Tag: Government and politics
Lawsuit says Alabama blocking solar power with unfair fees
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The fees imposed by the Alabama Power company on customers who generate their own electricity with rooftop or on-site solar panels...
US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions
FORT WORTH, Texas — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about how migrant children are treated...
Appeals court: Dealers can sell handguns to 18-year-olds
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal law that for more than 50 years has banned licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults...
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
NEW YORK — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to...
Blind Chinese dissident who escaped in 2012 now a US citizen
A blind Chinese dissident who escaped to the United States in 2012 is now an American citizen.
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Germany launches ‘space command’ to protect infrastructure
BERLIN — The German military on Tuesday launched a “space command” tasked with overseeing satellites, watching for dangerous space junk and analyzing other countries'...
Judge appoints attorney for man in Gary bank guard’s killing
HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal magistrate appointed a public defender for a man during his first court appearance in the June killing of a...
Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, but cybersecurity experts said that it...
Missouri governor: Health officials play COVID-19 blame game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson suggested Tuesday that some southwest Missouri health officials who are publicly discussing a marked increase in...
High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope
BOSTON — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three...
