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Investigator says video shows defendant going onto roof to kill Charlie Kirk

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PROVO, Utah (AP) — The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt, bought a meal at Chick-fil-A and made contact with people from Kirk’s organization, before returning in different clothes to shoot the conservative activist from a rooftop, an investigator testified Tuesday. Former State Bureau of Investigation Agent David Hull described Tyler Robinson’s alleged movements before and after Kirk was killed as prosecutors played previously unseen campus surveillance videos in state court. The defendant first arrived on campus about ...

Nation and world at a glance for July 8

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Manhattan high-rise to be stabilized after columns buckle, evacuation NEW YORK — Workers have begun stabilizing a Manhattan high-rise after buckled columns and sagging floors at the site forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said late Tuesday that a team had gone floor-by-floor and observed no additional movement of the damaged columns. The office said on-site contractors were given the greenlight to move forward with emergency repairs. The building is a former Pfizer headquarters and is being converted to luxury ...

City panel orders downtown business to remove barriers

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YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s design review committee gave Valley Food Systems 30 days to come up with an alternative to the concrete barriers that surround the perimeter of its parking lot. The committee voted Tuesday to deny a request from the company to keep the barriers in place and said Valley Food had 30 days to remove them. This isn’t the first time the committee rejected a request from the company regarding its parking lot. On Feb. 2, 2021, the committee declined to approve Valley Food’s request to erect a 360-linear-foot chain link fence with barbed wire on the top to ...

George E. Johnson Sr., founder of a pioneering black hair care business, dies

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CHICAGO (AP) — George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in black hair care whose multimillion dollar business was the first black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family. Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released. Johnson and his late wife, Joan, started Johnson Products in 1954 on Chicago's South Side after securing a $250 loan. It grew into a hair care empire catering almost exclusively to black people, with brands like Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen. His company was a national sponsor ...

Lordstown seeks voter support for income tax change

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LORDSTOWN — In May 2023, Lordstown voters approved an additional 0.5% income tax to be used for the fire department, which was on top of an existing 1% income tax for the general fund. Village officials will ask voters in November to approve one change to the 0.5% income tax portion that is designated for the fire department so the funds also can be used to build a new fire station. Village council voted at their meeting Monday to send the change of purpose of the income tax issue to the Trumbull County Board of Elections for their review and for approval for placement on the ...

Crews continue to watch W.Va. warehouse fire

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PARKERSBURG — The large plumes of black smoke radiating from the Peoples Cartage warehouse site off of Camden Avenue since early Sunday were gone by mid-morning Tuesday as fire crews continued to douse hot spots at the scene. “The fire is approximately 95% extinguished,” said Wood County 911 Director Dale McEwuen. “What they are doing now is they are checking some hot spots where they know some heat is still coming from. They are going to get into those spots and put the fire out there in those small locations.” Crews were still using heavy equipment, like excavators, to ...