Tag: Government and politics
Ex-medical manager wins $3.6M in whistleblower settlement
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis-based medical supply company’s former manager has won $3.6 million in a settlement of her whistleblower lawsuit accusing that company and...
Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing him to negotiate competing demands...
Dutch will extend coronavirus curfew until March 3
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government announced Monday it is extending the country's curfew until March 3, declaring that was necessary to slow...
Facing US investigation, Honduras president denies drug ties
MEXICO CITY — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández denied once again Monday accusations from United States prosecutors that he protected drug traffickers in exchange...
Draghi nets wide support to lead Italian government, for now
ROME — Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi secured pledges of backing from nearly every party represented in the Italian Parliament as he...
2 more bodies found six weeks after Norway landslide
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Six weeks after one of the worst landslides in modern Norway’s history, search teams have found two more bodies in the...
Kansas tax-cut fight revives memories of past GOP experiment
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas are struggling to contain their impulses to slash state income taxes, conjuring memories of a past, nationally...
GOP’s Tenney, who won House seat by 109 votes, is sworn in
Republican Claudia Tenney of New York was sworn in Thursday as a member of Congress, reclaiming a seat she lost two years ago and...
White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools
Facing criticism that President Joe Biden has not acted aggressively enough on reopening schools, the White House on Thursday said it’s aiming for a...
EXPLAINER: Japan’s latest Olympic controversy
TOKYO — Japan's latest Olympic controversy — the reluctant resignation of Japanese organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori over sexist comments — comes as its...
