MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and their allies asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow for absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election to be counted — a move being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the […]
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FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon has spent the two years since President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court perfecting his advocacy playbook. Fly conservative activists to Washington for a multiday workshop. Gather them in a hotel ballroom for training sessions. Send them to the U.S. Capitol to demonstrate […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — If the COVID-19 pandemic had struck two years earlier, local leaders say the financial situations facing local and state governments could be much worse than it already is. When the governor’s executive orders shut down portions of the economy in late March, local governments tried to […]
Day one of Johnny Depp’s libel trial in the U.K. kicked off on Tuesday as he and Amber Heard came face-to-face for the first time in years. The Aquaman actress looked on as Depp testified that while he’s taken “every drug known to man” he is not the “monster” she […]
TipRanks Analysts Say ‘Buy the Dip’ in These 3 Stocks Smart stock investing shouldn’t be emotional, but investors are only human, after all, making it difficult to follow a rational trading strategy. Investors should remember the advice of Warren Buffett: “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy […]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The city of Amsterdam will allow residents of its historic centre to offer their homes to tourists again, after a court ordered it to scrap a ban on vacation rentals. Amsterdam’s left-wing city council last year issued an outright ban on rentals through Airbnb and other platforms […]
Hartford’s Traci Carter (25) is guarded by UMass-Lowell’s Obadiah Noel (11) during an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the America East conference tournament Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP) Kassi Jackson AP Traci Carter vowed to help make a difference for […]
FILE – This Feb. 4, 2013, file photo, shows a detail of a Boy Scout uniform worn during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. On Monday, March 1, 2021, Boy Scouts of America submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan that envisions continued […]
When I approached the Golden Gate Park tennis courts the other day, I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t been for years, but had many (mostly) fond memories of playing there. I had gotten trounced more than a few times in their tournaments and loved hanging out in the […]
Feb. 20—Bottle Works and Penguin Court, a Preserve of Brandywine Conservancy, will present NatureWorks Environmental Expo virtually from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 6. Presentations will be live-streamed on the Bottle Work’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bottleworksethnicartscenter. For each presentation, attendees will be able to ask questions through the Facebook […]
Online travel agent Lastminute.com has been threatened with court action by the competition watchdog for failing to pay out refunds to thousands of customers. The company vowed to make £7million of payments by the end of January to 9,000 people who had holidays cancelled due to the pandemic under a […]
The La Jolla Recreation Center is one step closer to having a temporary bocce court installed, and its advisory board hopes work on the project will begin imminently. San Diego Parks & Recreation Department area manager Rosalia Castruita told the La Jolla Community Recreation Group during its Jan. 27 meeting […]
NEW YORK — A California woman seen on video tackling a Black teenager whom she falsely accused of stealing her phone at a Manhattan hotel agreed Friday to be extradited to New York after she was jailed in Ventura County. Miya Ponsetto, 22, appeared in court Friday via video in […]
A Singapore court sentenced an Indian woman to over six years in jail for cheating people of over Rs 3.31 crore or 6 lakh Singapore dollars. Kaveena Jaya Kumar, 42, pleaded guilty for the offence on Monday. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Zhi Hao told the court that she had difficulty […]
The City of Denver, the State of Colorado and a handful of homeless residents will face off in federal court this week during an evidentiary hearing regarding a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Colorado in October. “You only get an evidentiary hearing at this point if you need emergent […]
Andrew Dalton, Ap Entertainment Writer Updated 1:11 am EST, Tuesday, November 10, 2020 FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, singer Britney Spears makes an appearance in front of the Park MGM hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Spears wants to be freed from her father. In a recent series […]
MADISON – The Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin’s voting laws Monday, rejecting an effort to require the counting of absentee ballots that are sent back to election officials on or just before Election Day. The court’s 5-3 ruling means that absentee ballots will be counted only if they are in the […]
TALLAHASSEE — In a victory for Airbnb and similar vacation-rental platforms, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a dispute about whether the companies are required to collect and send in tourist-development taxes. Justices turned down an appeal by Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon, who […]