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Judge deals blow to Mamdani plan to tax second homes
A judge in Staten Island, N.Y., temporarily blocked New York City Zohran Mamdani’s (D) rollout of a new tax on second homes worth more than $5 million, according to multiple reports. The ruling from Judge Wayne Ozzi, a Democrat on the state’s Supreme Court, required the city to take down a public list of 900,000-plus…
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Trump urges Fifa to retain Infantino amid sell-off dispute
US president Donald Trump has publicly backed Fifa president Gianni Infantino, warning on Truth Social that removing him would be a “terrible mistake” for world football. The intervention came as Infantino faced mounting pressure over a doomed plan to sell stakes in the men’s World Cup to private investors, with Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation…
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North Carolina Republicans pick ballot replacement for Rep. Chuck Edwards
Republicans in North Carolina selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom (R) as the new GOP nominee in the state’s 11th Congressional District, after Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) dropped out of the race last week. Members of the state GOP’s executive committee for the 11th district selected Balkcom just 85 days before Election Day in what projects…
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aespa’s Karina Makes Converse Debut by Modeling Two Distinct Footwear Styles: Shop Here
For the collab, Karina is spotlighting the Run Star Crush and the Chuck 70 X.
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Sheffield park battle, RFK’s food fight and Pentagon races to rearm
In Sheffield, a proposed Orgreave Park development at Handsworth Hall Farm became part of the wider dispute over the city’s green-belt housing plans. The scheme’s early environmental assessment envisaged up to 900 homes and a 49-acre business park on farmland near Orgreave Lane. It sits alongside a Local Plan that allocates 14 green-belt sites for…
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Who were The Tennessee Three? The story of Johnny Cash’s devoted backing band
Faroutmagazine.co.uk profiles The Tennessee Three, the backing band that helped shape Johnny Cash’s distinctive sound. The piece traces how Cash, raised in Arkansas and drawn to music through his mother and gospel radio, met the musicians who would become his lifelong collaborators after leaving the US Air Force in the mid-1950s, and explains why their…
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Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
Donald Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns the Truth Social platform, reported a $238m loss for the second quarter as it branched into ventures such as crypto and online betting. New chief executive Kevin McGurn announced the company would now refocus on social media after a year spent pursuing those diversifications,…
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Iran’s steep demands for US over Strait of Hormuz threaten to derail reopening
A deal between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is teetering over steep demands from Tehran for the United States and vice versa. Iran on Sunday said the agreement to set up new shipping lanes was in its final stages, but repeated that the vital waterway would only reopen once Washington met…
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Disabled in a heatwave: ‘We’re talking about survival’
As the UK faces its fifth heatwave of the summer, disabled people say extreme heat poses risks to their safety and independence that are largely absent from public health advice and emergency planning. Campaigners and those affected describe the situation as far more serious than mere discomfort, with heatwaves forcing them to curtail travel, work…
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4 Wilson Pickett Songs That Everyone Should Still Know Today
American Songwriter has published a retrospective highlighting four songs by soul singer Wilson Pickett that it argues remain essential listening today. The piece marks the enduring legacy of Pickett, who began his career with the 1963 album “It’s Too Late” and went on to record hits over a career spanning more than 25 years. It…