Tag: Government

HPAKANT, Myanmar — At least 162 people were killed Thursday in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such ...

The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police officers have sparked protests around the world. One thing that can be heard chanted by protesters, tweeted ...

We need righteous rage now more than ever. I woke up Saturday morning with baton-shaped bruises on my leg. The night before, I joined tens of thousands of other New ...

In the face of a global economic crisis induced by the novel coronavirus, the idea of a basic income paid to all citizens is rapidly gaining new traction. With one of the highest poverty rates ...

For Ohioans sheltering in place, 2 p.m. is Happy(ish) Hour, alternately referred to by the masses as “Wine with DeWine” and “Snackin’ with Acton.” That’s when Governor Mike DeWine, a ...

WASHINGTON – Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trump’s firing of the State Department’s internal watchdog, accusing the president of further escalating his fight against ...

The Treasury Department is asking the relatives of deceased and incarcerated family members who mistakingly received economic stimulus payments intended to help Americans weather the coronavirus pandemic to return the ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme ...

BAGHDAD — Security forces in Iraq shot dead 27 anti-government protesters in a 24-hour period, amid spiraling violence in the capital and the country’s south, as Iran condemned the burning ...

An Australian woman sentenced to death for drug-trafficking in Malaysia was acquitted on Tuesday after the Federal Court in Kuala Lumpur quashed her earlier conviction by a lower court. Maria ...