Some South Carolinians may need raincoats more often in early 2024, but they likely won’t be freezing too much despite El Niño, new forecasts show. Most of South Carolina can expect around normal temperatures and some above average rainfall for winter from January through March, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center’s latest […]
An Angolan billionaire who has been described as Africa’s richest woman has lost a High Court battle to stop her assets being frozen. Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of a former president, is being sued by telecoms firm Unitel. The Angolan company is seeking damages of $733m (£580m) arising from financial decisions taken by Ms […]
There seemed to be little room for maneuver last week when the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election put the case on hold as an appeals court considered Trump’s claims that he was immune from prosecution. The decision by the judge, Tanya Chutkan, effectively […]
By Liz Lee and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – The cold weather sweeping China brought rare snowfall on Monday as far south as the province of Guangdong, while temperatures in the chilly north plunged to near historic lows for the month. In a week of unexpectedly frigid weather, temperatures have fallen to lows below zero […]
Dec. 17—EAU CLAIRE — The recent vote to freeze DEI for capital funds by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents seems to have everyone talking, especially Wisconsin legislators. This discussion occurred at the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues event on Friday, where attendees coming from businesses hear from guest speakers […]
Los Angeles Unified has enacted a targeted hiring freeze and is considering closing or consolidating schools as it faces the loss of federal pandemic aid and declining enrollment, superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in an interview last week. Carvalho, who nearly two years ago assumed leadership of the nation’s second largest school district, said LAUSD is in […]