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SPENCER, Iowa — Iowa landowners opposed to proposed liquid carbon dioxide pipelines crossing their property won a legal victory Wednesday, when a judge ruled a state law giving surveyors the right of entry to private property is unconstitutional. Ruling in a Clay County case, District Judge John Sandy said the law violated Iowa's constitution because it does not provide for just compensation for certain damages to landowners for their loss of the right to deny entry onto their land. "The court can find no other reasonable interpretation in which Iowa Code (section) 479B.15 passes 'constitutional muster,'" Sandy said in his...

Plans to redevelop the former Horse and Farrier on King’s Road into The IQRA Centre were approved in July last year. It received an outpouring of support from worshippers - leading to the creation of a grand prayer hall, community space and rooms for educational programmes. The team’s vision was brought to life in around seven to eight months after donations hit the £800,000 mark. Now the mosque has offered an invite to people of all faiths and backgrounds ahead of a long-awaited open day. Trustees and the centre’s Imam will take guests on a guided tour around the new-look...

TEXAS CAR ATTACK - In Brownsville, near the U.S.-Mexico border - SUV rammed people at bus stop - Outside migrant/homeless shelter - Police say it's believed to be intentional - At least 14 people struck, 7 confirmed dead - Driver taken into custody, motive unknown

Support was surging for the family of a 22-year-old New Brunswick woman who died suddenly in April 2023.Andrea Diaz was being remembered on a GoFundMe campaign as a "loving daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt and friend to many." According to her obituary, Andrea had been working for the City of New Brunswick at the time of her passing. Services were held at Shore Point Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., with interment at St. Gertrude Cemetery in Colonia.

Her body was found inside her room, which was in a pool house separated from the main house, according to the outlet. Bills had recently told friends that she had planned to move back into the main house because she was afraid of her ex-boyfriend, Chase Cook, police said. “She was scared of him, and she told some friends she thought about moving back into the residence because of that, but no signs that were given to police at all to let us know to be aware of him,” Moore police Lt. Wes Yost told KOCO. Video evidence showed Cook...

Gun control Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted Sunday that AR-15 rifles are not necessary for hunting or self-defense and suggested mass shooters would be those “most affected” by an “assault weapons” ban. He described the AR-15 as “the mass shooter’s best friend,” omitting any mention that the shooting at an Atlanta hospital earlier in the week was carried out with a handgun.

Democratic strategist Donna Brazile said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Democrats need to “wake up” following a new Washington Post-ABC News poll in which President Joe Biden’s approval ratings fell six percentage points between February and May. The poll also found former President Donald Trump would beat Biden in a head-to-head matchup in 2024.

A new version of how the face of the legendary Greek king and army leader Alexander the Great might have been in real life is presented by Royalty Now Studios on YouTube. Researchers have often employed modern technology and historical records to try and answer the question what Alexander’s true face might have looked like, also based on numerous surviving busts of the great Greek leader who was born in 356 b.C. and died in 323 b.C.. In his short but fascinating life, Alexander created a vast empire that stretched from Greece to northwestern India and established him in the...

“There was a possibility of the use of ballistic missiles, but none were detected,” Ihnat said in a comment to Ukrainian boradcaster Suspilne on May 5. He also noted that some military officials have already received reprimands for spreading false information. During the night of May 4, Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces later reported that they had shot down 18 out of 24 Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones, as well as a reconnaissance drone. In the morning, the Kyiv authorities announced that all enemy targets — drones and possibly ballistic missiles — had been...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met management representatives from the globalist investment firm BlackRock in Kyiv this week to discuss the formation of a massive fund for the reconstruction of the war-torn country. In a meeting with Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that the sit down will send a “strong signal of strengthening the investment climate.” “The details of the creation of an investment fund to restore Ukraine’s economy were discussed at a meeting with the management of the largest asset management company in the world, BlackRock. The main goal of the fund’s creation...

MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Desperate to fill open positions amid a statewide teacher shortage, school officials in this rural North Texas city of about 15,000 chose to follow the lead of neighboring districts by converting to a four-day school week at the start of the current student year. “We decided if we can’t beat them, join them,” Superintendent John Kuhn said. As the school year nears a close next month, Kuhn proclaimed the four-day week “a really good success,” which, among other positives, produced a surge of qualified teacher applicants that helped the district fill its vacancies. The seven-member school...

