An airplane with the Lufthansa logo on the tail fin is parked at Frankfurt Airport. (Shot with reflection in teleconverter). The European Commission announced on 03 July it had approved Lufthansa’s plans to acquire part of state-owned Italian airline ITA Airways. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa The European Commission announced on Wednesday it had approved Lufthansa’s plans to […]
Democratic state Rep. Dora Drake won a special primary election for an open Milwaukee state Senate seat Tuesday night in what poll workers described as a very low-turnout election. Drake took about 66% of the vote, compared to Rep. LaKeshia Myers’ 34%, according to unofficial results. Voters will again go to the polls on July […]
Jul. 1—AUSTIN — The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) took no action against recommendations made by Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath, opening the door for four new charter school operators at its regularly scheduled meeting June 25 — 28. Subject to clearing contractual contingencies, the following applicants will open new charter schools and begin […]
Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves’ exit has cleared the way for a new congressman to represent Louisiana’s 6th District, although the front-runner wouldn’t be a new face in Congress. Graves decided against running for reelection after the Louisiana Legislature dismantled the boundaries to create a second majority Black district among the state’s six congressional seats. […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary on Tuesday lifted its veto on Mark Rutte becoming the next head of NATO after the outgoing Dutch prime minister gave written guarantees that he would not force the country to take part in the military alliance’s new plans to provide support to Ukraine. Rutte’s assurances, contained in a letter to […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s same-sex marriage bill cleared its final hurdle with the Senate endorsing it in a special session Tuesday, putting the nation on course to be the first in Southeast Asia to guarantee marriage equality. Most Read from Bloomberg The 250-member upper house voted with 130 in support of the bill that was already […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — City workers cleared out makeshift tents under the Pontchartrain Expressway between Carondelet and Baronne streets, sending the unhoused people who were living there scrambling to grab any belongings they could. “Now they are making these folks throw the stuff away. You know, where they expect us homeless folks to go live,” says […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, is the only Native American tribe with a treaty […]
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Tesla is one step closer to launching full-self driving (FSD) technology in China after it clinched an agreement with Baidu to upgrade its mapping software. The Chinese tech […]
California is one step closer to building its largest water storage facility in nearly 50 years after a court ruled in favor of the Sites Reservoir project following a challenge by environmental groups. A Yolo County Superior Court judge issued the 65 page ruling late last week, marking a possible end to the project’s environmental […]
DENVER (KDVR) — As of Wednesday morning, pro-Palestine protesters on the University of Denver campus had cleared their encampment. According to the school’s administration, the students decided to remove their camp, which had been on the campus for about 20 days. The school cited a lengthy dialogue with the group on safety and peace on […]
STORY: :: Residents begin clearing up after a tornado slices through this Iowa town :: May 23, 2024 :: Greenfield, Iowa :: Victoria Turner, Resident “This was my house. And we were, this was the basement. And it picked my house up and dropped it right there. That’s what’s left of my home.” :: Jon […]