Demonstrators are angry with the Assad government over rising prices, power cuts, food and fuel shortages.
Suspect arrested after standoff on Indian Colony
Stocks are broadly lower on Wall Street as investors weigh a surprisingly good economic report that highlights the Federal Reserve’s difficult fight against high inflation. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% in afternoon trading Monday. The Dow and the Nasdaq also fell. Crude prices closed lower afte…
The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little Egypt contain the remains of dozens of coal mine workers who died in a 1912 explosion. For Ed Evans, a Democratic state lawmaker and retired school teacher, they are a reminder of the dangers of undoing mi…
Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast. The live, online auction for the five leases — three off California’s central coast and two off its northern coast — has attracted strong interest — 43 …
A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers, including organizations that provide abortion drugs by mail, after the state attorney general warned that the plan was unconstitutional. But the legislator behind the proposal, which is based on a Texas la…
The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little Egypt contain the remains of dozens of coal mine workers who died in a 1912 mine explosion. For Ed Evans, a Democratic state lawmaker and retired school teacher, they are a reminder of the dangers of undoi…
Tampa police chief resigns after dodging traffic ticket
A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers, including organizations that provide abortion drugs by mail, after the state attorney general warned that the plan was unconstitutional. But the legislator behind the proposal, which is based on a Texas law, said Monday he’s not giving up despite the unanimous vote by the Prinsburg City Council on Friday to drop the idea. Republican Tim Miller, of Prinsburg, says he still thinks it's constitutional despite what Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison says. Miller said he'll continue trying to enact it in other rural Minnesota communities.
The unmarked graves in a forgotten West Virginia burial ground known locally as Little Egypt contain the remains of dozens of coal mine workers who died in a 1912 mine explosion. For Ed Evans, a Democratic state lawmaker and retired school teacher, they are a reminder of the dangers of undoing mine safety regulations, currently under debate in the state Legislature. Evans says he worries about what will happen now that many advocates of the mine safety laws, himself included, were defeated in the Nov. 8 election. With Republicans gaining an even tighter grip on the Legislature, lawmakers are expected to make another run at further deregulating the agencies that monitor mine safety.
The Port of Savannah plans a $410 million overhaul of one of its sprawling terminals to make room for loading and unloading larger ships. The Georgia Ports Authority board approved the project Monday under a plan to expand Savannah's capacity for cargo containers by more than 50% by 2025. It means major changes for the port's Ocean Terminal, which currently handles most of Georgia's breakbulk cargo such as lumber, paper and steel. Those operations will move over the coming year to the nearby Port of Brunswick. Ocean Terminal will be upgraded with new berths and eight ship-to-shore cranes, allowing the complex to focus almost exclusively on cargo shipped in containers.
Tens of thousands of people are bracing for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Across Moore County southwest of Raleigh on Monday, businesses handed out free food or coffee and businesses without internet conducted transactions in cash. One local economic official described the area known for its golf courses and local pottery as “eerily quiet” at a time of year when businesses are normally full of tourists and holiday shoppers. County schools were closed. Traffic lights were out throughout the county. Drivers treated intersections as four-way stops, which caused some traffic in places such as downtown Carthage.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is sounding sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples. But in arguments Monday, liberal justices suggested that allowing that discrimination could open the door to broader refusals by businesses to serve Black customers, Jewish or Islamic people, interracial couples and many others. The Colorado case is the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the high court. A case involving a Colorado baker and a wedding cake for a gay couple ended with a limited decision five years ago and is to return to the court.
NASA's Orion capsule is on its way home from the moon to wrap up a three-week test flight. The capsule and its test dummies came within 80 miles of the far side of the moon Monday. Once emerging from behind the moon, Orion flew over a couple Apollo landing sites. The capsule was too high to make out the Apollo lander descent stages or anything else left behind by astronauts more than a half-century ago. Orion will aim for a Pacific splashdown Sunday off of San Diego, setting the stage for astronauts on the next moonshot.
ELKO — Students at Spring Creek Middle School joined schools across the nation by taking a stand against drugs during their very own Red Ribbon Week Oct. 31-Nov. 4.
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Trustee Susan Neal wondered if the state would give the district more needed money, and CFO Julie Davis said only if school officials are “vocal” at the legislative level.
ELKO – If November’s weather seemed colder and snowier than a typical December or January, that’s because it was.
The water delivery system that 40 million people in the U.S. West depend on is at risk of collapse as the Colorado River shrinks.
A former Idaho attorney general and lieutenant governor who has been inside the house where four University of Idaho students were killed on Nov. 13 says the suspect likely entered the house through a back door.
A new student fee has been approved that will fund the student newspaper at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Nevada Board of Regents approved a 20-cent per credit fee after hearing from several students and current staffers of The Scarlet & Gray Free Press about the importance of their newsroom. The student newspaper was founded nearly 70 years ago and has faced financial insecurity over the last few years after advertising dropped off and funds from the university and other benefactors diminished. The fee passed by the regents is expected to generate about $140,000 to fund the newspaper. The fee will take effect in the fall of 2023 and will amount to no more than $3 per student.
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A divided Congress next year notwithstanding, there are some public health measures that a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate could agree upon — or at least that’s what panelists said last week during a discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), a Washington-based think tank. Potential progress could be made on telehealth, mental […]
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Suspect arrested after standoff on Indian Colony
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The Natural Resources Management Advisory Commission approved a motion Monday to create a grazing regulations subcommittee to review any information made available regarding proposals for updates
ELKO – Two-thirds to three-quarters of students, parents and staff favor switching to a four-day week at Elko and Spring Creek schools, according to survey results presented to the school board.
McAdoo and Carter will not face any immediate sanctions from the commission, but they may be subject to a recommended deferral agreement