Month: June 2022
Here are the key primary results for a special election in Alaska
Here are the key primary results for a special election in Alaska, where candidates are vying for the congressional seat previously held by the late Rep. Don Young. (Image credit: NPR)
Read MoreFederal firefighters waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks
While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country. (Image credit: deepblue4you/Getty Images)
Read MoreShould Biden Run in 2024? Democratic Whispers of ‘No’ Start to Rise.
In interviews, dozens of frustrated Democratic officials, members of Congress and voters expressed doubts about the president’s ability to rescue his reeling party and take the fight to Republicans.
Read MoreSenior US cop who displayed Nazi sign, made Holocaust jokes gets $1.5 million payout
Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell put on leave; city pays for him to resign rather than matter going to court; he placed SS insignia above nameplate on his office door
Read MoreThe average gas price in the US hits $5 for the first time
AAA said the average price on Saturday was $5.00, but motorists in some parts of the country, especially California, are paying far above that. (Image credit: Jae C. Hong/AP)
Read MoreU.S. Defense Secretary Warns That China’s Military Is Increasingly Aggressive
Lloyd Austin says Chinese aircraft and ships are engaging in provocative behavior in the Indo-Pacific region.
Read More18 buses torched in Safed; police probe possible link to protection racket payments
Vehicles belong to companies owned by Nazareth’s Afifi transport company; no casualties in arson attack at central bus station; residents woken by blasts, panic it’s rocket attack
Read MoreUK poet Siegfried Sassoon ignored his Jewish heritage. A new biopic does the same
Now in select theaters, ‘Benediction’ deals with its subject’s antiwar stance and homosexuality in WWI Britain, but skirts his complex relationship with his wealthy family’s roots
Read MoreTo mark UN Oceans Day, divers haul trash polluting ancient underwater Caesarea port
Volunteers remove 45 kgs of garbage from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of historic seaport; teams worked at dozens more sites up and down Mediterranean coast
Read MoreCanada proposes printing a warning on every cigarette
The move builds on Canada’s mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging. The government anticipates the changes coming into force in the latter half of 2023.
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