Day: March 13, 2024

Top State Dept. official reassures Kosovo of shared responsibility in Serbian relations during visit

1:12 pm March 13, 2024

A senior U.S. official on Wednesday reassured top officials in Kosovo that the burdens of normalizing relations with longtime rival Serbia would be borne by both sides. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met with officials in Kosovo in the latest American effort to restart talks on normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia, after […]

Savannah expects historic crowds for its 200th anniversary St. Patrick’s Day parade

1:11 pm March 13, 2024

There was no green beer, no pickup trucks towing parade floats or throngs of tourists in gaudy green outfits. Instead, just a few dozen of Savannah’s early Irish immigrants marched a half-mile from a hotel near the riverfront to attend a special service at what then was the city’s only Roman Catholic church. That modest […]

Paul Alexander, polio survivor who spent over 70 years in iron lung, dead at 78

1:09 pm March 13, 2024

Paul Alexander, known as “the man in the iron lung,” having spent most of his life living inside a metal chamber that helped him breathe, has died aged 78, a fundraiser for his health care confirmed Tuesday. Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, contracted polio in the summer of 1952 when he was 6 years old, leaving him paralyzed […]

Judge approves Trump’s $92M bond in NY defamation case

12:04 pm March 13, 2024

Former President Trump’s bond money — which totaled just under $100 million dollars — was accepted by a federal judge ahead of his appeal. Trump posted the $92 million bond last week following a ruling that found him liable in his New York defamation case in January of this year. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan approved […]

Voters in 2020 battleground state lean towards Trump in 2024: poll

11:44 am March 13, 2024

Voters in the 2020 battleground state of North Carolina lean toward former Presiden Trump in 2024 by a 5.4 point margin over incumbent President Biden, a new poll conducted after Super Tuesday shows. The statewide poll conducted by Cygnal from March 6-7 and published by the Carolina Journal on Tuesday found that 45.2% of likely […]