Davos report: Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate Posted February 9, 2023 Climate change is the global economy's biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the…
Federal COVID aid OK’d to pay for roads, natural disasters Posted February 4, 2023 State and local governments will soon gain new flexibility to spend billions of federal coronavirus relief dollars on things not directly related to the pandemic, including new ro…
NY Rep. elect Santos admits lying about career, college Posted January 26, 2023 Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., admitted that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House…
North Macedonia takes emergency anti-pollution steps Posted January 25, 2023 North Macedonia’s government is imposing emergency measures in the country’s capital, Skopje, and three other cities in order to protect people from severely high levels of air po…
18-year-old college student elected mayor of Arkansas city Posted January 15, 2023 An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city's top lead…
Michigan city pays driver $1,000 to settle tire marking case Posted January 11, 2023 A Michigan city agreed to pay $1,000 to a driver to settle a lawsuit about marking tires to catch parking violators. The deal in Bay City followed a declaration in August 2022 …
Puerto Rico ex-cop sentenced in historic firearms robbery Posted January 4, 2023 A former Puerto Rican police officer found guilty of masterminding the U.S. territory’s biggest firearms robbery in history has been sentenced to…
Woman gets 20 years for bilking Chinese in $26M hotel fraud Posted December 28, 2022 A woman who bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project out of at least $26 million was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Ru…
Burst sewage pipe adds to infrastructure woes at COP27 Posted December 16, 2022 First there was no water. Then there was too much of the wrong kind. Attendees of this year’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt found themselves stepping over streams of foul-sm…
Americans convicted in Japan on Ghosn’s escape return home Posted December 8, 2022 An American father and son convicted in Japan on charges of helping Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape to Lebanon, hiding in a box, have been returned to the U.S., their l…