DARTFORD, England (AP) — Distrust has settled over the campaign trails in the United States and United Kingdom ahead of July 4 like a soggy summer haze. On that day, British voters will choose a new Parliament in an election expected to finish with a Labour government after 14 years under the Conservatives. Americans across […]
Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) confirmed the current leadership at a party congress held as huge crowds of protesters clashed with a massive contingent of police, leaving dozens of officers injured. The AfD is coming off a second-place finish in the European Parliament elections earlier this month, and is gearing up for […]
On his way to Washington, D.C., Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille stopped in Miami for a meeting in Little Haiti with U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson and local Haitian-American leaders. Originally scheduled to be a 45-minute closed door meeting at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church, 110 NE 62nd St., the visit ran for well over two […]
Fifty-five years ago, a group of LGBTQ New Yorkers rioted, protested, and got arrested when taking a stand against a routine police raid of a gay bar in Greenwich Village. While the Stonewall Uprising was not the first time the community fought back against oppression, those six days of confrontations with police — which began […]
Recent allegations surrounding music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and an ongoing FBI probe into allegations of assault and human trafficking have rightfully led the city of Miami Beach to rescind honors previously bestowed on the controversial hip-hop entrepreneur. As much of social media has done, Miami Beach officially canceled Combs. In 2016, the Miami Beach […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Democratic party is speaking out after the first presidential debate ahead of the general election. Thursday, June 27, President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump faced off in the first presidential debate of 2024. According to the Associated Press, the debate “was defined by personal attacks after U.S. President Joe […]
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the head of the City Council agreed on a $112.4 billion budget Friday, ending months of conflict over cuts that dragged the mayor’s approval ratings to record lows. The handshake deal, which comes just days before the fiscal year is set to begin July 1, […]
WARSAW (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who will be NATO’s next secretary-general, was criticised by other European Union leaders at a summit for his opposition to joint EU funding of defence projects, Poland’s prime minister said on Friday. Defence was high on the agenda at a European Union summit in Brussels that started […]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has ended her court battle over opioid settlement funds after a judge earlier this week said she had no legal basis for her fight. Mayes’ office filed a voluntary motion to dismiss the case on Thursday, four days after a judge handed her a loss. The decision affirmed Gov. Katie […]
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc on the global stage in coming years on everything from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy, according to the EU presidency of the Council. Ursula von der Leyen was approved for a second term as the […]
The path now appears clear for new affordable housing for farmworkers in Half Moon Bay, more than a year after the community was rocked by a deadly mass shooting at two mushroom farms. The City Council on Wednesday night in a unanimous vote approved a 40-unit project consisting of studio and two-bedroom apartments. The plan […]
Ukraine’s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government. “We have to work on next steps,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Brussels as he arrived to attend a summit […]