Apr. 27—Motorists traveling along Interstate 90 may have wondered why so many trees were cut down in the last several months. The answer is trees can be cut between Nov. 1 and April 1 in the Ohio Department of Transportation right of way. After April 1, there is a moratorium on cutting of the trees […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to send a $1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine, several U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate began debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war. The decision comes after months of […]
A Del City police officer will not be charged for shooting a man in the chest last August after a football game at Choctaw High School ended in chaos. An Oklahoma County grand jury decided against indicting the officer after reviewing police bodycam videos and hearing from him and nine other witnesses. The officer was […]
The $60.8 billion package to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s invasion survived a key procedural vote in the House Friday, teeing it up for final passage in the next few days. The vote to allow the bill to the floor, over the strenuous objections of hard-line conservative House Republicans, was 316 to 94, with […]
The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning — teeing up debate, consideration of […]
(Bloomberg) — The European Union cleared a major hurdle toward adoption of a key migration and asylum policy criticized by some human-rights activists and lawmakers for potentially aggravating existing problems. Most Read from Bloomberg After a heated debate, the European Parliament on Wednesday voted to support a common system to manage arrivals to the bloc […]
China has issued its first production licence for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, further solidifying its position in the global race to broaden commercial applications and win market share in the up-and-coming tech-driven sector. The EH216-S, an unmanned eVTOL aircraft capable of transporting passengers, received a production certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration […]
BALTIMORE — A second temporary passage was cleared Tuesday for commercial and essential ships in the Patapsco River following the collapse of the Key Bridge. The 14-foot channel along the south of the disaster site will allow marine vessels access to the Port of Baltimore. An 11-foot channel, 264-feet wide, opened on Monday on the […]
After a spirited round of questioning, an Oklahoma House subcommittee approved a Senate bill to remove a matching-fund requirement for school districts to provide pay raises for their top teachers. Senate Bill 1256, authored by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, passed by an 11-3 vote after Rep. Chad Caldwell, R-Enid, expressed concerns about the amount of […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, calling it a “terror channel” that spreads incitement, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure. Netanyahu’s pledge escalated Israel’s long-running feud against Al Jazeera. It also threatened to heighten tensions with Qatar, which […]
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday issued two key decisions on abortion, delivering a win for advocates on opposing sides of the issue. In one ruling, the conservative-leaning court found that the state Constitution’s privacy protections don’t cover abortion, and that a 15-week ban on the procedure enacted in 2022 could stand. That decision also […]
Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies were justified in the fatal shooting of a Boise man who repeatedly stabbed a deputy last April on Interstate 84, according to an Idaho prosecutor. Valley County Prosecutor Brian Naugle said in a March 6 letter that there would be no charges brought against the four deputies involved in the […]