She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany has criticized a new law, implemented in her native Saskatchewan, Canada, which requires school staff to obtain parental consent before using a student’s new name or gender identity. The Parents’ Bill of Rights was signed into effect in October 2023, making it the first provincial education law that could […]
A video-gaming Italian teenager will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint after his cause for canonization was approved by church authorities. Carlo Acutis, who died from leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15, was renowned for using his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith and earned the nickname “God’s influencer.” […]
The decision to approve Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States has formally been quashed at the High Court following his return to Australia as a free man. In an order on Friday, judges said that then-Home Secretary Priti Patel’s decision to order Mr Assange’s extradition to the US in June 2022 had been overturned. It […]
The path now appears clear for new affordable housing for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay, more than a year after the community was rocked by a deadly mass shooting at two mushroom farms. The City Council on Wednesday night in a unanimous vote approved a 40-unit project consisting of studio and two-bedroom apartments. The plan […]
California’s Legislature on Wednesday night approved most of the bills that make up the $298 billion budget agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to close a roughly $47 billion deficit. The final budget — which Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced on Saturday — contains many of Democrats’ spending priorities, including money for homelessness grants, social […]
California’s Legislature on Wednesday night approved most of the bills that make up the $298 billion budget agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to close a roughly $47 billion deficit. The final budget — which Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders announced on Saturday — contains many of Democrats’ spending priorities, including money for homelessness grants, social […]
TECUMSEH — Voters in the Tecumseh Public Schools district will be asked in November to approve a millage to pay for building repairs, starting with the community pool’s roof. At their meeting Monday, Tecumseh Board of Education members settled on asking voters to approve paying 1.75 mills into a sinking fund. Board members said that […]
Mansfield school district trustees approved a policy that requires parents to be notified if students ask to use a pronoun or restroom that doesn’t correspond to the sex on their birth certificates. The 4-2 vote to approve the policy Tuesday night came after public comments from most people in the audience pushed back, saying such […]
EU foreign ministers approved €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, with the package to be financed for the first time by proceeds from frozen Russian Central Bank assets, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Monday. In Moscow, the agreement was dismissed as being an ineffective plan that would end up hurting […]
EU foreign ministers approved €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, with the package to be financed for the first time by proceeds from frozen Russian Central Bank assets, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Monday. The approval comes as a welcome boost for Kiev amid Hungary’s ongoing opposition to other packages […]
EU foreign ministers approved €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, with the package to be financed for the first time by proceeds from frozen Russian Central Bank assets, diplomats told dpa on Monday. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said ahead of the ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg that the funds needed to reach […]
EU foreign ministers approved €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, with the package to be financed for the first time by proceeds from frozen Russian Central Bank assets, diplomats told dpa on Monday. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said the funds need to reach Ukraine quickly and “avoid any blockage” ahead of […]