Tag: Government and politics
Minnesota Legislature to weigh protections for jail inmates
<p>ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Legislature will consider sweeping changes meant to provide better protections and medical care to jail inmates.</p>
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South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years...
Haiti’s president: despite coup attempts he backs democracy
UNITED NATIONS — Haiti’s president blamed powerful oligarchs on Monday for seven attempts in his four-year term to overthrow Haiti’s democratic system, most recently...
Food fight: Meat-free school meals spark furor in France
LE PECQ, France — By taking meat off the menu at school canteens, the ecologist mayor of one of France's most famously gastronomic cities...
Ukraine gets first vaccine shipment as hospitals struggle
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Tuesday received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine, raising hopes that authorities can start beating back the virus' spread...
Member of Kansas City Proud Boys chapter to remain in jail
<p>WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington D.C., ruled Tuesday that the alleged leader of the Kansas City-area chapter of the Proud Boys should...
Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
JERUSALEM — Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that...
Passing stopped Indiana school buses could get pricier
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana drivers could find themselves facing more frequent and pricier tickets for illegally passing stopped school buses under a bill the state...
Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
<p>BERLIN — Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a...
Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky — One of Kentucky's top GOP lawmakers has filed legislation to ban some no-knock warrants nearly a year after the death of...