Johannesburg — Human rights groups say at least 22 protesters were killed and scores more wounded on the streets of Kenya Tuesday as they clashed with police in chaotic demonstrations over a contentious finance bill laden with tax hikes that was passed by the country’s parliament. With the deaths and injuries still being counted, the protesters’ […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in her order that prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team didn’t […]
You can sweep, vacuum and mop over and over again, but a dog’s scent is their mark on the world, and it’s going to linger wherever they live. The way I see it, you can either lean into that “rugged,” pungent, earthy dog scent, or you can fight it every step of the way. I […]
Apr. 9—HIGH POINT — State officials have rejected the city of High Point’s design for a proposed safety upgrade at a prominent pedestrian crosswalk. The City Council in August 2023 OK’d a plan to install a concrete median “refuge island” for people using the mid-block crosswalk on N. Main Street near Hillcrest Place. The council […]
Feb. 24—Petitions to formally contest the state’s pending three-year contract with Secure Parking Hawaii LLC to manage and enforce public stalls at Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor have been denied. Petitions to formally contest the state’s pending three-year contract with Secure Parking Hawaii LLC to manage and enforce public stalls at Ala Wai Small Boat […]
Opponents of a controversial 9/11-era intelligence-gathering law feel they were denied a chance to fix it this week when House leaders kept the issue from coming to the House floor. “I wish we were proceeding right now,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which had approved its own bipartisan overhaul […]
Donald Trump’s March 4 trial date in his Washington, D.C. criminal case is officially off. The federal judge overseeing the case made the call on Friday, just hours after indicating in court that lingering uncertainty surrounding the case has clouded her trial calendar in April and possibly beyond. Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision was widely expected […]