Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf is battling to save his position after his former allies in the Scottish Greens vowed to vote against him in a motion of no confidence. The SNP leader dramatically brought the powersharing deal with the Greens to an end, but now faces a backlash which could cost him his job. […]
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would restrict the video app TikTok, a historic development in government regulation of social media that’s on track to quickly become law. Tucked into a $95 billion foreign aid package, the legislation will give TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, up to a year to sell […]
The owners of the Dali cargo ship were negligent and should be held fully liable for the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which killed six people, the city of Baltimore said in court filings Monday. In response to the vessel owners’ petition filed in U.S. District Court this month seeking to limit their […]
South Africa’s battle-scarred former President Jacob Zuma is proving he still has a winning streak – recently scoring a hat-trick in the courtroom. For the third time in the last month the 82-year-old has thwarted attempts to stop him, or his new party, from contesting the general election at the end of May. His latest […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Clackamas Fire has confirmed that a fire has broken out on Mt. Hood’s Timberline Lodge Thursday night. Officials said reports started pouring in around 9:30 p.m. about the attic of the historic lodge being on fire. This activated a response from fire crews from Hoodland Fire, Clackamas Fire, Gresham Fire and […]
Victoria Azarenka kept her hopes of a fourth Miami Open title alive as she reached the semi-finals with a hard-earned victory over Yulia Putintseva. The number 27 seed, a winner here in 2009, 2011 and 2016, laboured for just under three hours as she battled past her Kazakhstani opponent 7-6 (4) 1-6 6-3. The 34-year-old […]
The sand trucks stopped rolling along Brevard County’s mid section for a few days as heavy surf lapped up to the newly built dunes — lapped too close for comfort for many condo owners. But these are routine stops, said Mike McGarry, the county’s beach renourishment coordinator. Here’s what’s happening: This week, the contractor had […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud CAIRO/GAZA, March 23 (Reuters) – Fighting raged on Saturday around Gaza’s main hospital where Israel says it has so far killed more than 170 gunmen in an extensive raid, which the Palestinian Health Ministry says has also resulted in the deaths of five patients. The armed wing of Hamas […]
WASHINGTON — Two years ago, just six days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden opened his State of the Union address by vowing to stop Vladimir Putin in his tracks. The response in the House chamber was a series of standing ovations. On Thursday night Biden again opened his address by repeating […]
The Dow Jones and other major indexes continued to hold most of their early gains in late afternoon trades Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified for a second day before Congress. Nvidia (NVDA) cleared a new benchmark, and Tesla (TSLA) fought profit concerns on the stock market today. Retail and software earnings also […]
Firefighters are working to contain a large wildfire that broke out along the southern grounds of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado on Sunday afternoon. “As of 9 a.m. today, the West Monument Creek Fire has burned 168 acres and is 20 percent contained. U.S. Air Force Academy and Colorado Springs fire departments worked […]
While Americans watched a contentious battle for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, a similar internal war was playing out in Columbus. Ohio House Republicans fight over which bills to pass and who should be in charge. They argue over how campaign money is spent and who is a real Republican. The rampant infighting has […]