May 24 (UPI) — Israel announced Friday it had terminated Spain’s diplomatic and consular links with Palestinians in response to a senior Spanish minister’s use of the phrase “From the river to the sea,” amid an escalating row over Madrid’s decision to recognize Palestine as a state. In a social media post, Foreign Minister Israel […]
Feb. 8—Concord Township recently became the latest Lake County community to prohibit adult-use marijuana operations following the adoption of a new state law last year. The township trustees unanimously approved a resolution on Feb. 5 that prohibits adult-use marijuana cultivators, processors and dispensaries within the township. It went into effect immediately. Township Administrator Andy Rose […]
The Ohio Senate passed legislation last week that prohibits physicians from performing gender reassignment surgeries and prescribing puberty blockers to minors. The bill also requires all Ohio schools to only allow athletic teams by sex. House Bill 68 was originally passed in the House 65-28, and passed in the Senate 24-8. Gov. Mike DeWine, a […]
The bright lights of the Las Vegas strip can set your soul on fire but after the implementation of a new law you won’t be able to pause to see them. Clark County began enforcement of a “pedestrian zone flow” ordinance Tuesday that prohibits people from, “stopping, standing or engaging in an activity that causes […]
A petition with over 4,000 signatures submitted by a coalition of businesses called Keep Round Rock Safe calls for the installation of up to 12 new electronic billboards along highways in the city. City code prohibits the installation of any new billboards to “enhance the physical appearance of the community.” The petition asks for an […]
Lithuania has enforced a ban on empty freight transport crossing its borders with Belarus and Russia, Interfax-Ukraine reported. This prohibition aligns with European Union regulations preventing the export of automotive equipment to Russia and Belarus and the transit of such equipment through Russia. Read also: Polish truckers block border with Ukraine to grumble about Ukraine’s […]
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the U.S. waited in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP hide caption toggle caption U.S. Customs […]
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn’t ruled out if voters return him to the White House next year. The separation of thousands of families […]