Tag: United States government
Oil pipeline builder agrees to halt eminent domain lawsuits
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A company seeking to build a disputed oil pipeline over an aquifer that provides drinking water to 1 million people agreed...
America’s new normal: A degree hotter than two decades ago
<p>America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago.</p>
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ITF seeks new host city for Billie Jean King Cup finals
<p>LONDON — The International Tennis Federation is seeking a new host city for the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup, formerly the Fed...
Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen...
China: US should push North Korea diplomacy, not pressure
UNITED NATIONS — China’s U.N. ambassador expressed hope Monday that President Joe Biden’s policy toward North Korea will give more importance to diplomacy and...
Family challenging immunity ruling in kidnapped man’s death
HOUSTON — A recent appeals court ruling that provided immunity for an FBI agent who fatally shot a kidnapped Houston area man during a...
Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender’s case
<p>WASHINGTON — Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 federal...
Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act
<p>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury...
Ethiopia ‘at a crossroads’ amid spiraling ethnic conflict
GONDAR, Ethiopia — Aba Yosief Desta preferred not to discuss the ethnicities of victims in the widening conflicts threatening Ethiopia's unity.
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How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal...