Tag: Government and politics
Biden budget highlights: Lots of spending, taxing the rich
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal offers major new initiatives like child and elder care subsidies, generous tax credits for families...
Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over gay rights
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A cultural clash pitting religious beliefs against gay rights has jeopardized Kentucky's long-running relationship with a foster care and adoption agency...
Tokyo Olympics looking more and more like fan-free event
TOKYO — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee hinted Friday that even local fans may be barred from venues when the games...
Purdue plans vaccine cash drawing as IU faces policy critics
INDIANAPOLIS — While Indiana University faces political backlash over its plans to require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations for all students and employees, Purdue University...
Ex-Southwest Airlines pilot sentenced for lewd act on flight
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female...
Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility...
China says politics behind US call for virus origin probe
BEIJING — China on Thursday accused the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the...
Report: Woman drove through vaccination tent to protest
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman accused of driving through a COVID-19 vaccine distribution tent as a form of protest has been charged with...
EPA restoring state and tribal power to protect waterways
WASHINGTON — In the latest reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American...
UN official slams Ethiopia’s arrests of displaced in Tigray
JOHANNESBURG — A U.N. official has condemned the arrests of scores of people displaced by the ongoing Tigray conflict, where fighting continues between the...