Government and politics

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 abortionBy…

Testimony is continuing in the federal trial for former reality TV star Josh Duggar, who is charged with downloading and possessing child pornographyByThe Associated PressDecember 3, 2021, 3:05 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to…

The outgoing Czech government is planning a vaccine mandate for the elderly and some groups of professionalsByThe Associated PressDecember 3, 2021, 6:35 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articlePRAGUE -- The outgoing…

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump appeared before a federal appeals court to argue that the U.S. government should take his place as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who accused him of rapeBy JENNIFER PELTZ…

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both also saw their legacies tarnished by their actions in the long, bloody war in Iraq.Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and…

The newly installed mayor of Rochester, New York, is in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus last monthByThe Associated PressDecember 3, 2021, 1:41 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleROCHESTER,…

A British study has found that Black and other ethnic minority people in the UBy JILL LAWLESS Associated PressDecember 3, 2021, 1:02 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleLONDON -- Almost two years into the…

DAKAR, Senegal -- Lamine Diack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes in an Olympic hosting vote, has died, his family said Friday. He was…

Germany’s health minister says more than 1% of the population is currently infected with the coronavirus, and called on citizens who haven’t done so yet to get vaccinatedByThe Associated PressDecember 3, 2021, 10:20 AM• 2 min readShare to…

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden looked out over an audience of government scientists and framed his latest plan for fighting COVID-19 as an opportunity to at last put an end to divisiveness over the virus, calling the…