WARSAW, Poland — Voters across Poland cast ballots in local elections Sunday in the first electoral test for the coalition government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk nearly four months since it took power. Voters were electing mayors as well as members of municipal councils and provincial assemblies, an important exercise in self-governance that is one […]
You would think that, given the cost of living and the exodus already underway from the Golden State, nobody would be trying to make California more expensive than it already is. But this is California, a state where Jerry “Governor Moonbeam” Brown can be considered a relative political moderate in the whole scheme of things because […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire entered another day on Saturday with more than 100,000 homes and businesses still in the dark several days after a storm brought powerful winds and heavy, wet snow. Maine’s largest electric utility warned that some customers might not have service restored until Monday […]
SEOUL, South Korea – It’s a paradox. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s unchallenged leadership at home makes him strategically unpredictable to the U.S. and its allies. But that same unquestioned grip on power makes Mr. Kim tactically vulnerable, due to systemic weaknesses built into his top-down chain of command. That’s the view of one well-placed […]
GILFORD, N.H. — Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, and contributed to at least two deaths. Well over a foot (30 centimeters) of snow was reported in […]
In the words of Michael Scott from “The Office,” “Well, well, well. How the turn tables …” Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell has endured attacks from his fellow Democrats for his pro-life views, ultimately getting censured by the party. The Nebraska Democratic Party condemned McDonnell in a March 2 resolution for what it described as […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s become a rite of summer in sunny California: When the temperature spikes, so do electricity bills, leaving some customers with monthly payments over $500. A big reason for that is the way California’s largest power companies calculate rates. The more power you use, the more money you pay – not just […]
BOSTON — The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists. Granite Shore Power said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to close the Merrimack Station in New Hampshire by June 2028. As […]
By 2050, one in four people on earth will be from the Africa, a continent of vast natural resource and precious metal reserves but also great foreign and national security challenges for Washington. A wave of military coups has occurred over the past four years, and China and Russia are increasingly rival U.S. attempts to […]
The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the cargo ship reported losing power just before it crashed and caused the bridge to collapse. Moore said Tuesday that a mayday call from the ship allowed officials to limit traffic on […]
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