LANSING — Tom Izzo will be on the August ballot as a Republican candidate for state representative. If your reaction is why would a Hall of Fame basketball coach run for public office, you’re probably thinking of Tom Michael Izzo, the longtime Michigan State University basketball coach. Tom Gerald Izzo, a candidate for the 74th […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear a case from Grants Pass, a city of 40,000 nestled in the mountains of southern Oregon, where rents are rising and there is just one overnight shelter for adults. As a growing number of tents clustered its parks, the city banned camping and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a complicated proposal for passing wartime aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, leaving its path to passage deeply uncertain as he rejected pressure to simply approve a package sent over by the Senate. The Republican speaker huddled with fellow GOP lawmakers Monday evening to lay […]
Black Americans were largely responsible for delivering the presidency to Joe Biden in 2020, and the debate over whether he’s delivered on his campaign promises is endless. Yet, with this year’s November showdown between him and former President Donald Trump steadily approaching, the options for us are limited. Skepticism, confusion, and even pre-election fatigue are […]
WASHINGTON — In the hours before delivering his State of the Union speech last month, President Joe Biden called the CEOs of General Motors and Cisco Systems to ask their advice on the state of the U.S. economy and share how he planned to talk about it. Then he rode to Capitol Hill and, in […]
Gareth Southgate says he is facing a “complicated” Euro 2024 selection choice given England’s potential fitness and availability issues heading into the summer. This is the first time since the 2018 World Cup that the 57-cap former defender is having to pick a 23-man squad for a major tournament after it was expanded to 26 […]
The former Quality Inn & Suites in Thousand Oaks has been a semi-abandoned construction site for about the past six months. Piles of broken asphalt and construction debris sit on the property. Some wings of the old motel have fresh paint and new windows; others don’t. Tarps cover most of the roof. Last summer, contractors […]
TRENTON, N.J. — On Sunday evening, Democratic Rep. Andy Kim celebrated a decisive win at the Atlantic County Democratic Committee’s convention, giving him an advantageous position on the county’s ballot in the June 4 Senate primary. The next day, Kim took the witness stand here in federal court, fighting against that very ballot position. “It’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Robert Hur, who had been appointed to investigate whether Biden mishandled classified documents, wrote that the president couldn’t […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced that the U.S. will begin airdropping sorely needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Here’s what you need to know: WHEN WILL THE AIRDROPS START? Biden said the airdrops will be coordinated with Jordan, which has conducted several rounds of airdrops into Gaza […]
A recent ruling by Alabama’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos are legally considered “children” under state law has left many women and families in Alabama in limbo with unanswered questions, as several fertility providers in the state have paused IVF services. Yahoo News spoke to women in Alabama, who were at various stages of the […]
Senators are back on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are children and people can be liable for discarding or destroying them. Republicans, urged by the National Republican Senatorial Committee to back in vitro fertilization, expressed support Monday for the procedure. But they were […]