Tag: Government and politics
Belarus targets rights activists, journalists with raids
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities in Belarus on Wednesday raided offices and homes of dozens of human rights activists and journalists in a crackdown that...
Police officer charged with murder in stepson’s death
CURTIS BAY, Md. — A Baltimore police officer has been charged with murder in the death of his teenaged stepson, whose body was found...
DOJ: Naturopathic physician sold fake COVID-19 vaccine cards
SAN FRANCISCO — A naturopathic physician in Northern California has been arrested and charged after federal prosecutors said she sold fake COVID-19 immunization treatments...
Lithuania struggles with migrant flood opened by Belarus
VEREBIEJAI, Lithuania — Mustafa Hussein Hamad kicked a dirty ball between two old tires in the schoolyard where he spends most of his time....
Powell says inflation will be ‘elevated’ in coming months
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that inflation “will likely remain elevated in coming months" before “moderating,” an apparent acknowledgement that price...
‘God opened the door’: Mystery surrounds US asylum picks
TIJUANA, Mexico — In a packed camp for migrant families on Mexico's side of the busiest U.S. border crossing, Nelson Membreño has lived through...
Missouri governor OKs police chokehold, accountability bills
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday signed bills that would increase police accountability, limit the use of officer chokeholds and, critics...
Neck rubs, tapped phones: Merkel has history with US leaders
BERLIN — Neck rubs, pricy dinners, allegations of phone tapping, awkward handshake moments.
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Spain’s top court rules pandemic lockdown unconstitutional
MADRID — Spain’s Constitutional Court has ruled that last year’s stay-at-home lockdown order by the government under a state of emergency was unconstitutional.
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Big jump in Indiana budget surplus triggering tax refund
INDIANAPOLIS — A big jump in Indiana’s state tax collections will result in a refund for taxpayers, although they’ll have to wait for that...
