One of Germany’s new political parties, the populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), has cleared a hurdle to participate in the European elections on June 9. The party says it has collected 18,000 signatures from supporters with the necessary certificates from the electoral law – significantly more than the 4,000 signatures needed for new parties. “The […]
Is there a task less enticing than repeatedly clearing away soap scum? From every time you take a hot shower to simply brushing your teeth at the bathroom sink, your vanity mirror and shower door are bound to accumulate limescale and scum marks that seem to show up just after you’ve cleaned them. If, like […]
Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Plans by Walt Disney World and Camden, New Jersey-based developer The Michaels Organization to build a massive affordable housing community with as many as 1,410 apartments have cleared an important hurdle. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 […]
By Helen Coster and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allowed Donald Trump’s media and technology company to merge with a blank-check acquisition vehicle in a deal that currently values the parent of his social media app Truth Social at as much as $10 billion. The valuation is about half that […]
Feb. 14—New sewer lines and government buildings, water plant improvements and road projects are part of the Legislature’s $1.4 billion capital outlay package this year. Senate Bill 275 first passed the Senate on Wednesday morning, along with a second bill authorizing extensions on funding approved in recent years for projects that have since been delayed. […]
Feb. 12—The estimated time to get a road built in New Mexico is, roughly, “forever.” That’s straight from the mouths of several legislators who sang out in response to Rep. Patricia “Patty” Lundstrom, D-Gallup, during a Monday afternoon debate about a proposal to let private industry have more free rein in certain infrastructure projects in […]
Officials at the National Archives and Records Administration announced Wednesday they have cleared the nearly four-year backlog of military and veteran record requests that had grown to more than 600,000 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan praised National Archives staffers for the last few years of […]
WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Joe Biden, racing to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out. Over the strenuous opposition of far-right Republicans, the House voted 314-108 to approve the stopgap funding just hours after the Senate provided […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed higher Monday as a broad rally helped overcome the stock plunge by index component Boeing (BA). Meanwhile, Nvidia (NVDA) cleared a buy point while fellow Magnificent Seven stocks Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN) rose. And Ark Invest chief Cathie Wood snapped up a diving stock. X Several other stocks […]
The fighting begins and ends with a hug, part of a singular ritual that has residents of the Peruvian Andes punching and kicking in a year-end fight competition known as Takanakuy. Before the dueling starts in an open-air arena, male fighters remove their elaborate headgear — stuffed birds, foxes or even goat heads worn as […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a decree clearing the way for Rosbank to purchase stakes in leading Russian companies owned by Societe Generale. The decree said that Rosbank will be able to buy SocGen’s stakes in energy producers such as Rosneft and Gazprom, metals companies including Norilsk Nickel and Severstal, and […]
A US jury has cleared three police officers of all criminal charges in the death of a black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on the street as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers – Matthew Collins, 40, and Christopher Burbank, 38 – had been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter, […]