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North Carolina Lawmakers Demand Congress Pass Disaster Aid Before Leaving Town

Two Republican senators are pushing for relief for constituents suffering from the devastating hurricane and are calling on Congress to pass disaster aid before they leave town for the Christmas holidays. North Carolina Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd were devastated by Hurricanes Helen and Milton before lawmakers were scheduled to leave town over […]

HGTV stars say you can ‘live the dream’ in a small town

HGTV stars Ben and Erin Napier set out to show people what life in a small town is really like. Ben and Erin star in “Home Town,” where the couple work to restore a historic home using found materials and old textiles in their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. “People just have an idea in their […]

Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off? – podcast | Wales

Tata Steel announced in January that it would end primary steel manufacturing at Port Talbot. The town is known for its two giant blast furnaces and a large steel mill that has provided employment for decades. George McDonagh went there to see people's reactions. He met Gareth Edwards, who had worked there for 30 years […]

Las Vegas is now America’s most exciting sport town

Las Vegas, a city once known for its underworld origins, dazzling neon signs, and 24/7 party atmosphere, is now something else, the unexpected epicenter of American sports. . The arrival of the NFL, Formula 1 racing, the National Hockey League, WNBA, and soon Major League Baseball turned Sin City into a sports city. There, fans […]

Biden commutes sentence of official who stole $53M from Illinois town

President Biden made history Thursday by commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 49 people, making it the largest single-day clemency act in modern history. In this drastic step, Biden shaved years off the prison sentence of a person convicted of the largest local embezzlement in U.S. history, infuriating the current leaders of […]

Biden Commutes Sentence of Illinois Official Who Embezzled $53M from Small Town

As part of a wave of pardons, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Rita Crundwell, an Illinois public servant convicted in 2013 of the worst embezzlement of government funds in U.S. history. Biden granted 39 presidential pardons on Thursday, commuting the sentences of an incredible 1,500 convicted felons, including Mr. Crundwell, in the largest […]

Jewish Community Center Targeted in Attempted Terror Attack in Cape Town

Last Friday, a Jewish community center in Cape Town was the target of an attempted terrorist attack, but the plot was thwarted when explosives were discovered on the premises of the building before it could be detonated. The center houses the community's main institutions and is located across the street from the historic Gardens Synagogue. […]