West Virginia bill rolls back child vaccine law
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination…
Deadly blast hits Pakistani city of Peshawar | News
The blast in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, wounded one person believed to be in a critical condition. At least two people have…
Arson detectives investigate suspicious fire that forced evacuations in Dalyellup
In short: The blaze started in Dalyellup on Saturday afternoon.At its peak more than 80 firefighters attended the fire, which burnt through more than 250 hectares…
Column: Trump’s pick for consumer agency, backed by GOP, ‘has no qualifications for this job’
Now that White House aide Kathy Kraninger has received the blessing of the Senate Banking Committee’s Republican majority to become the nation’s top consumer financial…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 746 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 746th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Fighting A drone launched…
Attack victims hit out at extremism in open letter
Fifty survivors and relatives of those killed in London, Manchester and Brussels are among the signatories. Source link
Miami Beach imposes curfews, police crackdowns in ‘spring break-up’
People spend time at the beach during spring break in Miami Beach in 2022. The city in a viral video announced it is "breaking up"…
LAUSD candidates hit by controversy appear headed to runoffs
Two Los Angeles school board contenders whose campaigns were jolted by personal and professional turbulence late in the race appear headed to November runoffs but…
Pope Francis urges Ukraine to have ‘courage of the white flag’ and negotiate end to war with Russia
In short: Pope Francis has said that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war with Russia, using for the first time the term "white flag", which is…
WA singer Shenai Johnson reflects on music, empowering women as she heads to Nashville
Sitting on the front porch of her rustic farmhouse, surrounded by fig and olive trees, Shenai Johnston reflects on the impact music has had on…
Biden says Netanyahu ‘hurting Israel’ by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in how he is…
Biden signs $460B spending bill into law averting government shutdown
1 of 3 | President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion long-term spending plan into law after months of Congressional gridlock and fears…
Looking back on Mungo Man – human remains millennia older than the pyramids – 50 years on
Fifty years ago, Australia's history was rewritten by a chance discovery in Far West New South Wales.Geologist Jim Bowler was on a journey to explore…
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
WASHINGTON — Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries…
US-led coalition shoots down 15 drones fired by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea | Israel War on Gaza News
US military says it was responding to a large-scale attack by the Iran-aligned group that posed an ‘imminent threat’. United States Navy ships and aircraft…
9 killed, 1 injured in rural Wisconsin truck-passenger van collision
March 9 (UPI) -- Nine people are dead and another person is hospitalized Saturday following a collision between a passenger van and a semi-trailer truck…
San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London Breed was all smiles during a packed primary party on Tuesday in Hayes Valley, a boutique neighborhood about a half mile…
Hollywood has had a troubled history with Native American performers. An Oscars win for Lily Gladstone could be a chance at atonement
At the Oscars in 1973, Best Actor winner Marlon Brando sent Sacheen Littlefeather to decline his award for The Godfather.Littlefeather, whose father was of White…
UN Security Council calls for ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan | Conflict News
Fighting has forcibly displaced more than eight million people, with millions more in need of food and humanitarian aid. The United Nations Security Council has…
Irish constitutional amendments on family, women failing in vote
DUBLIN — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed…