Tag: Government and politics
Deported veteran sues to get naturalization interview in US
Hector Ocegueda-Rivera wanted to head to an interview in Los Angeles with immigration officers so he could become a U.S. citizen — but since...
German state vote triumph offers boost to Merkel’s party
BERLIN — Final results Monday confirmed a larger-than-expected win for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party in the last German state election before a national vote...
Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought...
Oregon lawmaker faces expulsion in assault on state Capitol
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek wants to expel a lawmaker who allowed violent protesters into the state Capitol in December. The...
Capitol riot suspect blames ‘pack of lies,’ seeks release
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines, Iowa, man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S....
Former NBA star works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary...
Probe: Cyprus wrongly issued passports despite warnings
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
The Cyprus government continued for at least...
Parents of 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta sue city
ATLANTA — The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot several weeks...
Utah university should ditch ‘Dixie’ name, committee says
SALT LAKE CITY — A committee created to consider a name change for a university in Utah voted Monday to choose a replacement that...
Iran cleric who founded Hezbollah, survived book bomb, dies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Iran's ambassador to Syria helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah...