ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert blocked part of Senate Bill 63 from taking effect on Monday after a hearing in […]
Delegates at the Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) party conference on Sunday rejected a proposal to put stricter rules on foreign travel and interviews with foreign media for politicians with the far-right party. The proposal for stricter rules, put forward by several delegates, comes after extensive negative media attention involving travel to Russia and appearances on […]
(Bloomberg) — The latest social-media frivolity this week from the man known as Roaring Kitty sent traders frantically reading into a cartoon featuring, of all things, a dog. Most Read from Bloomberg Was Keith Gill getting into WOOF? (Petco Health & Wellness Co.) Perhaps PET? (Wag! Group Co.) Or, quite possibly, the company that was […]
The Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of a federal law used to charge hundreds of people with obstructing Congress during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, jeopardizing many of those criminal cases. The ideologically mixed 6-3 ruling Friday may force federal prosecutors to reconsider charges in dozens of pending cases, and […]
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. Beginning July 1, school administrators will no longer be able to suspend students for low-level behavioral issues, also known as “willful defiance.” Justifications for a willful defiance suspension could include dress code […]
Tuesday was a rough primary night for Donald Trump — and he wasn’t even on the ballot. The former president endorsed a replacement for Sen. Mitt Romney, but Utah voters picked a Trump skeptic instead. He backed his spiritual adviser for an open South Carolina House seat only to watch him narrowly lose in a […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — We’re officially in summer season, which means more people are getting hot and making a splash at local rivers and lakes. While it may be tempting to jump in, local water rescue crews want to remind everyone to be extra careful. Car submerged in 6 feet of water after crashing into […]
In a new New York Times op-ed on Monday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy urged Congress to require social media platforms to carry a label — similar to those found on tobacco products — warning of the mental health consequences associated with using social media, particularly for young people. “Evidence from tobacco studies show that […]
In a prime example of the political musical chairs sparked by term limits, among those seeking three open County Commission seats is a state representative who is being term-limited out of that office, and who happened to have been a county commissioner decades ago before heading to the Florida House and then the Florida Senate […]
BRUSSELS — European allies are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to further loosen restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia, arguing that the limits still in place hurt Kyiv’s ability to defend itself. Publicly, the U.S. administration says it has not changed its policy, which currently restricts the use […]
Notices to families reaching length-of-stay limits in the state’s emergency shelter system will begin going out in July, amid a migrant crisis in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday outlined details of a new 9-month length of stay policy for people living in the state’s emergency shelters. Starting early next month, about 150 families in […]
BOSTON — Massachusetts on Wednesday became the latest blue state grappling with an influx of migrants to move forward with enforcing time limits on shelter stays over advocates’ objections. With the state’s emergency family shelter system long over capacity, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey’s administration will begin sending out 90-day eviction notices early next month with […]