Tag: Government and politics
UEFA still in talks about foreign fans for Euro 2020 final
LONDON — UEFA is in talks with the British government about allowing foreign soccer fans to fly into London for games in the latter...
US-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21
TORONTO — Canada’s public safety minister said Friday border restrictions on nonessential travel with the United States will be extended until July 21.
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Iowa Supreme Court bars warrantless police searches of trash
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday banned police from searching people’s uncollected trash without a warrant, outlawing an investigative...
Trucker who drove into Floyd protest could have charges drop
MINNEAPOLIS — A truck driver who drove through a large crowd of protesters on a Minneapolis highway last year during demonstrations over George Floyd's...
UK’s Conservatives suffer defeat in ‘Blue Wall’ seat
LONDON — In a surprising result, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has been easily defeated in a special election for a seat...
Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’
As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers are reviving...
Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France called for vigilance Friday to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant that this week prompted...
Sharpton condemns Honolulu police shooting of Black man
HONOLULU — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning the Honolulu Police Department for the fatal shooting of a Black man as...
Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray
CHICAGO — Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment,...
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest
MEXICO CITY — The coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in...