Month: February 2023

States Seek Ways to Curb Deadly Highway Wrong-Way Crashes

BOSTON—As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor’s inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams’ death threw a spotlight on a kind of car accident that is…


BC Premier David Eby Announces More Cost-of-Living Supports

British Columbia Premier David Eby announced another round of the BC Affordability Credit on Saturday to help offset inflation costs as he marked 100 days at the province’s helm. The province said in a news release that around 85 per cent of British Columbians will receive a full or partial payment as early as April…


‘We Need Action’: One Dead, Two Unaccounted for After Pikangikum First Nation Fire

A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others missing, two local leaders said as they implored the federal government for help bolstering fire services. The CEO of The Independent First Nations Alliance, a group that represents five communities in the region, said…


Shen Yun ‘Depicts the Things That Make Life Beautiful,’ Says Repeat Audience Members

MINNEAPOLIS—“It’s fresh and bright and beautiful and it depicts the things that make life beautiful,” said Kurt Grigoleit, engineer, about Shen Yun Performing Arts. Watching Shen Yun for the third year, Mr. Grigoleit and his wife Elizabeth, registered nurse, attended the matinee performance at the Orpheum Theatre on Feb. 25. “I never expect to see…


Former Marine Finds Missing Florida Boy Safe in Woods

BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—A former U.S. Marine is being hailed as a hero Friday for finding a 2-year-old boy who had been missing since wandering out of his north Florida home a day earlier. “I said a prayer about 10 minutes before I found him,” Roy Link told Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis in a video the…


Navy to Overlook Past Fitness Test Failures to Help Retain Personnel

The U.S. Navy says it will overlook all previous physical fitness assessment failures for staffing decisions in a “one-time reset” to offset the effects of the COVID pandemic and boost retention. “This NAVADMIN announces a one-time reset of all physical fitness assessment (PFA) failures,” the Navy announced Thursday. “As such all Active Component (AC) and…


Navy to Overlook Past Fitness Test Failures in a Move That Will Help Retain Personnel

The U.S. Navy says it will overlook all previous physical fitness assessment failures for staffing decisions in a “one-time reset” to offset the effects of the COVID pandemic and boost retention. “This NAVADMIN announces a one-time reset of all physical fitness assessment (PFA) failures,” the Navy announced Thursday. “As such all Active Component (AC) and…


Navy to Overlook Fitness Test Failures During COVID Pandemic Years

The U.S. Navy has eliminated all previous physical fitness assessment failures to offset the effects of the COVID pandemic and boost retention. “This NAVADMIN announces a one-time reset of all physical fitness assessment (PFA) failures,” the Navy announced Thursday. “As such all Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) officers and enlisted Sailors shall be…


Da Costa Wins Depleted Formula E Cape Town EPrix

Antonio Felix da Costa won Formula E’s inaugural Cape Town ePrix with some bold overtaking on Saturday while Porsche team mate and championship leader Pascal Wehrlein drew a blank after a first-lap collision. The victory in the fifth of 16 races this season was Da Costa’s first of the campaign and lifted the 2019–2020 champion,…


Former Oklahoma St. teammates Gooch, Uihlein share LIV lead

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico—Talor Gooch made a 4-foot birdie putt on his final hole to tie Peter Uihlein for the lead in a LIV Golf season debut at Mayakoba that looks to be an Oklahoma State alumni reunion. Uihlein was in the lead for most of Saturday at El Camaleon until a bogey-birdie-bogey finish led…