President Donald J. Trump offers a fist pump to awaiting supporters as he disembarks Air Force One Saturday, Dec. 14 2019, at Philadelphia International Airport to attend the 120th Army-Navy football game, official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian. Democrats’ advantage among female voters has narrowed from recent campaign cycles, CNN analyst Harry Enten explained on Saturday. “The polling ahead of the 2022 midterms has been marked by a shrinking of electoral divisions,” he wrote. “Perhaps more surprisingly as we head into the heart of the primary season, the same is true when it comes to gender. Even after…
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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate1of5 Chandler Hickenbottom, an organizer in Saratoga Black Lives Matter, urged the crowd to stay involved to end racism.Show MoreShow LessALBANY – Organizers of a vigil to remember those killed at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo were blunt about the cause of the shooting there last Saturday: White supremacy. Racism. “We are standing in solidarity with those who have lost their lives to racist pieces of s—,” said speaker Gherian Foster of Schenectady.As those attending the Townsend Park gathering sang songs, read poetry and chanted, they said nothing would…
A young girl brings a homeless man home without informing her mother and provides him with refuge and food. But her mother soon discovers the truth, and the events that follow drastically change their lives.Jackie Wilkinson was a single mother who raised her daughter Clarissa alone after her husband Andrew died of leukemia six years ago.After Andrew’s passing, several of Jackie’s friends advised her to get married, emphasizing that Clarissa was young and needed a father’s care as well, but Jackie refused and instead chose to raise Clarissa alone.Of course, juggling housework and raising a 6-year-old kid alone wasn’t easy,…
Rich Man Kicks Out Homeless Girl Begging for Money, Later Sees Her at Wife’s Grave — Story of the Day A wealthy man scornfully refuses to give a poor girl money for flowers. But he sees her later at his deceased wife’s grave weeping and realizes who she is. David Salvi was nervous and excited. He was back in Boston after an absence of 15 years, and he was about to do something he’d sworn he’d never do: reach out to his wife. The florist he walked towards was rightly known as one of the city’s best, and he knew…
Police in Minnesota have arrested the 28-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy found dead in the trunk of her car during a traffic stop on Friday.Julissa Thayer has not yet been formally charged, but she was jailed early Saturday morning on a probable cause warrant for murder, jail records show.Details of the death have not been released.Family members identified the boy as Eli Hart, who had been a kindergarten student at Shirley Hills Primary School in Mound, KMSP reported.The boy’s body was found Friday morning when police responded to a 911 call reporting a vehicle with a tire driving on…
A little boy from Omaha experienced a scary moment after a typical school day turned horrid due to the neglect of the adult in charge. Seven-year-old Quinci Jordan was having a regular after-school day until it was time for his drop-off. The bus driver pulled up at a stop, and after the young boy descended, he had a crippling feeling of being lost. Quinci was dropped off at the wrong location, despite letting the driver know it was not his destination. However, a quick-thinking act from the little boy saved the day and what could have escalated into a dangerous…
NEWBURY, Mass. —A woman is dead and a man and child are injured after they were struck by a vehicle at a farm stand in a village of Newbury, Massachusetts. Newbury police Chief John Lucey said the crash happened at about 3:35 p.m. Saturday at Sforza Family Farm in Byfield, which is near the Byfield Greenhouse and Garden Center on Chute Road. Lucey said the vehicle involved, for unknown reasons, accelerated rapidly in reverse and crashed into the checkout area of the farm stand.Three people were struck by the vehicle. The woman who was killed, a man who suffered significant…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday suggested that those who have suffered losses caused by Russia’s invasion in Ukraine could receive compensation through a multilateral agreement that would confiscate Russian assets held under the jurisdiction of other countries.“We invite the partner countries to sign a multilateral agreement and create a mechanism through which each and every one who has suffered from different actions will be able to receive compensation for all losses,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post. “Under such an agreement, Russian funds and property under the jurisdiction of partner countries must be seized or frozen, and then confiscated…
Sarah enjoyed her job. A lot of people didn’t get that waitressing was one of the most rewarding of jobs — at least where she worked. Most of her customers at the seaside resort hotel were there on vacation and always in a good mood.When a man walked in with his teen son, she was struck by the way he watched the boy with desperate eyes. They ordered the house special, but while the man ate his meal with gusto, the boy pushed the food around on his plate. His eyes were even sadder than his father’s. “Wasn’t the pie…
Karina grew up in an orphanage after her parents’ death, and at eight years old, Betty and Alex fostered her. However, after overhearing an argument between them, Karina discovered a shocking old photo. When she confronted Betty, the older woman revealed a stunning truth. Karina was nervous and going through stuff quickly. Her ears were focused on every sound in the house, but her eyes and hands went through Betty’s items rapidly. She was snooping around for something. But the 8-year-old had no idea what or why she felt that something in here would explain what she heard the night…