Residents of Sanibel Island crossed the causeway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Ian damaged the only land access road to this popular Gulf Coast destination. "The causeway is our lifeline, and without it we don't have a chance to go back to the island, to go back to...
Florida farmers and ranchers could suffer up to $1.5 billion in losses from Hurricane Ian
Florida farmers and ranchers face losses of up to $1.56 billion in crops, livestock, and greenhouse and aquaculture products due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian, according to a new preliminary analysis from the University of Florida released Tuesday. The evaluation carried out by the economic analysis program of...
Suspect charged in series of California homicides
The San Joaquin County, California District Attorney filed formal charges against Wesley Brownlee in a series of recent homicides in Stockton. Brownlee, 43, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Jonathan Rodriguez Hernandez, Juan Carlos Carranza-Cruz and Lawrence Lopez. Brownlee also faces charges of...
Biden will pardon those convicted of marijuana possession
Joe Bide will pardon all those convicted at the federal level for possession of marijuana through an executive order, the White House announced on Thursday. "Sending people to jail simply for possessing marijuana has affected too many lives and put people in jail for conduct that is legal in many...
Biden does not believe that Putin will use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, said that he does not believe that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will use tactical nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine as he has threatened, although he assured that if that happens, the US has a prepared response. In a televised...
The White House will announce additional sales of its oil reserves in the wake of the OPEC cut
President Joe Biden will announce the sale of an additional 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in December, a senior administration official said. This is an attempt to counter market pressures created by OPEC's decision to cut oil production targets just three weeks before the US midterm elections....
Biden warns of risk of ‘armageddon’ over Putin’s nuclear threats
US President Joe Biden issued a stern warning about the dangers behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats as Moscow continues to face military setbacks in Ukraine. “For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat of the use of a nuclear weapon if, in...
Trump Organization charged secret service ‘exorbitant’ hotel fees while protecting Presidential family, house report reveals
The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service "exorbitant" fees — more than $1.4 million over four years — for protecting the former president and his family on their properties, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee. The commission found that the company charged the Secret Service "excessive nightly...
The Government closes the international bridge between Mexico and the United States, due to a protest.
A protest by dozens of migrants caused the closure of one of the international bridges on the border between Tamaulipas, Mexico, and Texas, United States, reported the United States Customs and Border Protection. "In light of a demonstration at the midpoint of the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, CBP has...
Increasing numbers of migrants arrive in New York, the number reached a record of more than 62,500 people last week
The latest signs of the crisis facing New York are the huge white tents that the city's mayor says he never imagined he would have to build. The arrival of buses from the border shows no signs of slowing down and these new emergency shelters on Randall's Island could soon...