Tag: Municipal governments
Rio’s deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — A bloody, hourslong gunbattle in a Rio de Janeiro slum echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission successfully...
Baseball’s Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometown
STAMFORD, Conn. — Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine is taking a swing at politics, announcing Friday that he's running for...
UK’s Conservative Party strike early blow in elections
<p>LONDON — Britain's governing Conservative Party has won a special election in the north of England town of Hartlepool, dealing a big blow to...
Mexico City exhales as COVID-19 infections fall
MEXICO CITY — More than three months after COVID-19 infections peaked in Mexico City, the local government announced Friday that the public hospital network...
Baseball’s Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometown
<p>STAMFORD, Conn. — Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine is taking a swing at politics, announcing Friday that he's running for...
Court hears challenge to topless ban at Maryland beach
RICHMOND, Va. — A ban on bare-chested women at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland, violates the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection and should...
Court hears challenge to topless ban at Maryland beach
<p>RICHMOND, Va. — A ban on bare-chested women at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland, violates the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection and should...
Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pay...
San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...
San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...