Author: Tyson Holmes

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not be getting help with his legal bills from many of the big-money donors who financed his 2008 campaign for president, according to people familiar with the matter. Giuliani was beloved by several business titans when he was mayor of New York City, who supported his 2008 presidential campaign that raised more than $60 million, according to those familiar with the matter and data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets. Yet, many of the donors who backed the former mayor in 2008 are opting not to help him pay for his growing legal bills as…

Winners from the 2023 Dairy Products Competition were recently announced, with a Capital Region-based dairy farm taking home the gold for best chocolate milk in the state. Dygert Farms Creamery was named the best chocolate milk in the state. Winners were honored at the 2023 NYS fair on Thursday. The Dairy Products Competition looks at New York’s dairy industry to celebrate the best dairy producers and processors the state has to offer with gold or silver honors, as well as an award of excellence. Dygert Farms Creamery is located at 243 Dygert Rd, Palatine Bridge. “Coming from a family of…

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Virginia International Yeager Airport is installing computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanners at the security checkpoint. The two new CT scanners screen carry-on items at the checkpoint and generate a 3-D image of the contents of carry-on bags. The technology creates a clear image of a bag’s contents that the system can automatically detect explosives and other threat items by shooting hundreds of images with an X-ray camera spinning around the conveyor belt to provide TSA officers with the 3-D views of the contents of a carry-on bag. A TSA officer can view the 3-D…

An MTA employee was fired after he was allegedly caught hundreds of miles away, flying to his home in Florida when he was supposed to be on the job in the New York City subway, an investigation revealed. The transit authority’s inspector general said Tuesday that the worker took multiple flights to his second home in the Sunshine State between Jan. 2021 and June 2022 while he was supposed to be overseeing elevator inspections. He was also found to not swipe his identification at the end of his shift, and would later falsely report when he left for the day…

Columbia County, Ga., approved a contract of up to $375 million in bonds for the construction of a new Augusta (Ga.) University Health hospital, after the health system completes its merger with Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health, The Augusta Chronicle reported July 20. AU Health got a certificate of need to build the hospital in 2014 and has already begun construction using capital funds. Wellstar and Augusta University announced the merger in March 2023 and expect to officially close the deal this summer. Through the contract, Columbia County has an obligation to backstop 20 percent of the bond but will not…

Chancellor Ray Rodrigues of the State University System of Florida (SUS) sent a letter to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees Chair Brad Levine on Friday outlining issues with the presidential search and asking for a suspension, according to Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, who represents parts of Orange County, Fla. FAU has been searching for a president since President John Kelly stepped down at the end of the previous calendar year, leaving Interim President Stacy Volnick in charge. On Wednesday, the Presidential Search Committee announced three finalists for president: former University of North Carolina Wilmington Chancellor Jose Sartarelli, Vice Admiral Sean Buck, and…

West Virginia men’s basketball added Jeremiah Bembry as he committed to the Mountaineers on Sunday. Jeff Goodman of Stadium first reported the news of the 6-foot-6 guard committing to Josh Eilert and West Virginia. Bembry did not play for the Seminoles this past season, but will add backcourt depth for the Mountaineers. West Virginia only has one point guard on their roster currently in Kerr Kriisa, and the Mountaineers are searching for answers from the transfer portal as five players form last years team have entered the portal since Bob Huggins submitted his resignation last month. Bembry was in the class…

The US Coast Guard says it is doing all it can to locate a submersible vessel that went missing off the eastern coast of Canada and the United States during an expedition to visit the wreckage of the Titanic. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) first reported on Monday morning that a search and rescue operation was launched off the coast of Canada’s Newfoundland. Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First US Coast Guard District in Boston who is leading the search effort, said on Monday afternoon that officials were notified a day earlier that the vessel, which had five people onboard, was…

In parts of California’s iconic mountainous coasts, breathtaking beauty is punctuated by brusque signs warning spectators to stay back from unstable cliffs. The dangers of coastal erosion are an all-too-familiar reality for the modern residents of these communities. Now, with a new tool, researchers are bringing historical perspective to the hotly debated topic of how to manage these disappearing coastlines. Using a model that incorporates measurements of the amount of time coastal cliffs and their remnant deposits were exposed at the Earth’s surface, Stanford researchers found that the rate of cliff erosion in the past 100 years is similar to…

Back to the grill. The Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV is dripping with historic Maybach design elements: two-tone paint, imposing wheels, a proper hood ornament and, yes, a grill with filigree slats even though it’s electric and there isn’t a radiator to protect. The interior is packed with exclusive features, including wood panels, front-and-rear massaging seats and more pillows than my bed. The dashboard sports three large screens (same as the standard EQS) with one for the instrument cluster, center stack and passenger. This EQS edition is the first Mercedes vehicle to use vegetable tanned leather with coffee bean shells used as…