Tag: Government and politics
2 ex-Oklahoma County jail employees charged with felonies
OKLAHOMA CITY — Prosecutors charged two former employees of the Oklahoma County Jail in separate cases in which they are accused of allowing inmates...
Judge rules for Florida on CDC order blocking cruise ships
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal judge on Friday ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Nicaraguan government pursues NGO in widening crackdown
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan authorities ordered the capture of a former education minister and a businessman Thursday as the government's crackdown continued to expand...
Turkish policeman convicted in 2014 death of teenager
ISTANBUL — A Turkish police officer has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for the murder of a teenager who was hit...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a...
Ethiopia finally set to vote as PM vows 1st fair election
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopians will vote Monday in a landmark election overshadowed by reports of famine in the country’s war-hit Tigray region and beset...
Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of...
Appeals court upholds FCC subsidy ban for Huawei purchases
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court refused Friday to hear Chinese tech giant Huawei's request to throw out a rule used to bar...