Month: December 2021
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes GOP abortion bills
Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed five Republican-authored anti-abortion bills, a move that came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could curtail if not end a woman’s right to abortion.
Read MoreWisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes GOP abortion bills
Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed five Republican-authored anti-abortion bills, a move that came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could curtail if not end a woman’s right to abortion.
Read MoreA man charged with killing 10 at a Boulder supermarket is incompetent for trial
Experts have found a man charged with the attack at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial for now, attorneys said during a court hearing. (Image credit: David Zalubowski/AP)
Read MoreSouth Africa is seeing a 4th surge of COVID-19 that’s being driven by omicron
South Africa’s health ministry says the rate of infection is the highest since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreBerlin voted for the city to seize apartments owned by developers to lower rent costs
Voters in Berlin, Germany, want the city to expropriate hundreds of thousands of apartments to stop speculation by big property developers — but it’s too costly and probably illegal.
Read MoreLady Gaga responds to criticism of her performance in ‘House of Gucci’
She stars in the film as the woman at the center of a scandal in the fashion world. But the actors’ Italian accents have been panned and the Gucci family has criticized the way it was depicted. (Image credit: Fabio
Read MoreU.S. to Urge Democracies to Sanction Corrupt Foreign Officials, Human-Rights Abusers
The sanctions will be imposed in the lead-up to the Biden administration’s virtual Summit for Democracy scheduled for Thursday and Friday, administration officials said.
Read MoreMen’s tennis is under fire for not pulling business from China over Peng Shuai
After a Chinese tennis star accused a former Chinese official of assault and temporarily vanished from view, the Women’s Tennis Association halted tournaments there. Now the men’s group is under fire.
Read MoreBiden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running
Earlier Friday, Biden said it was worth praising bipartisanship, but “funding the government isn’t a great achievement, it’s the bare minimum of what needs to get done.”
Read MoreBiden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running
Earlier Friday, Biden said it was worth praising bipartisanship, but “funding the government isn’t a great achievement, it’s the bare minimum of what needs to get done.”
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