UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The United States vetoed a widely backed council resolution on […]
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Idaho will urge a federal appeals court on Tuesday to revive a 2023 law making it a crime to help a minor cross state lines for an abortion without her parent’s consent, which a judge blocked in November. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
(Bloomberg) — A substitute for a scandal-hit former president is favorite to win Panama’s election on Sunday, pledging to shut migration routes to the US, fight drug cartels, and restore the battered economy to its former glory. Most Read from Bloomberg Jose Raul Mulino was originally running mate for ex-President Ricardo Martinelli. But Martinelli dropped […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings. Lawmakers pushed the proposal through the House and Senate in the final days of their four-month session after negotiations between the chambers broke down […]
Looking a little run-down, no matter how much sleep you get? Feeling puffy? It may surprise you, but the solution to your tired-eye woes just might lie in your morning cup of joe. No, not coffee — caffeine. Caffeine is an emerging element in many skincare formulas, especially those that work to brighten and rejuvenate […]
Former Rep. George Santos announced Monday that he will revive his drag queen persona in customized videos for sale on Cameo. Santos, the first-term Republican who was ousted from Congress in December, said on X that he would create the Cameo account for his drag alter ego, Kitara Rivache, for a limited time. “Y’all weren’t […]
US stock futures stepped higher on Thursday, eyeing a tech-led comeback as upbeat TSMC (TSM) results lifted AI hopes and investors braced for Netflix (NFLX) to kick earnings season into high gear. Futures on the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose about 0.2% after closing with their latest declines. Nasdaq […]
Apr. 16—AUGUSTA — A twice-defeated bill that would give the Wabanaki tribes of Maine the exclusive right to online gambling has been revived at the last minute. The proposal to expand the tribes’ online gambling authority from sports betting to all games of chance, such as online poker, was voted down in both the House […]
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is floating a special legislative session to change how the state casts electoral college votes to benefit former President Donald Trump. Pillen’s announcement late Tuesday was an acknowledgment that the effort to change the state to a winner-take-all system won’t pass immediately — and may not happen at all. But it […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to get enough votes from rural GOP lawmakers to overcome the Democratic governor’s potential veto. Republicans have argued that allowing election officials […]
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — After a tornado destroyed a small West Michigan business last year, the owners were not sure if they would ever be able to reopen. But the generosity of a customer will soon make that dream possible at a new location in Algoma Township, south of Cedar Springs. On Aug. 24, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress’ approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen’s Houthis, in line with its sole authority under the U.S. Constitution to declare war and otherwise authorize military force. Came, and went, in public […]