CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put forward an ambitious, initial proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a cease-fire, a phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, a senior Egyptian official and a European diplomat said Monday. The proposal, worked […]
Nearly half the babies in Washington are born into poor families. This legislative session, some lawmakers and the state treasurer are once again trying to get a proposal passed by the Legislature that they say will break cycles of poverty. “Within days of one’s birth, people are sent into two different economic trajectories,” State Treasurer […]
By Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Surat diamond bourse will create 150,000 new jobs and become a “one-stop shop” for artisans and businessmen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he inaugurated the new bourse in Gujarat. Surat, in Gujarat state, where Modi originally hails from, cuts and polishes 90% of world’s rough diamonds and […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In this seaside resort, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets done each year, there still is not a supermarket. People who live in Atlantic City must either drive off the island to a mainland store, take public transportation — whose cost eats away at the amount left […]
When country music star Brad Paisley and actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, his wife, helped create a free grocery store in Nashville, Tennessee, their goal was to give families in need the ability to choose their own food in a place that felt like a normal store. This year, The Store is offering that same dignity of […]
LAS VEGAS — NCAA president Charlie Baker said Wednesday his proposal to allow the most highly resourced schools in Division I to pay athletes through a trust fund is just a starting point as he tries to shift the association to be more proactive than reactive. “We need to be able to anticipate where conversations […]
Houston Police Officer William Jeffrey knew danger lurked on the other side of the door when he arrived to serve a felony arrest warrant in September 2021. What he couldn’t have known was how much danger. “Deon, it’s Houston Police. Let’s do this the easy way,” Jeffrey said, as his body camera rolled. Within seconds, […]