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Andrew Cuomo enters NYC mayoral race Andrew Cuomo enters NYC mayoral race 03:02 Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City, he announced Saturday afternoon, joining a crowded field that includes incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. Cuomo, who resigned as governor of New York in 2021 after being accused of sexual harassment, began to seriously consider entering the mayor’s race last week, CBS News New York reported.He is expected to make a public appearance Sunday and rack up some important endorsements.His supporters had filed paperwork to form a super PAC called “Fix the City,” designed to raise $15 million to boost his anticipated campaign.Cuomo…

INDIANAPOLIS — Arch Manning is at least a year away from fielding questions at the NFL Scouting Combine. Still, his former Texas teammates fully expect the sophomore quarterback to eventually join them at the highest level.“I think he can,” wide receiver Matthew Golden said Friday. “He has the heart to do it. Arch comes in each and every day, and he goes to work. He acts like a walk-on. He has a story. He’s trying to make a name for himself.”Manning started two games for the Longhorns last year as a redshirt freshman while filling in for injured starter Quinn…

An Indiana couple is accused of inflicting “nutritional” neglect on their 10-year-old son, zip-tying him and covering his head with a towel so he could not watch TV and telling his siblings to beat him up.Melody Rose Greenwood, 38, and Adam Jon Greenwood, 36, each face preliminary charges for neglect of a dependent.The abuse was uncovered when the “extremely skinny” child was taken to Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital for an exam that revealed “nutritional” neglect and child abuse, Muncie Police said, according to the Muncie Star Press.The suspected abuse was reported to the police.HUSBAND OF RUBY FRANKE, UTAH…

For Diane Clark in Regina, playing cards at a seniors home was not how she intended to spend her retirement, but due to rising costs and limited income, that’s changed. “We don’t travel anymore, we don’t buy as good of food as we used to buy, basically, and we stick at home a lot,” the 75-year-old told Global News in an interview.She said the 2008 financial crisis caused a big hit to her pension, which was invested in a bank, as it did for many people. That, coupled with post-COVID-19 pandemic inflation, left many retirees with limited lifestyles.When asked what…

Roger Cook has launched a fresh attack on the ‘alarming’ character of some Liberal candidates, but was forced to concede not all Labor MP’s agreed with his Government’s abortion reforms.

TOKYO: Thousands of people have been evacuated from parts of northern Japan as the country’s largest wildfire in three decades raged unabated on Sunday (Mar 2) after killing at least one person, officials said. Around 2,000 people fled areas around the northern Japan city of Ofunato to stay with friends or relatives, while more than 1,200 were evacuated to shelters, according to officials. “We’re still examining the size of the affected area, but it is the biggest since the 1992 wildfire” in Kushiro, Hokkaido, a disaster management agency spokesman told AFP on Saturday. Some reports estimated the fire had spread over…

In SummaryWith $2.8 billion in venture capital funding in 2024—a 50% increase from 2023—IT startups are driving growth and innovation across Africa, and achieving tremendous success.The IT sector in Africa is projected to have a potential for over 5,000 new startups emerging annually, contributing to a digital economy valued at around $180 billion.Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire are leading the charge in the IT startup market across Africa, supported by new policies like Nigeria’s Startup Act and Ghana’s Digital Roadmap.Deep Dive!!Within the last decade, the IT industry in Africa has experienced tremendous growth, especially across Fintech, e-commerce, mobile payments, and…

European leaders have dealt with President Trump’s return to office by trying to keep him cooperating on Ukraine while pushing to ramp up their own defense spending so they are less reliant on an increasingly fickle America.But Friday’s meeting in the Oval Office, in which Mr. Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, underscored for European leaders that they might need to come up with more concrete plans — and fast.Following the heated exchange, a visibly annoyed Mr. Trump canceled a news conference with the Ukrainian leader and posted on social media that Mr. Zelensky was “not ready for peace”…

A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked President Trump from ousting the leader of a federal watchdog agency, saying that the effort to remove the official without due cause had violated the law.In an order on Saturday evening, Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a permanent injunction against the government, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which protects federal whistle-blowers.The order required the Trump administration to recognize Mr. Dellinger’s authority in that position, barring it from taking any action to “treat him in any way as if he has been removed” or otherwise…

Dr. Francis S. Collins, a renowned geneticist who ran the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, announced Saturday that he has retired from the institutes and the federal government, issuing a parting statement that offered a pointed, if somewhat veiled, message to the Trump administration, which has fired hundreds of N.I.H. employees.“As I depart N.I.H., I want to express my gratitude and love for the men and women with whom I have worked side by side for so many years,” Dr. Collins wrote. “They are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and hard-working, generous and compassionate. They personify…