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The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, April 5
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (749+ words) More confirmation that Voter ID is popular with the electorate came from a Democrat Congressman. Alabama Rep. Shomari Figures asked a rally for a show of hands as to how many in the crowd did not have an ID. Exactly zero…...
The Mercury’s Sound Off for Saturday, April 4
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (620+ words) Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom has been building a bridge over Highway 101 for wildlife since 2022. The cost of this boondoggle is up to $114 million. After seeing a picture of the Annenberg bridge, it is impossible to believe it should cost more…...
French and South Korean leaders say they’ll work together on the Strait of Hormuz
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (415+ words) By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Their summit in Seoul came as U.S. President Donald Trump slammed allies for not supporting the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. Macron was making his first visit to South Korea since taking office in 2017, as…...
The Mercury’s Sound Off for Friday, April 3
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (594+ words) A big thank-you to the Democrats for holding up funding for TSA. As a result, President Trump sent ICE Agents to airports to help out TSA. As a result, ICE agents are arresting illegal immigrants at airports. Some are child…...
Hegseth asks the Army’s top uniformed officer to step down while US wages war against Iran
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (329+ words) Gen. Randy George "will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately," said Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's top spokesman. George has held the post of Army chief of staff, which typically runs for…...
Russian aerial attacks kill 2 in Ukraine as Easter prisoner exchange planned
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (279+ words) Periodic prisoner exchanges have been one of the few positive outcomes of otherwise fruitless monthslong U.S.-brokered negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. The talks have delivered no progress on key issues preventing an end to Russia's invasion of its neighbor, now…...
Berks election officials challenge registration of voter accused of voting in Berks, Montgomery counties
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (486+ words) Berks County election officials are challenging the registration of a voter accused of casting ballots in Berks and Montgomery counties. At a meeting of the board of elections Thursday, First Assistant County Solicitor Cody Kauffman said the county was recently…...
Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (458+ words) By KAITLYN HUAMANI, AP Technology Writer In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of YouTube's parent company Google, children's advocacy group Fairplay expresses "serious concern" about the spread of AI-generated videos on both YouTube…...
The Mercury’s Sound Off for Thursday, April 2
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (656+ words) Do we have a shortage of school teachers because we have too many school administrators? How many superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, curriculum specialists, special education specialists and other administrators does your school district have? How many of these…...
Data center discussion dominates Friel town hall in North Coventry
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (987+ words) NORTH COVENTRY " State Rep. Paul Friel, D-26th Dist., held a town hall meeting Tuesday that attracted about 60 constituents to the Norco Fire Hall, as well as a lot of questions about data centers. Data centers include conventional servers that store, process,…...