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Hawaii governor weighing whether to decriminalize emergency rule-breaking to a costly ticket
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Penalizing emergency rule violators could be as easy as giving a parking ticket under a bill awaiting Hawaii Gov. David Ige. But what happens to the tens of thousands of cases involving people who faced criminal charges in the pandemic? Get Hawaii’s latest news sent to your inbox, click here to subscribe …
Virtual school best option for teen and family weighing multiple health issues | News
A virtual classroom was the best choice for seventh grader Austin Heflin, but that doesn’t mean his parents don’t look forward to the day the Tomlinson Middle School student will return to a traditional classroom. Ladonna Heflin said she and her husband carefully weighed the decision to remove Austin from traditional classes as they moved …
Richard Grenell: Weighing bid for California governor, former acting director of national intelligence to meet with Trump Saturday
The subject is sure to come up when the former acting director of national intelligence and Trump ally meets with the former President at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, but the two men are expected to discuss a range of topics, the source told CNN on Saturday. CNN previously reported that Newsom’s opponents, angry over the Democratic …
‘Breaking of the middle class’ has famed short-seller Carson Block weighing new career: There’s an obvious disconnect between stocks and ‘the underlying economy’
The coronavirus has Carson Block thinking about his career choices. The founder of San Francisco-based Muddy Waters, who made his name shorting Chinese stocks, told MarketWatch in an interview that the current divide between stock-market valuations and the “underlying economy” may lure him into public service so he can do his part in addressing what …
White House weighing plan to replace Azar
“The Department of Health and Human Services, under the leadership of Secretary Azar, continues to lead on a number of the President’s priorities. Any speculation about personnel is irresponsible and a distraction from our whole-of-government response to COVID-19,” said deputy press Secretary Judd Deere in a statement Saturday. An HHS spokesperson said that “Secretary Azar …
City weighing gunshot-detection technology | The Daily Gazette
SCHENECTADY — The city will soon be joining Rochester and Syracuse in using gunshot-detection technology. “It should be happening by the end of the year,” said city Police Chief Eric Clifford. Clifford said the technology will be deployed in the neighborhoods that generate the majority of shots-fired calls, including Mont Pleasant, Hamilton Hill and Central …
2nd Official Is Weighing Whether to Blow the Whistle on Trump’s Ukraine Dealings
WASHINGTON — A second intelligence official who was alarmed by President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine is weighing whether to file his own formal whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress, according to two people briefed on the matter. The official has more direct information about the events than the first whistle-blower, whose complaint that Mr. Trump …
Baby born on 7-Eleven Day, at 7:11 p.m., weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz.
ST. LOUIS — 7-Eleven Day typically means free Slurpees for everyone, but this year’s celebration turned out more special than usual for one Missouri family. Rachel Langford of St. Louis gave birth to a baby girl on July 11 — yes, 7/11. That’s not all, baby J’Aime Brown was born at 7:11 pm, weighing seven …
‘Crosscurrents’ are weighing on the economy so Fed will ‘act as appropriate’
Business investments across the U.S. have slowed recently as uncertainties over the economic outlook linger, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in prepared testimony to the House House Financial Services Committee. “Inflation has been running below the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) symmetric 2 percent objective, and crosscurrents, such as trade tensions and concerns about …
