Day: September 29, 2023

Fire razes Port Clyde, Maine waterfront, destroys multiple Wyeth paintings

9:52 pm September 29, 2023

A fire destroyed several waterfront buildings in Maine, including an art gallery with several paintings by Jamie Wyeth and an illustration by his grandfather, N.C. Wyeth., the building’s owner said Friday. The original paintings and illustration, along with several signed prints, books and photographs, were lost when the fire started late Wednesday and spread to […]

TN woman claims she thought door-to-door salesman she allegedly shot was gang-appointed hitman

9:50 pm September 29, 2023

A Tennessee woman accused of shooting a salesman at her front door told deputies that she mistook him for a hit man, authorities said. Monica Johnson-Markwork, 51, of Cordova, a Memphis suburb, was charged with felony aggravated assault in the shooting, news outlets reported, citing a statement from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. The door-to-door […]

Northern Arizona University building med school to help combat doctor shortage

9:48 pm September 29, 2023

Northern Arizona University plans to build a new medical school as part of a greater effort to address an ongoing shortage of health care workers in the state, the Arizona Board of Regents announced Friday. The medical school would be the first in the region and will focus on training aspiring doctors for primary care […]

Acting Spanish PM gets second chance at power as conservatives struggle to set up new government

8:59 pm September 29, 2023

Spain’s acting center-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lost July’s national election but now has a shot at returning to power after the leader of the country’s conservatives failed for a second time Friday to get parliament’s support for a new government. In a vote in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the Spanish parliament’s lower […]

Government shutdown would ‘undermine’ Biden admin’s economic ‘progress’: Yellen

8:34 pm September 29, 2023

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned that economic progress could be negatively impacted by a government shutdown through the halting of key programs for small businesses and children. Yellen, speaking at the Port of Savannah in Georgia, urged Republicans in the House to adhere to a budget deal agreed to in May in order […]