of Montreal.Photo by Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press/File MONTREAL — Municipal officials have opted to end water fluoridation on the Island of Montreal in … Read more
Dan Fumano: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has made his first public ask of the new B.C. government: Hurry up and dissolve the park board. A jogger in New Brighton Park on Thursday as Mayor Ken Sim tried to jolt the province into acting fast on his plan to abolish the park board and hand parks … Read more
Who has access to RCMP body camera footage? Can I ask a police officer to turn off their camera? How long is footage stored? Read on for answers as the RCMP rolls out bodycams in B.C. The Mounties rolled out body cameras at B.C. RCMP headquarters in Surrey on Nov. 21. All 3,000 uniformed officers … Read more
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