Early voting starts Friday in Minnesota’s primary elections for U.S. Senate, eight U.S. representative seats, and seats in the state’s House of Representatives and state Secretary of State Steve Simon expects an “intense election year.” While the primary election is Aug. 13, voters can cast ballots in the 46 days leading up to the primary […]
Clean-up crews and business owners are inspecting the damage after sudden storms lashed south-western Switzerland the previous night, sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva’s airport. In the lakeside town of Morges, a creek overflowed, inundating downtown streets with floodwater. Civic leaders said no-one was injured but that water […]
Jun. 25—The Mower County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday morning took a pair of steps in the process of gaining disaster assistance for the county for two weather-impactful events. The board voted unanimously to declare a peacetime emergency for the county in the wake of recent flooding that will allow cities and townships in the […]
Industrial action by Aer Lingus pilots will begin on Wednesday, with 270 flights already cancelled by the airline. A resolution to the bitter dispute over pay does not look imminent after the Labour Court told both sides it would not be intervening at the present time. Tens of thousands of passengers’ flights have been cancelled […]
Insights from Centre for European Reform, The Bulwark, and Foreign Affairs The News The European Union formally began accession talks for Ukraine on Tuesday, marking the start of a process that is likely to take years. It also entered into talks with Moldova. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister for European integration called the moment “historic;” President […]
Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) contractors have begun construction on a project aimed at saving lives at what some Jefferson County emergency responders say is by far the deadliest single intersection in the area. Dave Beachy, chief of the nearby Hillcrest Fire Department, said that he has begun to loathe the tone for a motor […]
COUNCIL GROVE (KSNT) – Council Grove is hosting their annual music and community festival, Washunga Days. The festival began on Friday, June 21. It is full of live music performances that take place at the Neosho Riverwalk Amphitheater. KU golfer wins English Women’s Open Championship There are also many food trucks, a beer garden and […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — White Sands National Park will be hosting its first “Full Moon Night” event of the year with award-winning mariachi band, Mariachi Aguilas de Las Cruces. In partnership with the Western National Parks Association, the event will be at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, June 21, at the park’s outdoor amphitheater. The […]
Lawyers for Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman charged with murder in the 2022 death of her police officer boyfriend, began calling witnesses to the stand in an effort to portray their client as the victim of an elaborate law enforcement conspiracy seeking to frame her for the killing. The testimony began Friday as the trial […]
German Government Begins Massive Bitcoin Sell-Off, Sparking Market Jitters The German government has commenced the sale of a significant Bitcoin stash seized from the operators of a movie piracy website. Over $195 million in Bitcoin was sold in the past 24 hours. In the latest transactions, $65 million worth of Bitcoin was likely deposited into […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An investigation began Friday in Kenya into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes, according to the country’s police watchdog. The chairperson of Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority, Anne Makori, lauded protesters for demonstrating peacefully and urged police to exercise restraint while noting the killing of […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump is hearing arguments Friday on a long-shot defense effort to get the indictment thrown out based on the claim that the prosecutor who brought the charges was illegally appointed. The arguments over the legality of special […]