WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests. The justices overturned the 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron, long a target of […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Diesel price in Malaysia jumped by more than 50% on Monday as part of a revamp of decades-old fuel subsidies to tighten government spending and save billions of ringgits annually. The restructuring eliminates blanket energy subsidies and redirects them to the needy. They’re part of economic reforms pledged by Prime […]
Merriam’s Strawberry Hill Baking Co., a decades-old bakery that sells cheesecake and Eastern European pastries — most notably povitica — must close its current location. The building at 7226 W. Frontage Road in Merriam will soon become a Genesis of Kansas City car dealership. Strawberry Hill’s owner, Marc O’Leary, said his bakery will have to […]
People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in place since the start of the HIV […]
A cheap drug used to treat diabetes may help you live a longer, healthier life, scientists believe. Metformin, which helps people lower their blood sugar and treats Type 2 diabetes, could also protect against cancer, cognitive decline and heart disease. This is due to its anti-inflammatory effects, NPR reported. It costs less than a dollar […]
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — David Meehan, whose allegations of abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center sparked nearly a dozen arrests and more than a thousand lawsuits, finally took the witness stand Wednesday, seven years after he first told his wife, “They raped me.” “I think I’m more ready than anybody else in this room […]
The FBI is now helping with the investigation into the cold case murder of a Dayton police officer. Rosemary Brame speaks highly of her son, former Dayton Police Officer Kevin Brame. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Slain Dayton officer’s family still seeks answers after 20 years “Kevin was a beautiful son. A wonderful father. He deserved to […]
Apr. 4—A former Albuquerque Public Schools bus driver pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple rapes in cases that date back decades. Ralph Martinez, 61, accepted a plea deal with the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office last month, pleading to three counts of first-degree rape and another three counts of second-degree rape, bringing to a close […]
Mar. 9—Wood-Tikchik State Park, at more than 1.5 million acres, is the largest state park in the U.S. Located north of Dillingham in Southwest Alaska, the park — which includes headwaters important to Bristol Bay salmon — is managed by a single full-time employee. Since the park’s creation in 1978, management has been supported by […]
The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual abuse to attack his border policies, but the rapes did not happen in the U.S. or during the Biden administration. First-term Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama in the GOP […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police said that their search on Sunday for two individuals wanted for their involvement in Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group ended unsuccessfully. Berlin police said that about 130 officers had been on the ground looking for Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, members of the so-called third generation of the […]
An Oroville, California man was arrested after allegedly running a scheme in which he wore a fake military uniform and used a decades-old picture of his disabled son to swindle money out of people, according to police. The Redding Police Department said Neighborhood Police Unit (NPU) officers responded to reports at about 12:30 p.m. on […]