Day: October 5, 2023

In Montana, deputy kills man who was being served an arrest warrant

6:13 pm October 5, 2023

A Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who fired a gun while officers were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant from another Montana county, the sheriff’s office said Thursday. Officers went to a residence about 22 miles northeast of Billings, near Ballantine, at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and spoke with the […]

New York commercial fisherman, who conspired to sell 200,000 pounds of fish past legal quotas, convicted

6:12 pm October 5, 2023

A commercial fisherman accused of conspiring with others to sell 200,000 pounds of fish in excess of legal quotas has been convicted in federal court in New York. Christopher Winkler, 63, of Montauk, was convicted Wednesday in Central Islip of one count of criminal conspiracy, two counts of mail fraud and two counts of obstruction […]

Pennsylvania Dems approve moving cash into a university grant program in a move GOP call unconstitutional

6:12 pm October 5, 2023

Democrats who control Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives are making another attempt to send hundreds of millions of dollars to four Pennsylvania universities and get around a partisan dispute that has delayed the money. To get around the opposition, House Democrats shifted the money into a grant program in legislation whose approval, they say, requires only […]

Biden, on Texas border wall, says ‘they have to use the money for whatever is appropriate’

5:14 pm October 5, 2023

President Biden on Thursday, speaking after his administration announced border wall construction in Texas, said “I tried to get them to reappropriate, to redirect that money. “They didn’t. They wouldn’t,” Biden told reporters at the White House. “And in the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for […]

One-third of Central Park’s Great Lawn ‘fully destroyed’ after damage from Global Citizen Festival, rains

5:00 pm October 5, 2023

A portion of Central Park’s Great Lawn – one of the most popular event venues in New York City – is closed for public use after suffering significant damage during the Global Citizen Festival late last month. “The Central Park Conservancy is very disappointed that the iconic Great Lawn is now closed and unavailable for […]