Tag: National governments
Black neighborhoods in Kansas hard hit by property tax sales
Rozetta Dotson worked two jobs to scrape together the money to pay down a delinquent tax debt on the Kansas City, Kansas, home she...
Amy Coney Barrett, husband sell their longtime Indiana home
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and her husband have sold their northern Indiana home to a University of...
Appeals court reinstates Tennessee abortion waiting period
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal appeals court has reinstated a 48-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions in Tennessee as the state appeals a...
Mexico’s president steps up battles with nation’s courts
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has stepped up a campaign of interfering with the nation’s courts after they blocked some...
Protest in Yangon ahead of regional summit on Myanmar crisis
<p>YANGON, Myanmar — Protesters against Myanmar’s military coup returned Friday to the streets of downtown Yangon, defiantly chanting their opposition to the army’s seizure...
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: David faces Goliaths over pipeline
WASHINGTON — On one side of an upcoming Supreme Court case over a proposed natural gas pipeline in New Jersey are two lawyers with...
Family indicted, accused of selling bleach as COVID cure
<p>MIAMI — A family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a coronavirus cure through their Florida-based church has been indicted on federal...
Federal officers seek to block shooting trial in state court
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether Virginia prosecutors can bring manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police...
Chad holds funeral for late president amid rebel threat
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s slain President Idriss Deby Itno is being buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, N’Djamena....
UK sees budget deficit rise to highest rate since 1946
LONDON — Britain has seen its budget deficit rise during the coronavirus pandemic to its highest level since the year after the end of...