Tag: United States government
Census Bureau: 70% of voters cast ballots early or by mail
DENVER — More than two-thirds of all U.S. citizens of the voting age population participated in the 2020 presidential election, according to a new...
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking
SECACO, Burkina Faso — For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where...
Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier’s death
WASHINGTON — The Army said Friday that it has taken disciplinary action against 21 officers and non-commissioned officers at Fort Hood, Texas, in connection...
US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states
<p>NEW YORK — It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus...
Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier’s death
<p>WASHINGTON — The Army said Friday that it has taken disciplinary action against 21 officers and non-commissioned officers at Fort Hood, Texas, in connection...
US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states
NEW YORK — It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus...
Carper urges tough US rules barring gas-powered cars by 2035
WASHINGTON — A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then...
US halts Mexico shrimp imports on sea turtle concerns
MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Friday it will try to regain U.S. certification for shrimp exports, after the country lost its registration because of...
Biden’s agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress — and some are more politically...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
<p>DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...