The United States calls on all armed forces in Sudan to immediately cease attacks in El Fasher, North Darfur. We are alarmed by indications of an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces and its affiliated militias. An offensive against El Fasher city would subject civilians to extreme danger, including the hundreds of thousands of displaced
The 25-year-old vessel was hired by the Scottish Government in 2022 to house more than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees and remained docked in Glasgow until last year.
Tallahassee - Bears and coyotes and raccoons, oh my! As Florida’s population expands, state wildlife officials have seen a more than 33 percent increase in calls for assistance related to wild animals during the past five years, according to a presentation that could go before the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this week.
Mike Johnson (R-La.) starts this week looking less like speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and more like a European prime minister. Partisan politics, at least as they’ve been understood in the United States, are flipped on their head. Johnson’s plan to sacrifice American border security to pass $95 billion in foreign aid is on its way to the Senate, powered by a coalition of House Republican and Democrat appropriators, and over the objections of both his voters and the majority of...
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania remains one of a few states where poll workers don’t process ballots before Election Day. Supporters of pre-canvassing, as it's called, believe giving counties more time to open envelopes and prepare ballots for counting will deliver faster results. As it stands, poll workers can’t begin the pre-canvassing process until 7 a.m. on Election Day. Counting doesn’t start until the polls close at 8 p.m. and must continue until all...
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House Democrats defeated a Republican bid to restrict migrants' access to the state's overflowing emergency family shelter system, a day after the Legislature shipped a supplemental budget to Gov. Maura Healey that would impose a new nine-month limit on shelter stays.
(The Center Square) - Iowa's housing market is the 17th most competitive in the country, according to a new study released Thursday by the Common Sense Institute of Iowa. The Iowa Housing Competitiveness Index is based on four factors, the organization said: "The percentage of permits as a share of the housing deficit/surplus; the housing deficit/surplus as a percentage of the population; the hours required to pay a monthly mortgage; and the number of hours of work required to...
Animal rights advocates pushing for this legislation have emphasized the detrimental effects of declawing, which not only involves the removal of claws but also amputating part of the cat's toes. Critics say many cats suffer lifelong consequences as a result of this procedure.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. It got very heated Tuesday afternoon in Ottawa during question period in the House of Commons. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was kicked out by House Speaker Greg Fergus, after he refused to withdraw several “unparliamentary” comments, including calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko.” Political Analyst Keith Leslie joined CHCH News with more.
Speaker of the House Greg Fergus booted the Conservative leader from the House of Commons, after Pierre Poilievre called Justin Trudeau a 'wacko prime minister.'
Video above related to education, but not HB 445. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- Three local lawmakers have cosponsored a bill that would force schools to change one of their policies. On March 12, Al Cutrona (R-Canfield) and Gary Click (R-Vickery) introduced House Bill 445. While the bill is currently in a House Committee, []