WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden‘s disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history. The Democratic president has signaled he has no intention of dropping out of the race against Donald Trump despite the […]
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Ted Rossman was at Newark Airport in New Jersey the other day, he got a shock along with his sandwich. Rossman, a senior industry analyst for financial information site Bankrate, went to a self-serve kiosk for a snack before a flight, scanned the item himself, and was […]
Live in a home governed by a condominium, co-op or homeowner’s association? Have questions about what they can and cannot do? Ryan Poliakoff, an attorney and author based in Boca Raton, has answers. Question: I am from Chicago where the warning systems are vast and always working for tornados and other dangerous weather conditions. Our large HOA community has three pools, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola readies for a tough reelection contest in Alaska, she’s talking fish. For Rep. Mike Levin, who is trying to keep his California district blue, the big topic is sand. And as Republican Rep. Mike Garcia campaigns in another competitive California district, he’s criticizing a state-levied gas tax. […]
St. Paul planning staff have proposed altering city zoning codes to regulate future cannabis retailers, prohibiting them within 300 feet of schools. Retailers spanning more than 15,000 square feet would be required to obtain a conditional use permit unless they’re in an industrial zone. Lower-potency, hemp-derived products could still be sold at bars and restaurants […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair” elections can go to trial questioned Thursday their ability to scrutinize district boundaries that way or to define what “fair” means. A panel of three trial judges listened to arguments on a motion by Republican legislative […]
This year, voting will be far easier for Michigan residents – thanks to new laws that establish early voting, automatically send out absentee ballots to voters who requested them and mandate that every community has least one drop box in which to return those ballots. But the changes have made running elections in this crucial […]
The historic Eastern Kentucky coal town of Lynch could face fines for environmental violations so high they would threaten the city’s viability. That was one blunt message at a meeting this week on how to fix sewer treatment shortfalls in Cumberland, Benham and Lynch, in Harlan County. The three cities were chosen for a federal […]
The Army says it will continue the suspension of horse-drawn funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery after roughly a year of no operations, leaving some family members with a tough decision on how they want to honor their service members. The timeline for when those services will resume is unclear, officials said Friday. The original […]
(Fixes formatting) By Tamara Vaal PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) -More than 2,000 houses were flooded in Kazakhstan’s northernmost region as of Tuesday, authorities said, while across the border in Russia, Kurgan and Tyumen provinces were also evacuating thousands of people due to the deluge. Water levels in rivers in swathes of Russia’s Ural and southwestern Siberian […]
As a child, Stephanie Salgado Altamirano would rush to the shores of Omoa on her semi-annual family visits, a secluded beach in her home country of Honduras. It felt like her family’s precious secret. But the beach grew more crowded each year — not with people, but junk. RELATED: Lethal inaction: The era of ‘eco-anxiety’ […]
Six weeks after a young asylum-seeker from El Salvador crossed into the U.S. from Mexico, she realized she was carrying a rape-related pregnancy. The woman — who like the other women interviewed for this article aren’t being identified for security reasons — said she was sexually assaulted by the Mexican cartel that was holding her […]