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ANN ARBOR, MI - Facing a big budget shortfall, Ann Arbor officials are looking at where they can trim costs. More than $1.3 million in reductions in the police department, including elimination of 12 positions, and nearly $730,000 in reductions in the fire department, including elimination of five positions, are among the possible cuts. Meanwhile, the city’s sustainability office is requesting an extra $3.6 million, creating several new positions, to move forward on the city’s A2Zero carbon-neutrality plan to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change. “We’re in a position where the financial needs of the city exceed the resources...

NEW DELHI -- When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash downstream from a Himalayan glacier on Sunday, his first thought was that this was exactly the scenario that his team had warned the Indian government of in 2014. Chopra and other experts had been tasked by India's Supreme Court to study the impact of receding glaciers on dams. They had warned that warming due to climate change was melting the Himalayan glaciers and facilitated avalanches and landslides, and that constructing dams in the fragile ecosystem was dangerous. “They were clearly warned, and yet they went...

During a press conference on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that President Joe Biden’s goal for re-opening schools is to have more than 50% of schools teaching in class “at least one day a week” by the 100th day of his presidency.

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemLambs, Sheep, and Shepherds.Acts 2025 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God,[a] which he bought with his own blood.[b] 29 I know that...

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Lawyer Lin Wood, a prominent booster of conspiracy theories involving former President Donald Trump, has claimed under oath that he has evidence proving that former Vice President Mike Pence is a "traitor." Wood stated that he had already handed evidence proving Pence's alleged treachery to the U.S. Secret Service in a court filing on Tuesday. The filing was made in response to an attempt to remove him as the lawyer for Roslyn La Liberte, the plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit against MSNBC anchor Joy Reid. Reid's attorney cited Wood's claim that Pence is a "traitor" and several other controversial remarks...

Last week, I reported on two myths about socialism. My new video covers three more. Myth No. 3: Socialism works if it's "democratic." As the Democratic Socialists of America put it, "Society should be run democratically -- to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few." Sounds nice. If socialists are elected, then we'll have a more just society. But Venezuela's socialists were elected. "They can start off democratically elected," says economist Ben Powell, director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, but "once they centralize control over the economy, it becomes impossible to 'un-elect' them." Hugo...

... Larger numbers of immigrant families have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the first weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration. Warning signs are emerging of the border crises that marked former President Donald Trump’s term: Hundreds of newly released immigrants are getting dropped off with nonprofit groups, sometimes unexpectedly, and accounts of prolonged detention in short-term facilities are growing. Measures to control the virus have sharply cut space in holding facilities that got overwhelmed during a surge of arrivals in 2018 and 2019, when reports emerged of families packed into cells and unaccompanied children having to care for each...

February 10 2021 Memorial of St. Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio Saint Scholastica Monastery Chapel, Chicago Lectionary 331/p> Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 2:4-9,15-17 ©The Lord God fashioned man out of dustAt the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth, nor was there any man to till the soil. However, a flood was rising from the...

Former first lady Michelle Obama is launching a new Netflix kids show titled Waffles and Mochi that will promote healthy eating and diverse foods from different cultures. Michelle Obama announced that the show will debut on Netflix on March 16. “I’m excited for families and children everywhere to join us on our adventures as we discover, cook, and eat delicious food from all over the world,” she tweeted. LinkThe former first lady used the show’s announcement to promote Partnership for a Healthier America, her initiative to combat childhood obesity. Barack and Michelle Obama signed a lucrative deal with Netflix in...

The next time you hear a politician use the Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in One of its releases. A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. E. A billion dollars...

On Jan. 21, President Biden's first full day in office, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki began her briefing with this: "When the president asked me to serve in this role, we talked about the importance of bringing truth and transparency back to the briefing room." Now, the administration's position on opening schools shut by COVID lockdowns is testing that pledge. Psaki's problem started on Feb. 3, when the White House COVID Response Team held a teleconference for the press. Among the group was Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the president's new choice to head the Centers for Disease Control. A reporter...

David Schoen unwittingly gave Twitter a lesson in orthodox Jewish customs during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Tuesday. Schoen, Trump’s attorney, rested his hand on top of his head each time he took a sip of water while making his opening argument that the case is unconstitutional. Several viewers noted Schoen’s seemingly unusual drinking habit, with some even suggesting he was trying to keep a toupee from falling. But the lawyer was likely making the ritual move because he is religiously observant. Rabbi Menchem Genack, CEO of the kosher division of the Orthodox Union, explained that since Schoen...

...The Claim Shortly after the montage aired and began working its way across the internet, Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) tweeted footage claiming it was edited to leave out Trump's calls for peaceful protest moments before rioters stormed the Capitol. Donald Trump Jr. also spoke out, saying the footage was "deceptively edited." ...The Ruling True.

US intelligence on the supposed origin of the coronavirus pandemic was not reliable, a member of the special WHO mission to China said Wednesday, after Washington cast doubt on the transparency of the probe.Peter Daszak, a member of the WHO team, waded directly into the murky geopolitics which covers the pandemic origin story.President Joe Biden "has to look tough on China", he said in a tweet adding: "Please don't rely too much on US intel: increasingly disengaged under Trump & frankly wrong on many aspects."Daszak also tweeted that they worked "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible".Daszak heads...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will ease its restrictions on free speech, the government said on Tuesday, in response to a nationwide furore over a rapper ordered jailed over a song and tweets. A change in the law would not by itself prevent the jailing of Pablo Hasel, who has been ordered to surrender by the end of this week to serve a nine-month prison sentence imposed in 2018 under a security law known in Spain as the “gag law”. He has said he will not turn himself in. Hasel’s lyrics and tweets, which included references to banned guerrilla groups, compared...

...The Batavia Police Department in upstate New York on Tuesday joined hundreds of local law enforcement agencies in asking both potential victims and concerned residents to report allegations of unemployment benefit fraud directly to the state's Department of Labor. Police in Avon Lake, Ohio, in Whitman, Massachusetts, and in Evanston, Illinois, say frustrated taxpayers have called or even shown up at the station holding 1099-G tax forms which show someone is fraudulently reporting income in their name. ..

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the introduction of 10-year jail sentences for those who lie about their travel at the UK border as "appropriate". Under new measures due to come into force from Monday, UK and Irish residents arriving in England from 33 "red list" countries will have to pay up to £1,750 to quarantine for 10 days in government-managed hotel rooms. As part of the enforcement of the new action, anyone who tries to conceal they had been in a "red list" country in the 10 days before their arrival will face a prison sentence of up to...

Explosives are missing from the nation's largest US Marine Corps base, according to military officials who said Tuesday an investigation is underway. ...The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is investigating the incident, said Jeff Houston with NCIS Public Affairs. It is unclear what kind of explosives were missing and how many...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has widened the scope of the public beta test of its Starlink satellite internet service. Starlink's website emphasizes that preorders are "fully refundable," but notes in fine print that "placing a deposit does not guarantee service." company at first is offering Starlink to customers in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. ...Prospective Starlink users can enter a service address on the company's website, with preorders available for $99. Some regions show preorder messages that say SpaceX is "targeting coverage in your area in mid to late 2021," while other preorders say 2022.