Tag: Government and politics
Republicans consider whether to block Whitmer’s health chief
LANSING, Mich. — Republican senators critical of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the coronavirus pandemic are weighing whether to reject her appointee to run...
I like Ike, but Mike’s OK; ranked-choice voting gets a look
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — An electoral reform that has taken root in the iconoclastic states of Maine and Alaska could be gaining traction nationwide.
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Lawsuit filed over 2019 police custody death in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. — A wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Stamford, Connecticut, police of using excessive force on a mentally ill man and failing...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...
Droughts over: Drexel, Rutgers lead charge back to NCAAs
PHILADELPHIA — The last time Drexel basketball made more than local headlines, TMZ was on the scene because Philadelphia 76ers’ All-Star Ben Simmons and...
Sexual orientation back in South Carolina hate crime bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of South Carolina lawmakers have added back protections for gay or transgender people to a hate crime bill, five...
Voting starts in coronavirus-affected Dutch election
THE HAGUE, Netherlands —
Polling stations opened across the Netherlands...
Head of junior party in Spanish coalition gov’t stands down
MADRID — The leader of the junior party in Spain’s coalition government announced Monday he is leaving the Cabinet to run for regional office.
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Allies call on Slovak leader to resign over Russian vaccine
PRAGUE — Two parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition called on the populist prime minister to resign to open the way for a reconstruction of...
Candidate for Indiana Democratic Party leader post drops bid
INDIANAPOLIS — One of the candidates to become the Indiana Democratic Party’s next leader has withdrawn, citing a family death.
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