The city of Grand Rapids says the Donald J. Trump for President 2024 campaign has refused to pay more than $49,000 in bills for two rallies in the city this year. That is forcing the city to write off those expenses as uncollectable and to reevaluate policies for future campaign visits. The unpaid invoices are for two rallies that drew thousands into the city, both at the Van Andel Arena. Grand Rapids billed Trump's campaign nearly $33,000 for his rally in July " the biggest chunks for overtime for police and its public works department. The bill was due in October and went unpaid. "It's highly unusual to have outstanding bills, especially with someone who clearly had raised enough money from their campaign to pay their bills," said outgoing Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss.
Russian companies are using bitcoin to evade Western sanctions, thanks to a new law, the country's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov confirmed in a television interview.
fter a debut hit, many bands often find their follow-up album panned: further evidence of the curse of the "sophomore slump," critics say.
UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.
Finland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the school curriculum, amidst a boom of mis- and disinformation campaigns.
The former representative from Missouri, who once pushed to abolish the IRS, has marketed himself as a certified tax and business advisor after attending only a three-day seminar.
A voluntary recall was issued for a line of raw and frozen pet food after a cat died of bird flu, a case that Oregon officials connected to the feline's contaminated food.
The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the U.S. after President Biden signed into law legislation amending a code to formally recognize the previously unofficial American emblem.
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The animated series, "Win or Lose," centers around a group of kids on a softball team as they prepare for their championship game. Disney has decided to remove a transgender storyline from its new Pixar show "Win or Lose." The upcoming series, set to be released on Feb. 19, follows a group of kids on a softball team as they prepare for their championship game. Each episode centers around a different character, showcasing their personalities, helicopter parents and more. Ahead of the show's debut, a Disney spokesperson confirmed the removal of the transgender storyline. "When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline," the spokesperson said on Dec. 17.
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in an interview that aired Sunday that President-elect Trump "takes his Christian faith seriously." "I've had talks with him before in the past where he's pretty blunt about, you know, he can't say that he was raised as a, as a very zealous Christian, but he takes his Christian faith seriously," Dolan told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures."
President-elect Trump again floated buying Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday. The big picture: Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S. buying Greenland and canceled a state trip to Denmark after Danish officials said the world's largest island that's not a continent was not for sale. Read more
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Gov. Kathy Hochul met with transit riders and saluted safety patrol during a morning commute Thursday, a day after she decided to deploy 250 additional National Guard personnel to reinforce security measures in the subway system and reduce crime. The city pol hopped on the M train at the Lexington Avenue-53rd Street station in Midtown, and headed east to Queens " greeting National Guard and police officers on duty, and chatting with riders along the way. New York Metro was invited along the trip with the governor and had the opportunity to speak with her about subway safety. Building on a pilot program that began last March, which saw the placement of 1,000 National Guard members, state police, and MTA Police across the subway to stop an early crime spike, Hochul believes that bolstering the presence of these forces is vital for maintaining public safety.
