• Woman who had to close her cafe after neighbours complained about the smell of bacon and clinking teacups plans to reopen by moving it 100 yards away from houses

    Emma Ayles, 47, (pictured) was forced to close her cafe in Weymouth, Dorset in December after locals complained about the smell of bacon and the clinking of teacups.m She now plans to reopen it.

  • Going, going, gone: Could the Republicans' slim House majority slip away before November?

    The crack of Louisville Slugger ash bats connecting with rawhide baseballs laced in Costa Rica will soon echo throughout ballparks all over North America.  A dulcet-toned announcer will lunge forward from his seat in the press box, perched three tiers above home plate. The announcer will squint, looking to see if the ball hooks just inside the foul pole several hundred feet away down the right field line.  "Going! Going! Gone!" he’ll chirp as the ball hugs the pole, staying just fair. The ball...

  • House finally passes budget bill

    The bill calls for a 9.3% rise in spending from fiscal 2023, with a budget deficit to 693 billion baht, down 0.3% from the previous year.Its passage followed a three-day debate, with 298 lawmakers in favour and 166 against, with one abstention and one absent.Pending Senate approval and royal endorsement next week, long-awaited disbursement of state investment funds is expected to begin in early April.Rapid disbursement in the remaining months of the fiscal year is seen as crucial to efforts of...

  • House saved after accidental fire spreads into attic

    MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Midland Fire Department responded to a house fire in north Midland Thursday evening. According to a release from MF, at about 6:36pm on Thursday, March 21, crews responded to a residential structure in the 1800 block of Devonshire Court. MFD officials said in a release the fire was started on []

  • Biden promotes plan to lower housing costs

    RENO, Nev. >> President Joe Biden sought personally Tuesday to reengage voters in Nevada and Arizona who helped power his winning coalition in 2020 by drawing contrasts with Republican challenger Donald Trump on veterans, job creation, foreign policy and other issues.

  • House passes 2-rate income tax package

    Update: Senators derail House tax bill Wednesday, making room for potential negotiations. Click here, for latest update. TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas House has passed a bill that would effectively set the state income tax to a two-rate system. The House voted 123-0 to unanimously pass House Substitute Bill for SB 300 on Wednesday, forwarding it []

  • Gov. Green to announce plan to house Lahaina survivors

    Gov. Josh Green today plans to outline how he intends to house displaced Maui wildfire survivors days ahead of a rally and march by a Lahaina group to urge Green to use his emergency powers to force owners of West Maui short-term vacation rentals to house evacuees.

  • The House GOP can't even go on vacation without fighting

    It wasn’t pretty—particularly on the House side—but Congress got the government funded, but the bruising battle to do that doesn’t end beleaguered House Speaker Mike Johnson’s headaches. In fact, it could put him in an even tougher position with his fractious caucus when they return from their two-week recess, on April 9. Hanging over him are his party’s very slim majority and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threat to oust him if he brings a Ukraine aid bill to the floor for a vote. Colorado GOP...

  • Blood test could identify millions spreading tuberculosis unknowingly

    Scientists say they are close to developing a blood test that could identify millions of people who spread tuberculosis unknowingly.Researchers from the University of Southampton have discovered a group of biological markers that are found in high levels among infectious patients. Tuberculosis, or TB, is the world’s deadliest infectious disease and kills more than one million people each year, according to World Health Organisation data.

  • White House ‘reviewing and updating’ government shutdown plan

    The White House is “reviewing and updating” plans for shuttering federal agencies should the Senate fail to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown over the weekend. The House passed a bill funding the government Friday morning, yet it’s unclear if the Senate will also pass it before Friday’s quickly approaching midnight deadline. White House […]

  • US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown

    The US House of Representatives has passed a government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust the Speaker. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the $US1.2 trillion ($A1.8 trillion) bill to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead […]

  • House passes final spending bills over Republican opposition

    The House of Representatives passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before federal funding is set to lapse for a slew of government agencies. Lawmakers passed the $1.2 trillion spending bill in a 286-134 vote, overcoming the two-thirds threshold needed to advance The House passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before...