Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77.
SNP ministers have scrapped a controversial ban on installing woodburning stoves in new homes after a huge backlash in rural Scotland forced a “humiliating” about-turn.
Democrats are in frantic talks to push out the most liberal Supreme Court justice so they can replace her before Donald Trump takes office.
Labour is paving the way for the introduction of a four-day week in the public sector, days after imposing a £25 billion tax rise on businesses.
Donald Trump’s team appeared to be quietly distancing itself from Robert F Kennedy Jr in the immediate aftermath of the election amid speculation that the former presidential candidate could be handed control of US public health agencies.
The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly F16 fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems, an official with direct knowledge of the plan told CNN.
Tony Burke introduces bill to facilitate removal of unlawful non-citizens and regulations to reimpose ankle bracelets and curfews on those released after high court’s NZYQ decision
Unusual cross-party support is swelling in France behind a draft law meant to halt a looming "mexicanisation" of the country by a burgeoning drug trade, defying an otherwise riven political landscape."If we do nothing, we could become a narco-state", agreed senator Etienne Blanc, a co-author of the draft law from the conservative Republicans party.
The 100,000 new homes Bucks Council says are planned for the county over 20 years have prompted warnings about more frequent flooding.
The UK Government has celebrated Scotland's Indian community at a Glasgow event.
Vice President-elect JD Vance has served in the United States Senate for less than two years, but after President-elect Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's election, Vance is about to get a promotion to president of the Senate -- and leave his post as one of Ohio's senators. When Vance becomes vice president in January, he'll leave a vacancy in the Senate that will need to be filled by a new Ohio senator. Vance was elected to the Senate in 2022, and his term in the Senate does not expire until 2028.
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Council taxes could increase to pay for Rachel Reeves’s National Insurance tax rise, policing chiefs have warned.
This year’s international climate conference will be much smaller than talks last year in Dubai.View on euronews
President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people is a top focus for Canada, its deputy prime minister said Friday, as the country plans to deal with a possible influx north. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re-established a special Cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations to address his administration’s concerns about another Trump presidency this week. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is chair of the revived committee, said what Trump's deportation plan would mean for Canada is a key priority for the committee.
A LETTER to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from Dudley Council on winter fuel payments has sparked a political spat.
Here's the latest on where things stand with phenylephrine, which advisers to the FDA say is ineffective.
A wind-whipped Southern California brush fire that exploded to 20,000 acres in about 24 hours, destroying homes and prompting mass evacuations, remained out of control Thursday as Gov. Gavin Newsom rallied state and federal resources to battle the blaze. The governor declared a state of emergency in Ventura County as firefighters struggled to gain an edge on the Mountain Fire, which had burned 19,643 acres and destroyed an undetermined number of homes since starting near the town of Camarillo. The November fire came amid unseasonably warm temperatures and strong Santa Ana winds.
Mobile freezer units were built in the underground parking garage of the Health Sciences Centre to store unclaimed bodies in July. (Elizabeth Whitten/CBC)They might be out of sight, but the industrial freezers that were holding dozens of bodies in a parking garage outside the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's are not out of mind for PC health critic Barry Petten.On March 6, CBC News first reported that 28 bodies were being stored in freezer units in an alleyway outside the Health Sciences Cen
Pundits and partisans are speculating about how Trump’s victory could affect the court’s composition. Here are a few scenarios.
Charles Hookimaw had one, simple question for the United Nations' independent expert on water rights when they met in Toronto this spring: "How would you feel?"How would you feel if you had to trudge through snow in the freezing, subarctic northern Ontario cold to get a jug of water from a reverse osmosis system just to make tea, like the elders of Attawapiskat First Nation do, Hookimaw asked.That's the situation the James Bay Cree community has faced for more than five years, Hookimaw told the