Tag: Local governments
Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate
JACKSON, Miss. — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations...
Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants
CEUTA, Spain — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain...
Japan approves 2 new vaccines ahead of emergency expansion
TOKYO — Japan on Friday approved the use of two new vaccines — Moderna and AstraZeneca — hours ahead of an expansion of a...
Spain: New Catalan leader vows to keep up independence fight
MADRID — The parliament of Catalonia elected a new regional leader and government Friday, with the incoming administration vowing no let-up in the Catalan...
NJ beaches paid for by all, but parking keeps outsiders away
DEAL, N.J. — New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen...
Judge: City didn’t target dead lawyer in Mississippi scandal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Mississippi city was at fault in the death of a lawyer who killed himself in...
Houston area getting little of $1B in Harvey flood aid
HOUSTON — Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on Friday after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane...
In Virginia, Trump’s election lies look like a GOP liability
LANEXA, Va. — Washington Republicans may be rushing to embrace former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about fraud costing him a second term, but next...
Bay Area mayor resigns amid new allegation of sexual assault
WINDSOR, Calif. — After refusing to quit for more than a month, the mayor of a California wine country town who has been accused...
Japan approves 2 new vaccines ahead of emergency expansion
<p>TOKYO — Japan on Friday approved the use of two new vaccines — Moderna and AstraZeneca — hours ahead of an expansion of a...