Tag: Government and politics
‘Scary’: Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft
BOISE, Idaho — Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during...
Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, but cybersecurity experts said that it...
In long-awaited speech, Biden to decry voting restrictions
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will lay out the “moral case” for voting rights as he faces growing pressure from civil rights activists and...
Rioting, looting continues in South Africa, deaths up to 32
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's rioting continued Tuesday with the death toll rising to 32 as police and the military struggle to quell the looting...
Work on Amazon warehouse fuels spike in Canton’s sales taxes
CANTON, Miss. — A Mississippi city is seeing significantly higher taxes from an Amazon warehouse that hasn’t even opened yet.
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Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
NEW YORK — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to...
People struggled to tap resources during Northwest heat wave
PORTLAND, Ore. — People in Oregon struggled to get rides to cooling centers during the recent heat wave that is believed to have killed...
Democrats eye immigration action in budget, but outlook hazy
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats and immigration advocates are staring at their best chance in years to overcome Republican opposition and give millions of people...
Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal
LONDON — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free...
China tightens control over cybersecurity in data crackdown
BEIJING — Tech experts in China who find a weakness in computer security would be required to tell the government and couldn’t sell that...