Tag: Government and politics
Jessica Kelly Ward
TRAFALGAR
Jessica K. Ward, 43, of Trafalgar passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2021. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from 5-8...
Europe in vaccination race against COVID-19’s delta variant
LISBON, Portugal — Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a...
Larry G. Thompson
INDIANAPOLIS
Larry G. Thompson, 81, passed away June 30th.
Funeral services conducted at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, at G. H. Herrmann...
Turkey rejects US report claiming link to child soldiers
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s foreign ministry has slammed a U.S. report on human trafficking that criticized Ankara for providing “operational, equipment, and financial support” to...
New Mexico forest draws crowd for annual ‘Rainbow Gathering’
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. — Across a mile-long stretch of forest in a remote part of northern New Mexico, the party is in full...
Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe
BEIJING — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Posts mislead on delta variant data
CLAIM: Data from the U.K.’s...
UN documents prisoners’ torture, abuse in Ukrainian conflict
KYIV, Ukraine — Prisoners taken by the warring parties in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine have endured systematic torture, sexual violence and other...
New US LGBTQ-rights envoy sees reasons for hope and worry
NEW YORK — Jessica Stern, soon to become the State Department's special diplomatic envoy for LGBTQ rights, sees a mix of promising news and...
TAKEAWAYS: Trump’s safe for now, but company’s in hot water
NEW YORK — With Thursday's arraignment of Donald Trump's company and his longtime finance chief on tax fraud charges, New York authorities...