(Bloomberg) — Nigeria’s reintroduction of a gasoline subsidy months after it was scrapped is expected to guzzle almost half of its projected oil revenue this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. Most Read from Bloomberg The implicit subsidy will cost Africa’s largest crude producer an estimated 8.43 trillion naira ($5.9 billion) of its projected […]
FIRST ON FOX: A moment of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus Tuesday has captured the nation’s attention. Anti-Israel protesters on Tuesday morning successfully replaced the American flag on Chapel Hill’s quad — which had been flying at half-mast after four Charlotte officers were killed in the line of duty Monday — […]
A Texas county prosecutor is seeking to reinstate the conviction of Crystal Mason, a Black woman whose five-year sentence for voter fraud put the sweeping nature of Texas’ strict voting laws under heavy scrutiny. Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County’s criminal district attorney, said in a statement on Thursday that his office has asked the Texas Court […]
On April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a 4-2 decision that allowed a law banning abortion — on the books since before Arizona became a state — to be enforced. The backlash was immediate. U.S. President Joe Biden released a statement calling the law, which bans all abortions except those necessary to save […]
Arizona’s Supreme Court this week , sending shockwaves throughout the nation as the state joins a list of dozens of other where the procedure is banned or restricted. Democrats — and some Republicans — , which outlaws abortion from the moment of conception, unless the pregnant person’s life is at risk, and doesn’t include exceptions […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reversed a December 2022 ruling by a lower-court judge that wiped out the bulk of the case against the Democrat, […]
Former New Rochelle Det. Michael Vaccaro has sued the city over its decision to fire him following an off-duty encounter where he punched an unarmed Black man. Vaccaro was let go from the police department in September by Commissioner Robert Gazzola, acting on a decision from a civil hearing officer who had recommended his ouster. […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race — Alaska’s Iditarod — with officials disqualifying two top mushers this week and then quickly reinstating one of them on Friday, days before the start. The upheaval began last week, when the Iditarod Trail Committee, the race’s […]
Feb. 10—FARGO — Nearly two dozen contract workers and interns who formerly worked at the Rural Export Center in Fargo are demanding in a letter that federal officials reinstate Heather Ranck as the center’s director. Ranck was placed on administrative leave in late June of 2023, and she remains on leave while she waits to […]
This is a developing story; check back with sacbee.com for updates. A Yolo Superior Court judge reinstated criminal proceedings Friday against Carlos Reales Dominguez, the 22-year-old accused of a stabbing spree that injected fear throughout Davis last spring after two people were killed and a woman was severely injured. Friday’s 10-minute hearing in Woodland marked […]
Dec. 27—The state water official who was reassigned in a controversial move following the Lahaina fire disaster and then reinstated two months later is apparently leaving his job. The state water official who was reassigned in a controversial move following the Lahaina fire disaster and then reinstated two months later is apparently leaving his job. […]
WOODSTOCK, Ill. – A suburban student-athlete who was barred from competing for his entire high school career has been reinstated, temporarily, after taking the case to court. On Thursday, McHenry County Circuit Court Judge David Gervais granted Marian Central Catholic High School student Jimmy Mastny and his wrestling coach, Jordan Blanton, with a Temporary Restraining […]