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Alaska

Pilot error led to Alaska crash killing billionaire Petr Kellner, NTSB says | #alaska | #politics

An undated handout picture shows Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, posing for a photograph. PPF Group/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The March 2021 helicopter crash in Alaska that killed billionaire Petr Kellner and four others was likely caused by pilot […]

Mayor

El Paso, Texas ‘at a breaking point’ as migrants flood border, mayor says

Sept 23 (Reuters) – The surge of migrants crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to “a breaking point,” with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday. “The city of El Paso only has so many resources […]

Mayor

Fire at fuel tank in Russia’s Sochi sea resort extinguished -mayor

Sept 20 (Reuters) – A fire at a fuel tank near an airport in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi has been extinguished, the city’s mayor said on Wednesday. “There were no casualties,” the mayor, Alexei Kopaigorodskyi, said on the Telegram messaging platform. “The airport and the entire transport system are operating as normal.” […]

Alabama

Alabama lawmakers place another bet on U.S. Supreme Court partisanship in voting map appeal | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 8 (Reuters) – Alabama Republicans were at it again on Monday, when they asked the U.S. Supreme Court to change a voting rights law after the justices rejected identical arguments just three months ago, and despite defying the court’s order to comply with laws against racist voter suppression. The state on Sept. 11 filed […]

Alabama

Alabama asks US Supreme Court to halt ruling blocking Republican-drawn voting map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Alabama officials on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily halt a lower court’s ruling that rejected a Republican-crafted electoral map for diminishing the clout of Black voters, escalating a legal […]

City Council

Los Angeles City Council acts to spare Marilyn Monroe house from demolition | #citycouncil

[1/5]The new US postage stamp commerating actress Marilyn Monroe, was unveiled in New York January 5, 1995. REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing Rights LOS ANGELES, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home, where she died of a drug overdose in […]

Alabama

Alabama to ask US Supreme Court to keep Republican-drawn electoral map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sept 5 (Reuters) – Alabama’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents’ voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Tuesday, a decision that the state said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. That appeal plan escalated the stakes of a judicial decision that boosted Democratic chances […]

Mayor

Ukrainian drone destroyed by air defences near Moscow – mayor

Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of unmanned aircraft, at the Rudnyovo industrial park in Moscow, Russia April 27, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 28 (Reuters) – Air defences shot down a hostile drone near Moscow in the early […]

Alabama

Court revives Alabama ban on transgender youth treatment, judge blocks Georgia law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

[1/2]A person holds up a flag during rally to protest the Trump administration’s reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, at City Hall in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 21 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday […]

Alabama

Trump’s threatening post flagged by U.S. prosecutors to judge | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Aug 4 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing on Friday, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by improperly disclosing confidential evidence received from the government. On his Truth Social site on Friday, the former president wrote, “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, […]