For almost 2,000 years, the area known today as Israel was predominantly Jewish. The Jews, as with any religious people, experienced their differences and split into two factions: the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. Part of the Levantine Corridor, the Kingdom of Israel was comprised of the northern lands of modern-day Israel, with the Kingdom of Judah occupying the southern lands.

Just a day after ordering the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to advise 39 Texas Emergency Management Council Agencies to prepare for activation, Governor Greg Abbott issued another order to TDEM in response to Hurricane Beryl.

At just over a month into it, the 2024 Hurricane Season started with the kind of activity that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had cautioned. While Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, developed later in the month than any previous year's first named storm of the season, the 2024 season produced a second storm just over a week later on June 28.

As part of the 1968 Gun Control Act, the United States Congress declared silencers, also known as "suppressors," to be a definition of "firearm." This declaration and enactment gave the federal government control over silencers alongside other firearm devices.

August 15, 1945, is recognized as the date that Korea, at the time a Japanese territory, was liberated from Japan and placed under an international trusteeship until it was deemed that the new country could conduct self-rule. Much like Germany and the city of Berlin at the end of World War II, the country was divided into two occupation zones, one led by the United States and the other by the Soviet Union. The 38th Parallel separated the two zones and became the border between North and South Korea.

This article discusses solely taxable income and not gross or net incomes that may be seen on paystubs or tax documents and is based on the 2023 Income Tax Tables as provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It does not address tax rates for Capital Gains. This article also is not intended to provide tax advice but to merely exhibit what is shown in the IRS Tax Tables for Tax Year 2023. Any tax questions or concerns should be referred to a competent tax attorney or accountant.

After a mild but very wet spring - the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) reports that the Dallas-Fort Worth area has received 28.74 inches of rain so far in 2024, compared to the normal rate of 18.40 inches by this time in the year - temperatures have started their steady rise that residents expect in June. The last time the high temperature was reported below 90 degrees was on June 11 when the high was 83 degrees.

A mild winter combined with heavier-than-normal rains this spring have combined to create perfect breeding conditions for our dreaded mosquitoes. According to the National Weather Service, Burleson receives 15.77 inches of rain through May on average. Through the end of May 2024, Burleson has received almost twice that at 27.35 inches, with 11.31 inches coming in the month of May alone.

With the end of World War II and the defeat of Japan in 1945, the former Japanese colony of Korea was declared an independent nation but divided into two occupational zones by the Soviet Union and the United States. The two zones were separated by the 38th Parallel. Each zone created its own government in 1948 and claimed to be the sole legitimate government of the entire nation.

As stated by The Zebra in their History of U.S. Homeownership: how housing has changed since 1960, “The United States is in the midst of a housing crisis.” They report that 40 million renters are currently at risk of eviction. That equates to almost half of the renters in the U.S. in serious danger of losing their homes. While minority residents, primarily Black and LatinX, are disproportionately affected by this, the current economic situation has caused this to hit all races.

Through sea battles around the world in World War II, the United States proved to have formidable naval power, arguably the best in the world. This reputation has continued to follow the U.S. Navy (USN) through the past 79 years.

In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act. The Act was intended originally to provide temporary relief that “would eventually disappear as more people were able to obtain retirement income through the contributory system.” In other words, as more workers paid into the system that we now call Social Security, those who retired at the age of 65 would be able to rely on benefits that they had contributed into the system to sustain themselves through retirement.

Since moving in 1910 to Fort Worth from Waco, Texas Christian University and the city have enjoyed a close relationship. It is this relationship that has made Fort Worth a favorite of ESPN’s College Gameday program during college football season. The university has made itself Fort Worth’s “hometown university” and has consistently drawn residents from the city to sporting events, even in years when the teams have not performed as well as hoped for.

Veterans in general are a unique breed. These men and women have fought for their country and put their lives on the line so that others can rest easy “back home.” While others go about their normal day, veterans have been away from friends and family facing enemy fire in ways that can only be imagined by those they are sworn to protect.

In the 1970s, Iran began to transform from a dictatorship under U.S.- and U.K.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi into a theocracy led initially by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Despite enormous economic growth in the country, religious leaders and followers had felt disenfranchised by the secular turn the government had taken in the almost 40 years of rule by the Shah. This frustration came to a boil on September 8, 1978, with an incident referred to as the Jaleh Square massacre.

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On Saturday evening, the Burleson Police Department received a call about suspicious activity within the city limits. Two units were dispatched and searched for the suspects and the activity.

On January 19, a video was posted to YouTube of Russell County (AL) Probate Judge Alford M. Harden, Jr., and county staff at the Russell County Courthouse encountering a member of the press. Through the encounter, the journalist, identified as Russ, was seemingly ignored by county staff and told that he was unwelcome there.

A phenomenon is spreading across the nation over social media. People are taking to the streets and conducting photography and videography in public. The movement has been known by several different names through the years but currently is called First Amendment Auditing.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued a request for consumers to reduce electric use during high peak periods for January 15 - 17, eliciting memories and fears of a repeat of the situation of February 2021.