Tag: Local governments
Hong Kong newspaper increases print run after arrests
HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Friday increased its print run to 500,000 copies as residents showed support for the...
Portugal mayor: Protesters’ details were given to embassies
LISBON, Portugal — The city council of Lisbon has for years provided foreign embassies with personal information about protesters who organize demonstrations outside their...
Judge: No bail for man accused of road rage murder of boy
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man charged with the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a road rage incident was ordered held...
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a...
After 9 years and $10M, Georgia spaceport nears FAA approval
SAVANNAH, Ga. — After nine years of planning and $10 million invested by local taxpayers, county officials in Georgia's coastal southeast corner came a...
Officers resign from Portland, Oregon, protest response unit
PORTLAND, Ore. — Officers who serve on a specialized crowd control unit in Portland, Oregon, who have responded to the city’s ongoing, often violent...
New Zealand considers off-shore defense of the America’s Cup
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The next defense of the America’s Cup could be held outside New Zealand after holder Team New Zealand failed to...
Town, state jockey over renaming racialized waterway name
TOWNSHEND, Vt. — A Vermont town is divided about renaming a brook that has an outdated, racialized name, though a state agency may ultimately...
Portland, scarred by unrest and violence, tries to come back
PORTLAND, Ore. — The smell of fresh empanadas wafted through the stands at Portland's Saturday Market. People talked through their masks with artists as...
Report blames poor welds for Mexico City subway collapse
MEXICO CITY — A preliminary report by experts into the collapse of a Mexico City elevated subway line that killed 26 people placed much...
