The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is not investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Newsweek reported Thursday. Willis, who is prosecuting Donald Trump and his allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, was accused by a Trump aide of having an “improper” relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor she hired […]
With up to 500,000 people expected to visit Ohio to view the April 8 total solar eclipse, the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau is hosting a series of interactive events and collaborating with area partners to celebrate the rare occasion. Summit County is within the path of totality, or complete darkness from the shadow of […]
Guy and Richard Madison, brothers and members of the Tulalip Indian Tribe, are suing the Bureau of Indian Affairs for failing to comply with a request for their familiar records. The suit, filed this week, states that at issue is the BIA’s unreasonable delay in responding to the brothers’ October 20, 2020, Freedom of Information […]
Two Palestinian journalists were killed in Gaza on Sunday, including the son of a veteran Al Jazeera journalist, after a reported Israeli airstrike. Hamza Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera’s Wael al-Dahdouh, was killed in Southern Gaza alongside a colleague, Mustafa Thuraya, according to Al Jazeera. He is Wael al-Dahdouh’s fifth family member to be […]
Dec. 21—Effingham County officials want to promote tourism and local businesses by teaming up with a regional tourism bureau that already represents several surrounding counties, including Clay, Cumberland and Fayette County. During the board’s regular meeting Monday, members voted unanimously to submit a letter certifying Discover Downstate Illinois as the county’s tourism bureau which, according […]
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) has uncovered an illegal scheme aimed at evading conscription, orchestrated by the head of one of the district territorial recruitment centers in Zaporizhzhia on Dec. 20, the DBR said in a statement. The head of the recruitment center and three accomplices have been offering draftees an all-inclusive “service package” […]
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government. Disability advocates say the change would artificially reduce their numbers by almost half. At […]