(TNS) Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul whose reign as Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister was plagued by sex scandals and allegations of corruption, has died. He was 86. Berlusconi was hospitalized in Milan on Friday just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment. He had a history of heart ailments, including a … [Read more…]
Roger Cook has promised to bring manufacturing back to Western Australia on his first day in parliament as premier. “We’re going to build stuff again,” he told reporters on Tuesday. The Cook government will invest $6.9 million from the Local Manufacturing Investment Fund (LMIF) to support WA-based Gemco Rail as it begins a partnership with … [Read more…]
WATERLOO – A new U.S Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa will be christened Father’s Day weekend, supported by the granddaughter and grandniece of five Waterloo brothers killed during World War II and a retired submarine officer from Cedar Rapids. The USS Iowa submarine, hull number SSN-797, will be christened 9 a.m. Iowa … [Read more…]
According to various news reports, Spokane’s Camp Hope is now empty. The last of the residents have been moved out According to The Center Square and other sources, the final few inhabitants have been moved presumably to other shelter locations. The specific areas they went to were not identified, but now the multi-acre location … [Read more…]
The Albany legislative session ended over the weekend, but the Assembly didn’t get all of its work done in the final days, and members are expected to return to the Capitol later this month. The year of 2023 may end up being known more for what didn’t pass in Albany than what did. What You … [Read more…]
When the clock struck midnight on Nov. 8 last year, Broome County residents still didn’t know who their district attorney would be. It all started months prior, when then Chief Assistant District Attorney Mike Korchak faced off against longtime defense attorney Paul Battisti in a Republican primary. While Battisti would win by a short margin, … [Read more…]
Past a dirt driveway blocked by a single board nailed to fence posts, police and firefighters found the body of JoAnna Speaks inside a ramshackle barn strewn with trash and plastic sheeting. In the unmowed front yard, there’s now a hand-painted cross noting the mother of three’s birthday. But mourners could only record the approximate … [Read more…]
Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul whose reign as Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister was plagued by sex scandals and allegations of corruption, has died, according to Corriere della Sera. He was 86. Berlusconi was hospitalised in Milan on Friday just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment. He had a history of … [Read more…]
Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul whose reign as Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister was plagued by sex scandals and allegations of corruption, has died, according to Corriere della Sera. He was 86. Berlusconi was hospitalised in Milan on Friday just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment. He had a history of … [Read more…]
Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant media mogul whose reign as Italy’s longest-serving postwar prime minister was plagued by sex scandals and allegations of corruption, has died, according to Corriere della Sera. He was 86. Berlusconi was hospitalised in Milan on Friday just three weeks after being released from a previous treatment. He had a history of … [Read more…]