Tag: Government and politics
Judge tosses hospital workers’ vaccine requirement challenge
HOUSTON — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital system over its requirement that all of its...
Swiss vote on whether to hike taxes to fight climate change
GENEVA — Swiss voters are casting ballots in a referendum on a proposed “carbon dioxide law” that would hike fees and taxes on fuels...
AP source: Justice Dept secretly subpoenaed McGahn’s records
WASHINGTON — Apple informed former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about accounts belonging...
Police: Man fired ‘ghost gun’ outside strip mall, was shot
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown police say an officer shot and critically wounded a man who repeatedly fired a handgun outside a strip mall in...
Finland’s local elections a test for nation’s young leader
HELSINKI — Finland's local elections Sunday are seen as a first test for its popular young Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who took...
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
ROME — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean...
Britain calls EU view of N Ireland offensive in Brexit spat
FALMOUTH, England — Britain accused European Union leaders on Sunday of holding the “offensive” view that Northern Ireland is not fully part of the...
Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions
WASHINGTON — With abortion and guns already on the agenda, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court is considering adding a third blockbuster issue — whether to...
Odds of settling US-EU trade rifts? Hope may outrun progress
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has vowed to mend America’s trade relations with its European allies, which were stretched to the breaking point by...
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two...