Tag: Municipal governments
Number of damaging fires in Los Angeles homeless camps grows
<p>LOS ANGELES — Fires linked to homeless tents and camps are raising concerns in Los Angeles, where flames claimed seven lives last year and...
City where Daunte Wright shot to vote on policing changes
MINNEAPOLIS — Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April are expected to...
Candidate for northern Mexico city mayor’s post killed
<p>MEXICO CITY — A mayoral candidate in a city in northern Mexico was killed Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks that have...
California budget has $35 million for basic income programs
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use a sliver of the state's massive budget surplus to give poor people money each...
Oklahoma bucks red-state trend, extends early voting
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — On Election Day last year, state Rep. Jon Echols was mortified to see a 3 1/2-hour line to vote in his...
City where Daunte Wright shot to vote on policing changes
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot <a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-daunte-wright-shootings-police-coronavirus-pandemic-minneapolis-d88c7d626eebcdea975dc249309a4fa5">Daunte Wright</a> during a traffic stop in April are expected...
US cities see surge in deadly street racing amid pandemic
Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle...
West Virginia trial puts spotlight on sprawling opioid cases
A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants...
As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances
<p>JERUSALEM — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant...
El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president sent 34,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to seven towns in Honduras on Thursday, responding to video...