BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The City of St. George now has their own interim government with an appointed mayor, chief of police, and board of alderman. St. George is now the fifth largest city in Louisiana with over 86,000 residents. The decision to incorporate St. George into a city first began in October of […]
There has been an update in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. In January 2024, Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against Vince McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis. Grant alleged that McMahon and Laurinaitis engaged in sexual assault and sex trafficking of her. McMahon and Laurinaitis have denied the allegations, and McMahon […]
Narendra Modi begins third term as India’s prime minister after election victory. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won 240 seats, forming a coalition for a parliamentary majority. The swearing-in was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan with regional leaders and high security in New Delhi. Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a third term as India’s prime […]
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Mr Modi and his cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi and his Cabinet ministers took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s […]
WASHINGTON (KGET) — Vince Fong was sworn in Monday as a member of the House of Representatives, filling the seat of his mentor and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Fong won the May 21 special election for the 20th Congressional District seat. McCarthy resigned from the seat in December, after he was removed as Speaker of […]
Vince Fong was sworn in to succeed Kevin McCarthy on Monday, bolstering the slim Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Fong, R-Bakersfield, will serve for at least the next seven months in the seat vacated by McCarthy, his former boss. Fong, 44, will likely win election again against Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux in […]
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has been sworn in for a second five-year term of office. Bukele took the oath of office in the capital San Salvador on Saturday, with guests such as Spain’s King Felipe VI and Argentinian President Javier Milei in attendance. “We have finally conquered fear and are a truly free country,” […]
The new lord mayor of Leeds has been officially sworn in at a council meeting. Abigail Marshall Katung takes over the role from Al Garthwaite to become the city’s 130th lord mayor and the first person of African descent to hold the position. The councillor will be supported by her husband, Nigerian Senator Sunday Marshall […]
May 20—BEMIDJI — Matti Adam has been sworn in as a Ninth Judicial District Judge during her judicial investiture on May 10 at the Beltrami County Courthouse. Adam is replacing Judge Shari R. Schluchter, who retired in March. She will be chambered in Beltrami County. “I am proud to appoint Matti Adam to the Ninth […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan this weekend for the inauguration of the island’s democratically elected president, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, in a move that is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Beijing as the two countries try to stabilize relations. A […]
When Viet-Hanh Winchell is sworn in as a judge at the Washington County Courthouse in Stillwater on Monday, she will be making history. Winchell, 41, is believed to be the state’s first Vietnamese-American state court judge. It’s fitting that Winchell will assume her new role this month, which is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage […]