The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keeping its aim trained on the barred owl, hoping an effort to cull the species could save its close genetic relative. In a final plan released Wednesday, the agency is proposing to kill as many as 450,000 barred owls over 30 years, despite opposition from some animal welfare […]
BOSTON (AP) — Homeless families and individuals will be barred from sleeping overnight at Logan International Airport in Boston beginning July 9, state officials said Friday. The state has made efforts to open more overflow shelter beds for homeless families, including many newly-arrived migrants who have used the airport as a last resort, said Massachusetts […]
A Waterbury behavioral health provider who was previously convicted of Medicaid-related crimes and was barred from working with the program has now been convicted of health care fraud involving Medicaid and ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution, records show. Elijah Caldwell, 43, appeared in court in Hartford on Thursday and was sentenced to three years […]
Diane Rwigara, an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Kagame, has been barred from standing in next month’s presidential election. Only Mr Kagame and two other politicians – Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party and independent Philippe Mpayimana – were cleared by the electoral body. Ms Rwigara, who was also disqualified from the 2017 poll, […]
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FILE – Jenna Ellis reads a statement inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s Fulton County Courtroom, Oct. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Colorado legal officials on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, approved an agreement with Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after […]
The parents of a Huntington Beach, California middle-school student are calling on their son’s principal to be fired after they say he was discriminated against over his beliefs. Saint Bonaventure Catholic School student Jimmy Heyward, who was running for “Commissioner of School Spirit & Patriotism,” was “completely humiliated” after principal Mary Flock barred him from […]
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been barred from his Anchorage mansion after his estranged wife claimed he has been harassing her, and entering the residence without permission amid their ongoing divorce case. In a motion later granted by Jefferson County Family Court Judge Angela Johnson, Glenna Bevin said though she and the former governor […]
A key House committee investigating the origins of COVID-19 wants a scientific research group to be barred from receiving federal funds and criminally investigated over its president’s work with a lab in Wuhan, China. A GOP staff report released Wednesday from the majority in the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic found that EcoHealth […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar‘s, D-Minn., daughter says she has nowhere to go and nothing to eat following her suspension from Barnard College after taking part in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University last week. Isra Hirsi was among more than 100 people arrested and issued a summons for trespassing on Thursday after protests at Columbia University. Hours […]
Trump administration officials barred experts from warning legislators that they were about to write a major environmental loophole into law, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers alleged in newly revealed internal communications. The loophole, arising from a clause in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), enabled many companies to avoid disclosing releases of toxic “forever […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections, the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The commission said at a media briefing that it had upheld an objection against Mr Zuma’s candidacy in the May 29 elections. In July 2021, Mr Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for […]