Month: July 2021

Pump prices are climbing with summer travel in full swing with little relief in sight. Through August, motorists could see the national average rise another 10 to 20 cents, according to AAA, putting the national average over $3.25 per gallon this summer. “Robust gasoline demand and more expensive crude oil prices are pushing gas prices higher,” …

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Photographer Eric J. Smith has a knack for putting himself in the right place at the right time. Always with a camera in hand, he’s constantly observing the world to see what might be photo-worthy. In March 2020, he was certainly ready when an opportunity presented itself during a whale-watching expedition in Baja’s San Ignacio Lagoon. …

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A public school district in Massachusetts included books about “White privilege” and “Whiteness” in a recommended summer reading list for grade school students. Belmont Public Schools, located in a Boston suburb, includes a list titled “Race, Culture, and Activism” of suggested books for students from kindergarten through fifth grade to read over the summer. The reading list includes the book “Not …

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A concealed carry holder shot a gunman who police say opened fire at Fourth of July partygoers in the Chicago area over the weekend, killing a woman and injuring two others. The suspect, Calvin Gonnigan, 34, is in police custody. Police say he shot at a group in Austin around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, striking 45-year-old Janina Ford in the …

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Former President Trump claimed on Wednesday that there was “no reason” for a rioter to be shot during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol. Trump brought up the rioter, Ashli Babbitt, after he was asked what he had done to to stop the attack on the Capitol and why he couldn’t stop it. Trump was impeached for inciting a …

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OCEAN CITY — After a two-week investigation, the cause of a West Ocean City fire along the harbor has been confirmed as arson. In a release Tuesday, the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office reported determining the fire was “intentional (or arson).” The fire, which occurred around 1:51 a.m. June 22, destroyed an unoccupied home and …

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Travelers hoping to escape to the Bahamas had their flight out of North Carolina delayed overnight because a group of passengers refused to wear masks, according to American Airlines. Flight 893 was supposed to leave Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday for Nassau, Bahamas, but it did not take off until the following day. The …

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OCEAN CITY — One of the two companies planning an offshore wind farm project already in the planning pipeline on Wednesday applied for a second project roughly six times larger. In 2017, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved two wind energy projects off the coast of Ocean City, including Ørsted’s Skipjack project. Technically, the …

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Health and Human Services Secretary Javier Becerra on Thursday responded to criticism by some Republicans this week over plans to go “door-to-door” to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations in targeted communities, arguing- Contrary to what some GOP lawmakers have insisted—it is “absolutely” the business of the federal government to engage in such a push. HHS argued in …

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‘It’s about Joe Biden, president of the United States’ Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York on Wednesday explained why the Hunter Biden laptop story is so important. The evidence from a laptop computer Hunter Biden abandoned at a repair shop and was later turned over to the FBI – after copies of the drive …

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