Tag: Local governments
West Virginia trial puts spotlight on sprawling opioid cases
A corner of West Virginia wrenched by opioid addiction is getting the chance to argue in a courtroom that some of the corporate giants...
El Salvador donates vaccine to desperate Honduras towns
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president sent 34,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to seven towns in Honduras on Thursday, responding to video...
Official says fire at ICU in Egypt hospital kills 2 patients
CAIRO — A fire broke out in an intensive care unit of an Egyptian hospital Wednesday, leaving at least two patients dead, an official...
Judge overturns conviction in Indiana officer’s 1980 killing
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A judge has overturned a man's conviction in the 1980 fatal shooting of an off-duty Hammond police officer because prosecutors...
Report: Court order issued to Boris Johnson over unpaid debt
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said Wednesday it was investigating a report claiming that there is an outstanding court order against...
As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances
JERUSALEM — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant...
Judge awards homeless man $150K in Missouri panhandling case
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge says a Missouri county cannot enforce ordinances that target panhandlers and violate their free-speech rights, and has awarded...
Embattled St. Louis corrections commissioner stepping down
The head of St. Louis' oft-criticized corrections department will resign at the end of the month, the new mayor announced Wednesday.
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Judge: Police recordings to be released once appeals heard
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Audio recordings inadvertently made a decade ago of South Bend police officers must be released to the city council, a...
Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...
