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A Philadelphia police officer was shot and critically wounded during a vehicle investigation, and two suspects were being sought, authorities said Wednesday.Officials said the officer was shot at least twice shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in west Philadelphia and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford said one officer had approached the passenger side of the vehicle and a struggle ensued with a passenger who opened fire, hitting the officer in the abdomen just under his vest.JUDGE DROPS CHARGES AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT POLICEPolice said another officer returned fire and both…

Patrick Mahomes has a Super Bowl ring and NFL MVP and has minority ownership stakes in the Kansas City Royals and Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City.Even with the accolades and the likelihood he could just ride off into the sunset once his playing career is over, the superstar quarterback already has an idea of what he would want his next move to be. “I’ve always said that when I’m done playing, I might want to go to the GM role, so I’ll ask (Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach) some stuff,” Mahomes said via FOX4 KC.”I like that type of…

They got each other’s back! Leah Remini and her husband, Angelo Pagan, have been by each other’s side for the good and bad times. The couple met in 1996 at a Cuban restaurant and nightclub. The King of Queens star revealed that the first interaction with her future husband was “love at first sight” in a 2010 interview with Redbook. After dating for seven years, Remini and Pagan walked down the aisle in Las Vegas at the Four Seasons Hotel in July 2003. Her onscreen husband, Kevin James, was in attendance for the poolside nuptials. Nearly one year after her…

I can already feel it coming. The emails. The pitches. The explosion of buzzwords. This is going to be the year of “generative AI” the way 2012 was the year of Instagram. The way every year since 2017 has been the year of “blockchain revolution” or the “pivot to video.” Source: CNN

It’s no secret Edmonton’s downtown is struggling. At the centre of the conversation about ways to change that: getting people back. Downtown has been struggling with office vacancy for years, and it wasn’t just during the pandemic. Right now the rate is sitting at 23 per cent, and in 2019, it was slightly lower at 21 per cent.Vice Presidents of CBRE Edmonton Office Mark Anderson said issues of safety and security are part of the reason people are staying away.“What we need to do is bring more people into the core itself, and I know there is a bit of…

Washington CNN  —  A day before the suspected Chinese spy balloon entered US airspace over Alaska, the Defense Intelligence Agency quietly sent an internal report that a foreign object was headed towards US territory, military and intelligence officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The report – also known as a “tipper” – was disseminated through classified channels accessible across the US government. But it wasn’t flagged as an urgent warning and top defense and intelligence officials who saw it weren’t immediately alarmed by it, according to sources. Instead of treating it as an immediate threat, the US moved to…

An estimated 27.3 million people watched President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen, a 29% decline in viewership from Biden’s first address when more than 38 million tuned in. According to Nielsen’s measurement, 73% of the audience was aged 55 and older, with only 5% of viewers aged 18-34. Among broadcast networks, ABC News led the pack, averaging 4.4 million viewers and 1.1 million in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic. NBC News averaged 3.8 million total viewers with 1 million in the demo. And CBS News averaged 3.6 million viewers with 708,000 in…

Global investors have snapped up a record $21bn worth of Chinese equities this year, as robust economic data spurs traders to make larger bets that the reopening rally has further to run.Foreign buying of Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed shares through Hong Kong’s Stock Connect programme has rocketed to Rmb141bn ($21bn) so far in 2023 — more than double the previous record for the same period in 2021. The Connect scheme, launched in 2014, allows investors with a presence in Hong Kong to access stock markets on the mainland.Alongside a sharp rise in US equities, Chinese stocks have posted substantial gains since…

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., ripped President Biden’s State of the Union address in an interview with Fox News Digital, saying “the 1970s are calling” and “they’re asking for their speech back.”Emmer said the president “went back through 40 or 50 years of Democrat talking points.””The reassuring thing for me is that Americans are much smarter than this president gives them credit for,” Emmer told Fox News Digital, adding Biden tried to “take credit for things that aren’t real.MAJORITY WHIP EMMER BLASTS BIDEN’S RESPONSE TO THE CHINESE SPY FLIGHT AS ‘LUDICROUS’ AHEAD OF STATE OF THE UNION “He was…

Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes. Ed Zurga/AP/Shutterstock Their little man! Brittany Mahomes shared a rare photo of her and husband Patrick Mahomes’ son, Bronze, just days before the NFL star’s big showdown at the Super Bowl. “Just the best little guy,” Brittany, 27, captioned her Instagram Story photo holding their 2-month-old son on Wednesday, February 8. The mom-son duo wore color-coordinated outfits, with the soccer star clad in a neutral-colored ensemble while her baby boy rested on her chest in a tan-and-white checkered onesie. Brittany grinned at the camera while Bronze, whose face was not shown, appeared to look at his…