Massachusetts electricity customers could be facing a steep increase in their winter bills, National Grid warned on Wednesday.
Brian Jack sought to make a Sunday debate among Republican candidates for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties to former President Donald Trump, while the other contenders ignored Trump's endorsement of Jack.
U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination. While U.S. officials believe Putin was ultimately responsible for the death of Navalny, who endured brutal conditions during his confinement, the intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that Putin was aware of the timing of Navalny's death — which came soon before the Russian president's reelection — or directly ordered it, according to the official. At the time, Biden said the U.S. did not know exactly what had happened to Navalny but that “there is no doubt” that his death “was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.”
On the eve of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's dramatic announcement about his future, thousands of Socialist Party supporters rallied in Madrid on Sunday to ask him to stay on after he stunned the country this week by saying he might quit. Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a corruption investigation into his wife's private dealings. Sanchez denies the allegations made against his wife, Begona Gomez, and said he will announce his decision on his future on Monday.
The load disconnected from an 18-wheeler and pinned the vehicle. The Temple Police Department is investigating.
President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary Sunday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was authorized to open only a dozen voting centers this year compared with more than 100 in previous years given recent austerity measures imposed by a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances. On Sunday, Puerto Rico’s Democrats also chose 36 of 65 delegates they hope to send to the National Democratic Convention that will be held in Chicago in late August.
Thousands of Georgians staged a "March for Europe" Sunday, calling on the government to scrap a controversial "foreign influence" bill, which the EU has warned would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.On Sunday evening, thousands turned out again at Tbilisi's central Republic Square for what organisers called a "March for Europe".
The president “reiterated his clear position” on the invasion during a call with the Israeli prime minister, according to the White House.
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met for several hours in Miami on Sunday, according to a source close to Trump.
In Latin America, the Austrian-American laissez-faire proponent Ludwig von Mises, who died in 1973, is having something of a moment.
Video from the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah shows children holding banners with messages that read: “Students of Columbia University, continue to stand by us.”
President Joe Biden in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday reiterated his “clear position” on a potential Israeli invasion of Rafah and discussed the need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, according to a White House news release.
Putin’s forces have made further gains in locations along Ukraine’s eastern front – highlighting Kyiv’s need for ammunition and weapons from the US and other allies.
(Reuters) -At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains, while weather alerts on Sunday put more than 7 million Americans under tornado warnings. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on Sunday declared a disaster emergency for the state, freeing up more money for first responders and recovery operations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had offered the assistance of the federal government, Stitt added.
“One of the best ways to connect with and rediscover ourselves is to reconnect with our surroundings.”
US colleges have been using law enforcement – along with academic suspensions and, for at least one school, expulsion – to try to bring to heel student demonstrations.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and "reiterated his clear position" on a possible invasion of the Gaza border city of Rafah, the White House said. A statement issued by the White House did not give more details of that part of the conversation. Washington has said that it could not support a Rafah operation without an appropriate and credible humanitarian plan.
University leaders need to "control" pro-Palestinian protestors, the Senator said.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Sunday said he had moved to acquire the "sovereign activities" of debt-laden French tech giant Atos and prevent foreign ownership of them.Le Maire told television channel LCI that he had sent a letter of intent, a non-binding action, this weekend "with a view to acquiring all the sovereign activities of Atos".
Protesters want their schools to stop investing in Israeli firms that are involved with or profit from Israel's war against Hamas.
Protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing over the weekend, with more arrests on campuses and a brief skirmish between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators at California's UCLA, where a tent encampment was set up last week. Protesters opposed to Israel's incursion into Gaza are demanding a ceasefire in the war with Hamas and the divestment of university assets in companies involved with the Israeli military, and an end to U.S. military assistance to Israel. As the size of an encampment at the University of California at Los Angeles expanded in recent days, counter-protesters have become increasingly vocal and visible on the campus, although both sides remained peaceful until Sunday.
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