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Youngkin to meet with Taiwan’s leader during trade mission

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lead his first international trade mission later this month, a trip to Asia that will include a meeting with the president of Taiwan, his office said Tuesday.From April 24 through April 29, Youngkin and the Virginia delegation accompanying him will visit Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo; and Seoul, South Korea. In addition to meeting President Tsai Ing-wen, Youngkin will meet government officials, strategic business associations, company executives and industry leaders, his office said.“I’m excited to represent the Commonwealth in my first trade mission to Asia that will focus on economic development opportunities, our shared priorities and national security,” Youngkin said in a statement. “Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea represent critical markets that will advance economic growth and prosperity in Virginia. In strengthening these relationships, we are not only reaffirming our commitment to our allies but also strengthening the ...

Billy Porter reflects on ‘Pose,’ ‘Kinky Boots’ ahead of ‘Black Mona Lisa’ tour at DC’s Warner Theatre

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

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OPINIÓN | Las imágenes del histórico día de Trump cuentan una historia sorprendente

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

(CNN) — Los helicópteros de los medios de comunicación planeaban mientras una hilera de vehículos todoterreno recorría a toda velocidad la FDR Drive de Manhattan. Una multitud de periodistas, simpatizantes y curiosos esperaban en el Tribunal Penal de Manhattan, rodeados de agentes de policía. Todos esperaban la llegada del acusado.Puede que el ambiente fuera inusual –los miles de neoyorquinos que pasan por el tribunal cada año rara vez llaman mucho la atención–, pero lo que ocurrió dentro fue un proceso ordinario: un acusado se entregó, fue detenido y se le tomaron las huellas dactilares y compareció ante un juez para escuchar los cargos y presentar una declaración de culpabilidad.El espectáculo exterior –y el que seguramente evolucionará a medida que el expresidente Donald Trump intente hacerse con el control de la historia de su acusación– podría tentar a los observadores a ver la detención de Trump como un acontecimiento extraordinario. Y es histórico: ningún expresidente h...

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested amid SNP finances probe

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

LONDON — Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party and husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the party’s finances. In a statement released Wednesday, Police Scotland said a “58-year-old man has today, Wednesday, 5 April 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.”It added: “The man is in custody and is being questioned by Police Scotland detectives.” Multiple Scottish media outlets, including the BBC, confirmed the man was Murrell, who ran the internal machinery of SNP for almost 24 years until he quit during the recent SNP leadership contest. Police officers have been investigating the SNP’s finances for several months. Sturgeon shocked Scotland when she announced her departure as First Minister in February. Several police officers were seen outside th...

Zelenskyy visits Warsaw, against backdrop of angry Polish farmers

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Warsaw on Wednesday, where he will meet his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in his first official visit to Poland since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine.Ukraine’s leader will discuss issues such as tensions over increased grain exports to Poland — something that’s becoming a political problem as it’s annoying Polish farmers — as well as the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, supplying more weapons to Kyiv and Ukraine’s tighter integration with the EU, said Polish government spokesperson Piotr Müller.“We want to conduct these talks in the spirit of thinking about the future,” presidential foreign policy adviser Marcin Przydacz said. Zelenskyy choosing Warsaw, “shows what role we play in international politics today,” the adviser added. Zelenskyy has been in Poland before, usually in transit to other destinations or in rapid unofficial visits; this is his first “official” trip, according t...

Students allowed back into MIT dorm after bomb threat

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

Students are allowed back into Simmons Hall at MIT after a bomb threat was called in early Wednesday morning. Several students who live in the dorm told 7NEWS they woke up around 2:30 a.m. to fire alarms going off. Some said they didn’t think it was serious until MIT alerted that there was a bomb threat and they were evacuating the building.Emergency responders searched the building and officers told the students to wait down the street. Police have not said if they found anything or why a bomb threat was called to Simmons Hall.No additional information has been released.

Woman pulled from burning home in Quincy

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

A woman was pulled from burning home on Willet Street in Quincy early Wednesday morning.Fire officials say big flames were shooting out of the second floor. Crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes. The condition of the woman who was rescued is unknown at this time.No additional information has been released. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Guregian: Level of Patriots dysfunction growing by the minute

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

For those of you thinking the (bleep) show from last season was a thing of the past, fasten your seatbelts.We’re on to the sequel.The latest from the soap opera playing out in Foxboro reinforces the notion all’s still not right at the home of the six-time Super Bowl champions.According to ProFootballTalk, the Patriots have floated Mac Jones to at least four teams in trade talks during this offseason. Bill Belichick supposedly picked up the phone and tossed that bone to the Raiders to see if they’d bite on a possible swap for Jones. Same with the Texans, Bucs and Commanders.Holy dysfunction, Batman.That word got tossed around quite a bit last year when Belichick decided it was a good idea to have Matt Patricia and Joe Judge run the offense. Turns out, we’ve only just begun. The Big Top is back up. The circus remains inside the walls of Gillette Stadium.Robert Kraft and Belichick are at odds. That much was clear from their respective press sessions at the owner’s meetings last week.Be...

It’s been 40 years since the Baltimore Orioles won a World Series — or were in one | GUEST COMMENTARY

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

Round number anniversaries are typically considered milestones, and so it is that the coming baseball season will mark the 40th anniversary of the Baltimore Orioles’ victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 World Series.The team is remembered as much for its cast of characters as for its considerable talent. There were three future members of the Hall of Fame: Cal Ripken Jr., who won the first of his two American League Most Valuable Player awards that season; Eddie Murray, the team’s home run and RBI leader, whose two homers sealed the Game 5 Series finale; and Jim Palmer, who, approaching the end of his storied career, came into the pivotal Series Game 3 in relief, and, that night, became the only pitcher ever to win a World Series game in three different decades.Those stars had a number of less-heralded teammates who helped fuel that 98-win team, and who had crucial moments in the ‘83 World Series that are entirely worthy of an anniversary acknowledgme...

Report: Husband of ex-Scottish leader arrested

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:25:20 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe, British media reported Wednesday.Police in Scotland did not identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year old man arrested Wednesday “in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.” However, Britain’s Press Association, the BBC and others reported it was Murrell.“Clearly it would not be appropriate to comment on any live police investigation but the SNP have been cooperating fully with this investigation and will continue to do so,” the party said in a statement released after the arrest.Sturgeon, 52, announced her resignation in February after eight years as party leader and first minster of Scotland’s semi-autonomous government. Sturgeon said at that time that serving well was knowing when to make way for someone else. “In my head and in my heart I know that time is...