Tag: Government and politics
Indiana logs 1,233 new COVID-19 infections and 24 deaths
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana health officials said Sunday that 24 more people in the state have died from COVID-19 as they announced 1,233 new infections....
Michigan man killed when cannon used at baby shower explodes
GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 26-year-old Michigan man was killed in an explosion that occurred during a baby shower, according to Gaines Township authorities....
Polish court rules record compensation for wrongful jailing
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish court on Monday ordered a record high compensation of nearly 13 million zlotys ($3.4 million) to a man who...
AP Interview: Salvador Illa, Catalonia’s quiet gamechanger
BARCELONA, Spain — As the head of Spain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Salvador Illa transformed from a mostly unknown, bespectacled civil servant into...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
Famed medieval Bayeux Tapestry goes online – every thread
PARIS — The world-famous medieval Bayeux Tapestry may be off-limits to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic, but its keepers have put a digital...
Review: Potent history in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Forces of revolution and oppression collide and entangle in Shaka King's blistering “Judas and the Black Messiah,” a potent and vividly acted drama about...
Germany to reinstate border controls over virus variant
BERLIN — The German government decided Thursday to temporarily reinstate border controls along its southeastern frontier after designating the Czech Republic and parts of...
Ex-spokesman kills self outside Texas congresswoman’s home
IRVING, Texas — A former campaign spokesman for freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne, of Texas, shot and killed himself outside of the Irving Republican’s...
Boston College-Georgia Tech game moved back a day
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech will get a little extra time to prepare for next week's men's basketball game against Boston College.
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