On a blistering-hot June day in Birmingham, Alabama, Elena Vasquez Garcia sautéed chicken and bell peppers over the stove, ingredients for tacos topped with “expensive” avocados for her three children at home, after she’d spent the week at a food pantry catering to community members who can’t afford meat, milk and produce. Feeding four people […]
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a judicial decision rejecting Donald Trump‘s bid to shield himself from federal criminal charges involving his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in a major ruling on Monday involving the scope of presidential immunity from prosecution. The court decided the […]
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Members of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) rejected a formal ban on churches with any women pastors, a decision that has congregations like First Baptist Church (FBC) in Huntsville breathing a sigh of relief. In a historic vote, the SBC narrowly rejected a move that could’ve banned churches with female pastors, […]
Multi-hyphenate business magnate Elon Musk is fine with offering Tesla shareholders personal tours to get them to vote on his multibillion-dollar pay package, but letting them listen to analysts? Now that he can’t tolerate. In response to the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis recommending shareholders reject Musk’s exorbitant compensation plan — which is valued as […]
California lawmakers on Wednesday announced a joint budget plan that would restore some funds for homelessness and social safety net programs while cutting money from state prisons. The spending proposal from Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, and Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, would address the state’s estimated $45 billion budget deficit, but it […]
French President Emmanuel Macron chastised Russian President Vladimir Putin for rejecting an Olympics truce proposal with Ukraine and said Putin’s rejection shows the world that he is “not ready to make peace.” “This is a big clarification moment because every week until now President Putin was claiming to be available for peace,” Macron said this […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s rejection of a temporary “Olympic truce” shows he is “not ready to make peace” in Ukraine, French leader Emmanuel Macron told CNBC. Macron and others have urged a temporary cease-fire during the Games held in Paris between July 26 and Aug. 11. Both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have rejected […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday’s primary election in his quest for reelection. He’ll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary […]
An appeals court in Texas ruled in favor of Sidney Powell last week, upholding a state court judge’s ruling that tossed out an attorney discipline petition against the lawyer for her involvement in former President Donald Trump’s election reversal efforts. Powell stands out as a Trump-aligned attorney who has so far been able to defeat […]
Fifteen prominent historians filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court, rejecting Donald Trump’s claim in his federal election subversion case that he is immune to criminal prosecution for acts committed as president. Related: US supreme court ‘erred badly’ with Trump ruling, leading US historian says Authorities cited in the document include the founders […]
When John Nassif surged into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, he was among the hundreds chanting “Whose house? Our house!” But that’s not exactly true, a federal appeals court countered Tuesday, rejecting Nassif’s challenge to his conviction for “demonstrating” inside the Capitol and ruling that the building itself — as opposed to the spacious […]
The score of this one was lopsided. Jackson County voters rejected the 40-year, 3/8th-cent sales tax which would have helped pay for a new Royals stadium in the Crossroads along with renovations to GEHA Field Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs. Question 1 on the ballot failed 58% to 42%, with 78,352 people voting no and […]