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Special Team Seeks Pretrial Detention of One of Ex-First Lady's Closest Aides
Photo : YONHAP News A special counsel team probing allegations concerning former first lady Kim Keon-hee sought a pretrial detention warrant for one of her closest aides, former Black Pearl Invest CEO Lee Jong-ho, on charges of violating the...

JJ’s Star Spangled Salute: A Veteran Gets Keys To A New Home
Today, I salute Veteran U.S. Army Specialist Daniel John Scipioni and Bank of America. Daniel enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2010 at 29. In 2011, he was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan, and was seriously injured in combat. As a result, he was...

Blue State Blues: Gavin Newsom’s Gerrymander Is an Insult to Fire Victims
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is obsessed with politics, to the point that he is gerrymandering the state’s congressional districts — a waste of time, money, and effort that would be better spent helping fire victims. Newsom wants to undo...

Trump tariffs could cause U.S. factory costs to jump up to 4.5%: analysis
As President Donald Trump prepares to announce new tariff increases, the costs of his policies are starting to come into focus for a domestic manufacturing sector that depends on global supply chains, with a new analysis suggesting factory costs...

Bluewater International Granfondo a ‘beautiful’ ride
BRIGHT’S GROVE – Juan Negron made a personal goal of exercising in every single U.S. state.Article content After competing in Idaho last year, the Alabama resident only had Alaska and Hawaii left on his list, but trips to those two places were...

FMLS: Continued Challenges Impact Housing Market Amid Elevated Mortgage Rates, Tariff Pressures
Georgia-based First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), one of the nation’s largest MLSs with over 57,000 members, has released its July 2025 Market Intel Report, providing valuable insights into the current housing and economic climate. The report...

U-Haul’s #1 KC Mover? It’s Not Who You Expect
If you had to guess what state has residents that move to Kansas City the most, which would you say? If you gave me 50 chances, I probably still wouldn't get it right based on new data just shared by U-Haul. I find these annual migration data...

U.S.-South Korea Trade Talks Intensify
On the eve of the deadline (Aug. 1) for the United States to impose a 25% reciprocal tariff, the finance chiefs of South Korea and the United States are set for final negotiations in Washington, D.C. While there is no news of a deal yet, attention...

Navigating Real Estate in Two Texas Markets: Austin vs. Hidalgo
Texas is a vast state with an incredibly diverse housing market. From tech hubs like Austin to culturally rich towns near the southern border, such as Hidalgo, real estate dynamics shift dramatically depending on where you’re looking....

Karnataka HC Reserves Verdict In X Corp's Plea Seeking Declaration That Govt Officers Can't Issue Blocking Orders U/S 79(3)(b) IT Act
The Karnataka High Court has reserved orders in a plea filed by X Corp seeking a declaration that Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act does not confer authority to issue information blocking orders and such orders can only be issued after following the...

Roaming Charges: Something’s Gone Wrong Again
A four-year-old Palestinian girl who died of malnutrition and lack of medical treatment in Gaza. Photo: UNRWA. “We live in an oligarchy, but with the humidity, it feels like a dictatorship.” – Judah Friedlander + This was the week the worms...

Youngsters learn at museum’s day camp
KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette John Lee, of Lewisburg, portrays Civil War Chaplain William McCormick for the kids. The Thomas Taber Museum spent the week hosting a day camp where youngsters learned about American and regional history. John Lee,...

China's small workshops are hurting. Trump's tariffs are only one reason.
GUANGZHOU: It was 96 degrees in the shade with high humidity and not a breath of wind Tuesday afternoon in a factory district in Guangzhou, the home base of China's garment manufacturing. The sewing workshops that were operating in one...

Trump’s Tariffs Hits Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago
BY NAN Business Editor News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Aug. 1, 2025: Trump tariffs are back – and this time, two Caribbean nations are feeling the heat. U.S. President Donald Trump announced new 15% tariffs on goods from Guyana and Trinidad...
BCTC president on plan to build affordable housing in Queens
Earlier this week, the city unveiled its plan to transform the former airport in Flushing, Queens, by building 3,000 new homes. Officials say the project would generate an estimated $3.2 billion in economic activity over the next three decades, as...

MemorialCare Hospitals Recognized by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital Rankings
All MemorialCare Hospitals recognized as high performing among 46 procedures and conditions. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MemorialCare's Long Beach Medical Center, Orange Coast Medical Center, and Saddleback Medical...

Relative Importance of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Attributes for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nabin Poudel,1,2 Jingjing Qian,2 Kimberly B Garza,2 Peng Zeng,3 Jeffrey R Curtis,4 Surachat Ngorsuraches2 1Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR), University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;...

Concentration camps like Trump’s are not new to the U.S.
Trump's Deportation Plan Isn't a Departure—It's an Extension of U.S. History Mass deportations, indefinite detentions, and the return of the term “concentration camps” under Trump aren’t a break from U.S. tradition—they’re part of a long and...

Trump’s authority to impose tariffs questioned
WASHINGTON — Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump’s legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs. Members of the 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in...

After Trump’s Ukraine pivot, Senate panel moves to fund more military aid
The Senate’s Republican-led Appropriations Committee is recommending a major increase in Ukraine aid in next year’s defense budget, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to defund a long-term supply of weapons critical to the country’s...