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Manatee County officials tighten up the developer’s rules a year after residents complained about the construction dust that first blows their neighborhoods.Bradenton Herald reported a similar complaint last April when Foxbrook Subdivision residents said heavy dust from the new residential community caused breathing problems, poor driving and expensive cleaning costs.After hearing from residents last year, county officials introduced rules requiring developers to develop dust control plans to limit the impact on their neighbors on construction. Builders should limit land clearing to 100 acres at a time, stop construction activities when wind speeds exceed 15 mph and place grass in clear…
São Paulo – Former’s Brazilian President, President Jea Bolsonaro, was transferred to the airplane from northeastern Brazil to the capital, Brasilia, after being hospitalized a day ago with abdominal pain.Bolsonaro was hospitalized Friday morning while traveling through northeastern Brazil. The pain was caused by an obstruction of the intestine and was linked to the long-term effects of a stabbing in the abdomen in September 2018, his doctors said.Bolsonaro has been in and out of hospitals since the attacks at a campaign event before Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. The Conservative leader underwent several surgeries during the presidency between 2019 and 2022.”After…
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFLA) – Two people are in custody and another warrant is issued after a shooting in a parking lot at Port Charlotte Walmart on Saturday. At 3 p.m., the suspect was reported to have fired several shots at someone in the Walmart parking lot in Murdoch Circle. A major crime detective said he spoke to the victim at the scene. He told them he and his girlfriend were shopping in the store as the suspect and others approached them. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect as Anthony Mojica, 20. Survivors of the Pearl Harbor…
Sydney, Australia – Mission Leader Peter Dutton has launched a campaign in western Sydney and has pledged to restore Australian homeownership dreams.In a new policy announcement, Dutton revealed a tax credit on interest payments for Australians who buy their first home.At the Liverpool Catholic Club in southwestern Sydney, Dutton spoke with many supporters, colleagues and party heavyweights as the Union wants to lock in Veliwa’s seats.With the support of his family in front of three former prime ministers, John Howard, Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott, Dutton pitched his vision of an alternative Australian vision.”Today I am announcing a new policy…
“It’s going to be a cat and mouse game. Norman Lewis, former director of technology research in Orange UK, said:The European Union and the UK have excluded major technical regulations seen by the Trump administration as threats to free speech and US innovation, playing them as negotiation tips for potential trade and tariff negotiations.Meanwhile, some analysts are confident they are maintaining continental internet control and anti-competition laws as trading partners and countries scramble to trade to steal transactions during the 90-day tariff suspension announced Wednesday.Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission told the Financial Times on April 10 that…
The global cruise industry recorded 34.6 million passengers in 2024, with forecasts rising in 2025 despite global political changes and economic question marks.That has increased by about 3 million people from the previous year.“This is a sign of great optimism that we are not only growing, but we are all in great places in the future.Darr said 2025 is expected to hit 37 million passengers, and by 2028 the expected curve of 42 million will continue to grow.”It’s not only the optimism of the corporations that own the ship, but it’s also the optimism of the investment community that supports…
The agency will begin implementing long-term real ID rules at airports nationwide on May 7th.Federal officials said less than a month later Americans without a star in their driver’s licenses could even turn their backs when trying to board domestic flights.The Transport Security Agency (TSA) said on Friday that it will begin implementing long-term real ID rules at airports across the country on May 7th. Once the rules are fully enforced, any state-issued driver licenses and ID cards that do not meet the new standards will no longer pass security checkpoints.”The actual identity requirements make it difficult to forge fraudulent…
State Department officials said Kilmer Abrego Garcia was “detained in accordance with the sovereignty of the national authorities of El Salvador.”The US government admits that he was mistakenly deported, Kilmer Abrego Garcia lives in the El Salvador prison, a US State Department official said in a new court filing.”My understanding based on the official report from the San Salvador embassy is that Abrego Garcia is currently being held at the Terrorist Confinement Centre in El Salvador,” official Michael Kozak said in his declaration of oath to a federal judge in Washington. “He lives in that facility and is safe. He…
Whether you’re a marathon runner or someone who takes your dog for a walk, you could have bought multiple sneakers in a year.But when these brands’ crisp new white shoes turn brown, the soles become thinner or the toes plunge through the hole, and they are eventually thrown into a pile of goodwill during spring cleaning or in the garbage. Either way, your old shoes are likely to be in landfill.Moe Hachem believes there is a way to give those shoes a “Second Life.” He founded Sneaker Impact, a shoe recycling and reuse company in Miami, with the aim of…
The order expands some of the injunctions from federal judges who sought to stop the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. The appeals court ruled on April 11 that the Trump administration could proceed with firing workers from the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, but could not completely abolish the institution.The order issued Friday evening by the DC Court of Appeals for the Circuit is a partial victory for President Donald Trump, who told reporters in February that the agency should be demolished.Congress established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to police and regulate the financial sector following the 2008 financial…