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At least 4 dead after tornado and severe storm batters St. Louis, mayor says | World News

[ad_1] At least 4 dead after tornado and severe storm batters St. Louis, mayor says ST LOUIS – At least four people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St Louis. The storms Friday afternoon tore roofs […]

US: John Ewing becomes Omaha’s first black mayor

[ad_1] John Ewing gives his victory speech after winning the election for Omaha mayor at the downtown Hilton in Omaha, Nebraska, US (Image: AP) John Ewing made history by becoming the first Black mayor of Omaha, a city in Nebraska State, US, defeating his counterpart, Jean Stothert, the city’s first female mayor, in the recent […]

US mayor freed after arrest at ICE centre

[ad_1] Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was released from custody Friday night following his arrest while protesting at a private Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility that is expected to play a key role in Trump’s plans for mass deportations.Three Democratic House members were also at the protest but were not […]

Newark mayor denies trespassing at immigration detention center following arrest

[ad_1] Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (Image: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Saturday denied trespassing at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest while the Democrat was at the facility with three members of Congress. Baraka, who has been protesting the center’s opening this week, was released around […]

‘Didn’t do anything wrong’: Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest

[ad_1] Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, then released at immigration detention protest (Picture credit: AP) Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released Friday night after being arrested during a protest at a federal immigration detention centre in Newark. Baraka had been taken into custody by federal agents outside Delaney Hall, where he had joined demonstrators opposing […]

Newark mayor Ras Baraka arrested, Alina Habba says no one is above the law

[ad_1] Newark mayor was arrested for protesting outside the ICE prison which he called illegal. Newark mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody by the federal police at an ICE detention center in New Jersey which he and his team went to visit. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey, […]

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval to face Cory Bowman, JD Vance’s half brother, this fall

[ad_1] From left incumbent Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, River Church Cincinnati pastor Cory Bowman , and candidate Brian Frank COLUMBUS: Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval will face Cory Bowman, the half brother of Vice President JD Vance, this fall after the pair were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary. Pureval placed a dominant first in […]

Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter endorses Mira Nair’s son for NYC mayor. Who is Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani?

[ad_1] Filmmaker Mira Nair’s son Zohran Mamdani is emerging as a strong contender for the NYC mayoral poll. Kamala Harris’s step-daughter Ella Emhoff has officially endorsed Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. “I’m passing the phone to the next mayor of New York City who’s going to make New York happier, […]

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens makes the case for reelection

[ad_1] Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (Image: AP) ATLANTA: After leading Atlanta out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a coinciding crime spike, Mayor Andre Dickens believes he deserves a second term as the city soon hosts its most high-profile event since the 1996 Olympics. Dickens recently launched his reelection campaign with $1.4 million in the bank […]

Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

[ad_1] Eighty years since the end of World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam apologized on Thursday for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader. “Amsterdam’s’ government was, when it mattered, not heroic, not determined […]