Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and Covid spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home if they feel […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home […]
Jan. 6—NORWICH — As the $385 million school construction project gets underway, city officials are considering whether to enter a project labor agreement with local trade unions that would mandate a percentage of Norwich workers be employed on the project. The proposed agreement with the Norwich-New London Building Trades Council faces staunch criticism from Republican […]
Expansion plans at Janss Marketplace could include housing at the Thousand Oaks mall along with a restaurant and more retail venues. The upcoming projects follow the recent sale of a portion of the retail center to companies working with Calabasas-based NewMark Merrill Cos. The deal, announced in December, means NewMark, a retail real estate firm, […]
Oklahoma County has hired a contractor to work with architects to build the new county jail, despite not knowing where it will be built or exactly how it will be designed. On Tuesday, the Board of County Commissioners followed staff’s recommendation to hire Flintco to work with HOK to get the project built within budget. […]
This article was originally published in Wisconsin Examiner. One day, teachers and library staff across Wisconsin may find that they could be prosecuted for allowing K-12 students to view certain books or other materials. A new Republican legislative proposal to penalize educators for exposing children to obscene materials comes out of a wider effort to […]
The British prime minister considers the matter of UK home secretary James Cleverly joking about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug “closed”, Downing Street said. A spokeswoman for Rishi Sunak could not say whether he had spoken to the home secretary since the UK Cabinet minister reportedly made the remarks at a […]
The Labour party is considering processing some asylum claims overseas if it forms the next government. Sir Keir Starmer has been looking over new plans for Labour’s asylum policy, a spokesman told the BBC. Asked last week if his party would consider processing asylum claims outside of the UK, Sir Kier said he would look […]
Dec. 22—FROSTBURG — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources might buy the Savage River Lodge in Garrett County. A Nov. 20 letter from the DNR to Garrett County Board of Commissioners Chair Paul Edwards, State Sen. Mike McKay and Del. Jim Hinebaugh states it is “notification of a potential real estate acquisition in Garrett County” […]
Durham minister Allen Jones lost his grandson, TJ, when he was just 18. TJ was shot to death in a nearby city, and when his parents arrived at the crime scene, their boy had already been taken to the medical examiner. Police investigators were waiting to speak with them. “He was no longer theirs. TJ […]
Ukraine’s military wants to mobilise up to 500,000 more troops to fight Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he has asked them to spell out their plans in detail on what is “a very sensitive matter” before deciding whether he grants their wish as the war approaches the two-year mark. Such […]