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SWAMPSCOTT, MA — A proposal to accept $56,000 in state matching funding toward the construction of four pickleball courts at Phillips Park is back up for a discussion and town meeting vote in Swampscott after some neighborhood residents thought the project was scuttled when accepting the grant failed to gain the two-thirds support needed at the December special town meeting. […]

Après les États-Unis, l’Argentine souhaite à son tour déménager son ambassade à Jérusalem. Javier Milei, le président argentin, a annoncé à son arrivée en Israël, mardi 6 février, son “projet” de transférer “à Jérusalem-Ouest” l’ambassade de son pays, qui se trouve actuellement près de Tel-Aviv.  Le dirigeant d’extrême droite a été reçu à sa descente d’avion par le ministre israélien des Affaires […]

OAK LAWN, IL — Oak Lawn police are still on the scene of a crash that happened early Tuesday morning at 95th Street and Kolmar Avenue. A vehicle slammed into a power pole knocking the pole over. As of noon Tuesday, 95th Street remained closed in both directions. ComEd crews are on the scene making repairs. No injuries were reported. […]

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Two suspects held employees at gunpoint during a robbery Friday at Cherry Hill Mall, authorities said. Police responded to the incident just before 10:45 a.m. at Philly Diamond Connection — a jewelry store inside the mall. Management reported that two armed assailants held workers at gunpoint while emptying the store’s safe. The unidentified suspects then fled […]

Pas une maison ne semble avoir été épargnée par les flammes : sur des centaines de mètres, les collines de Viña del Mar ont été transformées en amas de cendres encore fumantes. Ravagée par les incendies, il ne reste plus rien d’une partie de la station balnéaire. Le bilan, qui va s’alourdir, est fatal : une centaine d’habitations brûlées et […]

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – ‘American Horror Stories’ will begin filming in South River this month, Mayor Peter Guindi said. Filming is expected to begin Feb. 8, and the borough will be the backdrop for one episode. The spin-off of the hit anthology series will be filming at the now-shuttered PNC bank. “All started when I had the opportunity to meet […]

LOS ANGELES, CA — The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning in the southern part of Los Angeles County Thursday where intense downpours flood multiple freeways including parts of the Santa Monica (10), the Long Beach (710), the Harbor (110) and the Ronald Reagan (118) freeways. At 8:31 a.m., Doppler radar and automated rain gauges recorded heavy rain […]

MINNEAPOLIS — More than 16 years after the Minnesota Supreme Court put the kibosh on Minneapolis’ “photo cop” program, the technology might be making a comeback. Speed cameras play a major role in the city of Minneapolis’ plan to end traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2027, but only if the Minnesota Legislature allows for it. The Minnesota Department of […]

VIRGINIA — “Adaptive reuse” is an architectural and design term that generally refers to the process of updating an obsolete structure and adapting it to a new use or purpose. Often, adaptive reuse and historic preservation are two sides of the same coin. Original building components that speak to its former use are retained. In other adaptive reuse projects, the […]

GRAYSLAKE, IL — Few new details are being released following an attempted kidnapping Friday in Grayslake. On Monday, Grayslake Police Department Sgt. Matt Gore said there’s been an “increased police presence for the time being” as the investigation into the incident continues. Meanwhile, students are being urged to walk to and from school, and bus stops, to “do so with […]