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Ten people were injured following a shooting that witnesses say happened during a music video shoot for rapper French Montana. Shots rang out just before 8 p.m. Thursday outside of a Miami Gardens restaurant. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and police responded to the scene and found multiple people injured. Witnesses said the chaos unfolded as French Montana was filming a music video, according to NBC Miami. Footage showed the rapper sitting in a car outside The Licking restaurant before shots were fired. His representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Police told the news station that it is believed…

The U.S. Forest Service is pushing ahead with plans to log or conduct controlled burns in parts of the Hoosier National Forest despite concerns the project could taint the drinking water supply used by more than 100,000 people.Environmental groups and officials in southern Indiana’s Monroe County sued the federal agency in 2020, contending it violated federal law when it decided to proceed with logging and controlled burns over more than 15,000 acres in northwest Jackson County.Opponents worry the project could harm the water quality of Lake Monroe, a reservoir that serves all of adjacent Monroe County and provides drinking water…

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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday called on President Biden to send tanks to Ukraine, as requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Republican lawmaker urged Biden to act following an announcement that France would send the first western tanks to Ukraine to aid the fight against Russia’s invasion. France will supply AMX-10 RC light tanks to Ukraine, an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters Thursday, according to French news agency AFP. “I appreciate France agreeing to provide light armored combat vehicles to Ukraine – but this is not enough,” Graham tweeted. “The goal for 2023 is to give…

Shelley Bowolin and her daughter Grace reconstructed one of the Habitat for Humanity Okanagan houses from Lake Country in gingerbread form and, in turn, won the People’s Choice Award for the 2022 Jingle Bell Build. It was the third year of the gingerbread house-building competition and winning for their tasty, tiny build was emotional for the family hoping to one day live in one of the Lake Country houses.“It brings tears to my eyes – we’ve been to the site, worked on the site and we’re really anxious to step in and do some work on the house,” Shelley said.“It’s…

Sat, Jan 7 20231:20 AM ESTBiden congratulates McCarthy on speaker election, takes subtle dig at House GOP U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One for travel to Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, January 4, 2023.Leah Millis | ReutersPresident Joe Biden congratulated McCarthy on his election as House Speaker in a statement issued shortly before 1 a.m. ET.”Jill and I congratulate Kevin McCarthy on his election as Speaker of the House,” said Biden.”I am prepared to work with Republicans when I can and voters made clear that they expect Republicans to be…

Surveys of economists at the end of 2022 in the US, eurozone and the UK have been unremittingly bleak, stuffed with predictions of recession, higher unemployment and continued inflationary problems. The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, talks of a tougher 12 months ahead and expects a third of the world to experience a recession. It is depressing stuff. Fortunately, these narrative are probably wrong. We should all cheer up a little. The evidence suggests 2023 economic performance won’t be as bad as most economists are saying. We are likely to end the year richer, more secure and more content…

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday that he believes a war with China over Taiwan can be avoided even as tensions over the island remain high. Tense relations with China peaked in August 2022 after then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited the island to show solidarity with Taipei, despite threats from Beijing that the visit would prompt “very serious developments and consequences.”China viewed the visit as “a gross interference in China’s internal affairs” and responded by immediately ramping up aggressive military drills near the island in the days after her trip, as well as in the months…

In Brian Sabean and Omar Minaya, the Yankees have added a vast amount of scouting experience to Brian Cashman’s front office this week. But the general manager pushed back on the notion that the two former GMs were brought on because of an imbalance between analytics and pro scouting in the Yankees’ operation. “I feel we are balanced,’’ Cashman said by phone on Thursday. “I think there’s an inaccurate depiction of what really happens behind these walls. I think people who are analytic haters try to present things inaccurately. I think we have one of the best analytic departments in…