HONG KONG >> More than a year before a fire devoured a complex of high-rise towers in Hong Kong, residents alerted officials about potential fire safety violations on a renovation project there. Continue reading Hong Kong officials warned over a year before deadly inferno
PICKENS Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will kick off the Christmas season with the co-op’s annual tree lighting at their Pickens office at 734 West Main Street on November 25 at 5: 15 p. m. For 43 years, this highly anticipated community event has created joy and camaraderie throughout the Pickens community by bringing people together to The post Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to host annual Tree Lighting first appeared on. Continue reading Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to host annual Tree Lighting
The following is the transcript of the interview with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 16, 2025. Continue reading Transcript: Sen. Bill Cassidy on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 16, 2025
A 30-foot sailboat from Hilton Head, S. C., ran aground just north of the Flagler Beach pier shortly after 9 p. m. Thursday. A crew of two-a man and a woman in their late 30s, early 40s–were aboard the boat. Neither was injured. But the boat’s keel has been damaged, making the boat inoperable. The post Sailboat Runs Aground in Flagler Beach, Close to Pier’s Construction Zone appeared first on FlaglerLive. Continue reading Sailboat Runs Aground in Flagler Beach, Close to Pier’s Construction Zone
The cost of President Donald Trump’s ballroom addition to the White House has gone up, from its original stated price of $200 million to nearly double that, the president admitted while speaking to reporters on Thursday.”Have you raised the full $300 million needed to fund your ballroom, and how much specifically are you donating to this construction?” asked a reporter.”Actually, we raised, I think, $350 million, all donor money, and money that we put up, uh, we’ve raised, it’s going to be, it’s going to cost right in the neighborhood of $300 million,” said Trump. “It’s been expanded and made, absolutely, it’ll be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world, I think. And how much specifically are you donating to it personally?” reporters followed up.”How much am I donating? I won’t be able to tell you until I finish, but I’ll donate whatever is needed. I’ll tell you that,” said Trump. The ballroom project, which has already resulted in demolition work on parts of the East Wing despite previous promises it would not alter any existing structure, has triggered outrage from observers who fear Trump is reshaping the White House too aggressively in his own image, as well as those angry he is focusing on a vanity project for his own residence at a moment when the federal government is shut down over a standoff about extending health care funding for millions of people. YouTube www. youtube. com. Continue reading ‘Most beautiful ballroom anywhere!’ Trump’s project just got an eye-popping new price tag
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