Tag: Local News

Census: Texas Leads US With Largest Population Gains, Florida Leads With Fastest Population Growth

Texas and Florida lead the U.S. in population growth, according to new Census Bureau estimates. Texas saw the largest population gain in the United States. Florida had the largest percentage increase and the fastest population growth, according to the data. Texas for the first time became the only state other than California to now have…


Florida Deputy Fatally Shot During Christmas Eve Standoff

SHALIMAR, Fla.—A sheriff’s deputy in the Florida Panhandle was fatally shot Christmas Eve during a standoff with a suspect who was being served a warrant. Timothy Price-Williams has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder in the killing Saturday of Cpl. Ray Hamilton in Fort Walton Beach. Hamilton was setting up a perimeter around a townhouse…


Frigid Winter Storm Across US Claims at Least 34 Lives

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes…


Illegal Immigrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home in DC on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON—Three buses of recent illegal immigrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived late Saturday…


Illegal Immigrants Dropped Near VP Harris Home in Washington on Christmas Eve

WASHINGTON—Three buses of recent illegal immigrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve. Texas authorities have not confirmed their involvement, but the bus drop-offs are in line with previous actions by border-state governors calling attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The buses that arrived late Saturday…


Passenger Laptop Fire Forces Plane Evacuation at JFK Airport

NEW YORK—Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening, officials said. Officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the aircraft was taxing to a gate at…


Frigid Winter Storm Across US Claims at Least 24 Lives

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday morning to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes…


NY Legislators Pass Bill Increasing Pay to Highest in Country As Real Wages Fall For Everyday New Yorkers

Legislators in New York voted on Thursday to increase their pay by $32,000 at a time when the state’s citizens are suffering from stagnant wages and decades-high inflation, making the lawmakers the highest-paid among peers across the United States. The pay raise will push up the yearly salary for lawmakers from the current $110,000 to…


New York City Council Caucus Urges Biden to Declare ‘Emergency’ Over Migrant Crisis

A group of bipartisan New York City Council members is asking President Joe Biden to declare a federal emergency, saying that doing so would free up funding for the city’s borough to handle the migrant crisis, according to the New York Post. Six Republicans and two Democrats in the Council’s “Common Sense Caucus” made their…


Port Jervis, New York, City Council Adopts 2023 Budget

Port Jervis City Council on Dec. 22 unanimously passed a 2023 budget of $20 million, raising property tax levy by nearly 9 percent. Residential property taxes go up by 5 percent to nearly $3.8 million, whereas taxes collected on commercial properties increase by 11 percent to $3.5 million. Inflation is said to be responsible for…