Two people were killed near Seattle and more than a half-million homes and businesses were left in the dark Wednesday in the wake of back-to-back storms that battered the Pacific Northwest., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Federal officials release a proposal outlining options for new, long-term rules for managing chronic water shortages from the overtapped Colorado River., Read MoreContinue Reading
Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation., Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation. Former billionaire investor Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang has been sentenced to 18 years in prison overContinue Reading
UN official warns millions of Haitians ‘being held hostage’ amid surge in gang-related violence in Haitian capital., At least 150 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince over the past week, the United Nations says, as the Haitian capital reels from a surge in gang violence. In a statement on Wednesday,Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, speaking at a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council marking 1,000 days of resistance against Russian aggression, called for the creation of new international mechanisms to hold Russia accountable for its war and humanitarian crimes. Highlighting the scale of atrocities committed by Russia, SybihaContinue Reading
Ukraine has reportedly deployed British Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory for the first time, according to Bloomberg and BBC. The strikes targeted Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces maintain positions. Western nations appeared to have eased restrictions on Ukraine using donated weapons against Russian territory, marking a major policy shift.Continue Reading
Pool of cable subscribers is shrinking as millions cut the cord and rely on streaming services for their entertainment., Pool of cable subscribers is shrinking as millions cut the cord and rely on streaming services for their entertainment. Comcast will spin off many of its cable television networks that wereContinue Reading
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says his group has reviewed the US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel., Video Duration 02 minutes 12 seconds NewsFeed Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says his group has reviewed the US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel and that a ‘halt to hostilities isContinue Reading
Johnson’s move comes after the election of Sarah McBride, a transgender woman representing Delaware in the House Published November 20, 2024 3:05PM (EST) U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson departs a news conference on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Speaker of theContinue Reading
WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in northern Iowa. With just shy of 800 residents, West Bend, Iowa, is barely a blip on a prairie landscape, but itContinue Reading
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for its weekly newsletter, or follow it on Facebook and X. In 1926, the Galveston League of Women Voters wrote to their U.S. senator to express concern over the “dreadful conditions which exist in regard to theContinue Reading
Nearly 14 years ago, on Dec. 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come … inContinue Reading
House Speaker Mike Johnson believes in equality and justice for all—but that purported belief is seemingly not getting in the way of an effort to ban Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress, from using the bathroom that aligns with her gender. “We welcomeContinue Reading