Anti-overdose efforts in New York have gained access to $335 million in opioid settlement funds so far, but mounting drug deaths have now fueled a push for a state emergency declaration to combat the public health crisis. New York’s continued struggle to curb overdose deaths — which set new record-highs last year by claiming more […]
Apr. 5—Monday’s total solar eclipse has Riverside planning for a weeklong state of emergency, as the city says it expects heavy traffic near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Air Force museum. The emergency will run from midnight Friday until midnight April 12, according a measure Riverside’s City Council approved Thursday night. The city is […]
Apr. 3—Monday’s total solar eclipse has Riverside planning to declare a weeklong state of emergency, as the city says it expects heavy traffic near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Air Force museum. The emergency will run from midnight Friday until midnight April 12, according to Riverside records. The city is expecting “to more than […]
Apr. 3—Monday’s total solar eclipse has Riverside planning to declare a weeklong state of emergency, as the city says it expects heavy traffic near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Air Force museum. The emergency will run from midnight Friday until midnight April 12, according to Riverside records. The Montgomery County city is expecting “to […]
Authorities in Russia’s Far East on Monday called off a rescue effort for 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead. The miners got trapped on March 18 at a depth of about 125 meters (400 feet) when part of the mine collapsed in the Zeysk district of the […]
LA PAZ (Reuters) -Heavy rain in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency, a government document showed on Sunday, after overflowing rivers destroyed many houses over the weekend. Bolivian President Luis Arce pledged to send heavy machinery and 3,000 troops to prevent further damage, according to the document. Heavy rains […]
In a victory for Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, at least nine House Republicans appeared to have lost their primaries on Tuesday evening. Another eight members, at least, were also forced into runoffs this May 28 — including House Speaker Dade Phelan who was the No. 1 target of the far right. […]
For more than a decade, scientists have been mulling whether the Earth had entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, marked by the profound impact humans have had on the planet. Today, a committee of experts has reportedly decided on the matter. By burning fossil fuels, spreading fertilizers, detonating nuclear weapons, and otherwise reshaping the […]
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked the United Nations’s top court to declare Israeli occupation of the West Bank illegal at a historic hearing opened in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Palestinian diplomat focused on the war in Gaza for much of the case proceedings Monday and told the International Court of […]
The Salem-Keizer Education Association, the union that represents about 2,300 teachers and other educators, declared an impasse Thursday in its contract negotiations with the state’s second-largest school district. The move is the first step in a process that could lead to a strike, which could begin as soon as April 1. If a strike occurs, […]
The Republican National Committee could move next week to declare former President Donald Trump the “presumptive 2024 nominee” for the party’s presidential nomination. A draft resolution anointing Trump and obtained by NBC News from two sources has been circulating among RNC members, who could vote on it at their winter meeting in Las Vegas. The […]
By Tim Reid and Helen Coster (Reuters) -The Republican National Committee will consider a proposal next week to declare former President Donald Trump the party’s presumptive presidential nominee as pressure mounts on his last remaining rival, Nikki Haley, to drop out of the race. Trump ally David Bossie circulated a draft resolution to fellow RNC […]