#Portland ‘autonomous zone’ dismantled after mayor apologizes

#Portland ‘autonomous zone’ dismantled after mayor apologizes

“#Portland ‘autonomous zone’ dismantled after mayor apologizes” The fenced-off, booby-trapped “autonomous zone” in Oregon has finally been dismantled after Portland’s mayor brokered a deal with protesters — and apologized to them. The Twitter handle for those leading the protests at the “Red House on Mississippi” started calling for “comrades” to help “take these barricades down”…

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#Upstate NY mayor charged with crack possession

#Upstate NY mayor charged with crack possession

“#Upstate NY mayor charged with crack possession” The mayor of a small upstate New York village was arrested Tuesday for allegedly possessing crack cocaine, cops said. Massena Mayor Tim Currier was busted after a brief police pursuit through the village near the Canadian border at about 12:25 p.m., according to authorities. Currier, 55, was targeted…

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#David Dinkins, NYC’s first black mayor, dead at 93

#David Dinkins, NYC’s first black mayor, dead at 93

“#David Dinkins, NYC’s first black mayor, dead at 93” David Dinkins, who was elected New York City’s first black mayor in 1989 and famously referred to the nation’s largest metropolis as a “gorgeous mosaic,” died Monday night, sources told The Post. The former mayor passed away due to natural causes at his Upper East Side…

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#A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor

#A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor

“#A Saskatchewan town’s emergency pop-up mayor” Bryan Matheson took up an interesting part-time job after the provincial government called asking for a favour: Could he become mayor of Craik, Sask. for a little while? Bryan Matheson was whiling away a May afternoon on his laptop, as retired teachers do, when out of the blue came…

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#NJ Republicans call for mayor to resign over anti-Trump post

#NJ Republicans call for mayor to resign over anti-Trump post

“#NJ Republicans call for mayor to resign over anti-Trump post” A Democratic New Jersey mayor is getting heat for calling President Trump an “orange monster” and conservative Supreme Court justices “religious zealots” in a Facebook post, according to reports. Republican leaders across the state are calling for the resignation of Flemington Mayor Betsy Driver for…

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