An attorney representing some of the women who say they are survivors of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sent a letter to Justice Department officials demanding an investigation into what she says is the FBI's "seriously bungled examination" of the late financier. Lawyer Jennifer Freeman, an attorney with Marsh Law Firm who says she is "counsel to many survivors of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy," wrote a letter last week to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz. "The FBI utterly failed to investigate serious allegations involving Epstein’s, and perhaps others', child...

Is United Nations Geneva trying to tell us somethin’? Heh. Hey man, we all ‘typo’ when we tweet … it happens. And we’ve seen some silly gun-grabbing tweets but this one? WOOF and YIKES all in one. If you’re tweeting for say some very large even GLOBAL organization you might want to double-check what your tweet says beyond just spellcheck. Not to mention hashtags are a different beast entirely so check, check, and check again. They tweeted this in response to the Allen, TX shooting (and it was up for several hours): Why is the UN promoting #IncestInPeace? Incest? pic.twitter.com/TDOYDkXqzZ...

Thousands cheered King Charles III with ‘God Save The King” as his gilded carriage passed through London. The coronation had all of the pomp and circumstance that people expected from the fifth longest monarchy in history (Japan is the longest). The ceremony included one time-honored tradition that some of us could have done without: the arrest of peaceful protesters. It was all part of “Operation Golden Orb” and follows a long, unbroken British tradition of quashing free speech. London’s Metropolitan Police made 52 arrests during the coronation, including many anti-monarchy protesters who were wearing yellow T-shirts and shouting “Not My...

VIDEOI guess PAID DNC TikTok shill Harry J. Sisson either hasn't seen the latest Washington Post poll or just wants to avoid it completely as he overenthusiastically hypes polling on May 6 showing Joe Biden barely winning. I guess he hasn't checked back with the very Poll Tracker USA he cites because their latest data is in line with the sad sad Washington Post poll showing President Trump leading Sleepy Joe by a healthy margin. But, hey, you don't get paid by the DNC if you don't continue to do upbeat shilling showing things are terrific for Biden.

Former President Donald Trump, a Republican, has opened up a clear lead over President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the 2024 race for the White House, a Washington Post and ABC News poll shows.The poll shows 49 percent of respondents said they would definitely or probably vote for Trump against Biden, or that they lean towards voting for Trump, whereas Biden in such a scenario only nets 42 percent.### The fact Trump has such a commanding lead over Biden just about a week after Biden announced his reelection campaign is a remarkable turn of events for the former president. Not...

The workers, united, will never be defeated, say union leaders — so long as tough legislation is passed to weave worker input into AI-powered decisions.“I would predict that the standard of life in progressive countries one hundred years hence will be between four and eight times as high as it is today,” wrote the economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930. He predicted that technological developments and automation would bring a brighter future for workers — estimating that people would work no more than 15 hours per week by 2030. That still seems like a lofty goal just seven years out...

Today the BLS released Labor Productivity and Costs for 2023 Q1. Let's take a look. Labor Productivity Details Labor productivity, or output per hour, is calculated by dividing an index of real output by an index of hours worked by all persons, including employees, proprietors, and unpaid family workers. Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased 2.7 percent in the first quarter of 2023 Output increased 0.2 percent and hours worked increased 3.0 percent. From the same quarter a year ago, nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased 0.9 percent, reflecting a 1.3-percent increase in output and a 2.3-percent increase in hours...

Former major league pitcher Vida Blue has died. He was 73 years old. The 1971 winner of both the AL MVP and Cy Young awards, Blue's playing career spanned three decades with the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and two stints with the San Francisco Giants. Following his award-winning 1971 season, Blue clashed with A's owner Charlie Finley over his salary and played sparingly in 1972 as the A's marched to the first of three straight World Series titles. The left-hander played an integral role in the 1973 and 1974 titles. But Blue's tumultuous relationship with Finley proved prophetic as...

'Why is a man who loves make-up, cries easily and stays at home to tend to the domestic responsibilities valiant, but a woman who does the same is pathetic?' the actress asked"Lost" and "Ant-Man and The Wasp" star Evangeline Lilly is speaking out against what she believes is society’s current push to feminize men and masculinize woman. In a lengthy Instagram post shared Thursday, the actress and mother pondered the ways that the culture has decided to try and make men less manly and women less feminine. Lilly mentioned her frustration over people vilifying traditional depictions of tough guys...