The city of Boise is taking over repairs of the historic downtown Union Block building, citing inaction from the owner and public safety concerns. Boise’s chief building official, Jason Blais, said in a letter to Ken Howell, the building’s owner, that the city is pursuing structural design and repairs at Howell’s expense under a facade […]
By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition said the nation’s election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue “unchecked and brazen” violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation. More than halfway through India’s six-week national elections, the world’s biggest, the Congress party-led opposition complained […]
May 3—Child care advocates are frustrated by the state’s lack of action in addressing child care concerns, despite many public declarations from state officials acknowledging it as a problem hindering economic growth. “We don’t have enough child care opportunities,” Gov. Jim Justice said Thursday while at New River Community and Technical College’s Beaver campus to […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as the central African country marked 30 years since an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists. Rwanda has shown strong recovery and economic growth in the years since, but scars remain and there are questions […]
The prospects of Donald Trump going to trial in July on charges of retaining national security documents, as suggested by special counsel prosecutors, are rapidly diminishing, with the judge overseeing the case yet to issue a schedule weeks after she was presented with the potential options. The US district judge Aileen Cannon received proposed trial […]
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin. Griffin, a Republican, was barred from holding any public office after a New Mexico district judge found he’d violated the 14th Amendment by participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capital, a decision he appealed to […]
Washington — The White House has ramped up criticism of House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson in recent days over their failure to bring up a Senate-passed bill that would provide aid to Ukraine, where conditions have grown more dire, as well as Israel and Taiwan. White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt said in a […]
Republicans in the New Mexico Legislature criticized their Democrat colleagues for blocking bills the GOP hoped would worsen penalties for fentanyl dealing and exposure of the drug to children. A Republican-sponsored memorial dedicating Oct. 14 to Oct. 18 as “Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week” did advance from the Senate Rules Committee Monday with unanimous, bipartisan support […]
India has warned tech companies that it is prepared to impose bans if they fail to take active measures against deepfake videos, a senior government minister said, on the heels of warning by a well-known personality over a deepfake advertisement using his likeness to endorse a gaming app. The stern warning comes as New Delhi […]
Watch “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” Sunday morning for more coverage. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump‘s refusal to help stop the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago as he sat watching TV inside the White House, according to sources familiar with what […]