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Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 7, 2024. Editorial: Lawmakers continue blowing holes in WV budget Gov. Jim Justice and Republican leaders who have supermajority control of the West Virginia Legislature have been...

Thursday’s Scores

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL= WVSSAC State Tournament= Class AAA= Semifinal= Fairmont Senior 57, East Fairmont 31 Shady Spring 67, Nitro 44 Class AA= Quarterfinal= Bluefield 85, Braxton County 40 Charleston Catholic...

Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death

First charter flight with US citizens fleeing Haiti lands in Miami

MIAMI (AP) — A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said. More than 30 U.S. citizens were on the government-chartered flight, officials said in a statement. It arrived in the Miami International Airport after the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince earlier this month urged U.S. citizens to leave “as soon as possible” as chaos grips Haiti. Passenger Avlot Quessa, who lives in Boston, traveled from the center of...

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Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.” In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way.” President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech," and...

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Commenting on Navalny’s death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny's death, Putin said of the dissident's demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It's life.” The remarks were unusual in that he repeatedly referenced Navalny by his name for the first time in years — and that...

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With green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick’s Day — a little early

With green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick’s Day — a little early

NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick's Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York. The holiday commemorates Ireland's patron saint and was popularized largely by Irish Catholic immigrants. While St. Patrick's Day falls on March 17, some parades were moved up from Sunday, a day of worship...

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Russians cast ballots in an election preordained to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule

Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule. The election comes against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown that has stifled independent media and prominent rights groups. Putin’s fiercest foe, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison in February, and other critics are either in jail or in exile. The 71-year-old Putin faces three token rivals from Kremlin-friendly parties who...

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Police: Suspect is barricaded in New Jersey home after killing 3 people in Philadelphia suburb

LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A suspect has barricaded himself in a home in New Jersey after allegedly killing three people in a shooting in suburban Philadelphia on Saturday, authorities said. The morning shooting in Falls Township in eastern Pennsylvania forced the cancellation of a St. Patrick’s Day parade and shut down Sesame Place, a children’s theme park. Authorities in Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place order for the area for several hours, but it was canceled by early afternoon. Police said...

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Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decadeslong policies that helped set agent commissions

A powerful real estate trade group has agreed to do away with policies that for decades helped set agent commissions, moving to resolve lawsuits that claim the rules have forced people to pay artificially inflated costs to sell their homes. Under the terms of the agreement announced Friday, the National Association of Realtors also agreed to pay $418 million to help compensate home sellers across the U.S. Home sellers behind multiple lawsuits against the NAR and several major brokerages argued...

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Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 7, 2024. Editorial: Lawmakers continue blowing holes in WV budget Gov. Jim Justice and Republican leaders who have supermajority control of the West Virginia Legislature have been trying to slash taxes over the years. This culminated last year in successfully reducing the income tax and creating a personal property tax rebate. But others have sounded the warning that West Virginia can’t afford it. Years of unrealistic flat budgets and occasional surges in severance taxes led Justice to...

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House Republicans are seeking unity at an idyllic West Virginia retreat. Many didn’t bother to come

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — House Republicans huddled in West Virginia on Thursday for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election. One problem: Many didn't bother to show up. It was the first annual retreat for House Speaker Mike Johnson since he took the speaker's gavel late last year after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from office in a historic move that left Republicans deeply divided and mired in...

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Executive director named for foundation distributing West Virginia opioid settlement funds

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jonathan Board was named Thursday as executive director of the West Virginia First Foundation, which will distribute the majority of the state’s more than $1 billion in opioid settlements. Board was elected last year to the foundation’s board of directors representing counties in northcentral West Virginia. He will relinquish that role and plans to step down from leadership roles with the Mon Health System and Vandalia Health. West Virginia has by far the nation’s highest drug overdose...

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