There is little Gaza’s doctors can do to alleviate the pain that three-year-old Suhaib Khuzaiq still feels from a shrapnel injury that caused his leg to be amputated above the knee in December. “He is in pain and in need of painkillers and a prosthetic limb that is only available outside Gaza”, his father Ali […]
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Watchdog finds New York State’s transparency plans lacking
May 31—How have New York State agencies followed through on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2021 pledge to make the Empire State’s government more transparent? Not so well, according to a report released this week by the watchdog group Reinvent Albany. In its report, “Open New York 2024: Rating 66 Agency Transparency Plans,” Reinvent Albany found, in […]
Judge Cannon accuses special counsel Jack Smith of lacking “professiona courtesy,” rejects gag order
Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump appointee presiding over the former president’s classified documents case, has rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order. And while she stopped short of embracing the defense’s motion that prosecutors should be held in contempt, she lectured prosecutors for failing to give the defense adequate time, in her […]
Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board
Since first grade, Julian Morris, 16, has changed schools six times, swinging between predominantly white and predominantly Black classrooms. None has met all his needs, his mother said. At predominantly white schools, he was challenged academically but felt less included. At predominately Black schools, he felt more supported as a Black student, but his mother, […]
Walker’s statement on layoffs is correct but it’s lacking the context of the overall jobs situation
Jobs continue to be a major talking point during this election cycle, and there are many ways to measure the current state of joblessness in Wisconsin. During a March 3, 2024, appearance on CNN, former Republican Gov. Scott Walker cited one of them: Layoffs. When asked about how people in Wisconsin are feeling about the […]
German foreign minister’s Djibouti trip diverted over lacking permit
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has taken a stop in Djibouti in East Africa off her travel itinerary after her government jet failed to receive permission to fly over Eritrea. Baerbock’s plane was instead diverted to Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, where the delegation will spend the night. The delegation had hoped to continue the […]
German foreign minister’s Djibouti trip diverted over lacking permit
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s trip to Djibouti in East Africa has been delayed because her government jet failed to receive permission to fly over Eritrea. Baerbock’s plane was instead diverted to Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, where the delegation will spend the night before attempting to continue the trip to Djibouti on Thursday. Baerbock’s […]
German FM Baerbock’s trip to Djibouti diverted due to lacking permit
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s trip to Djibouti in East Africa has been delayed because her government jet failed to receive permission to fly over Eritrea. Baerbock’s plane was instead diverted to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, where the delegation will spend the night before attempting to continue the trip to Djibouti on Thursday. Baerbock’s Airburs […]
Lacking ‘pizzazz’? Here’s what NY readers said about those regional license plate designs
While some New Yorkers found this year’s regional license plate designs to be beautiful and fitting representations for each area, others wished the state had taken a different direction. The New York Department of Motor Vehicles announced a new line of 10 regional New York license plates earlier this year, each featuring colored designs incorporating a well-known […]