Local elections 2024: Labour pulling off strong wins with 'truly historic' shock in Tory stronghold The party takes control of a number of authorities, including Hartlepool and Thurrock. But there are hundreds of seats left to play for across England and Wales. 05/3/2024 - 2:58 am | View Link
A resignation in Scotland gives British nationhood a breathing space While the futuristic political thriller “Civil War” plays in theaters and generates discussion across the United States, an organization promoting the breakup of the United Kingdom has suffered its ... 05/1/2024 - 4:23 am | View Link
Don’t Bet on a British Revival But what will ultimately put Labour in power is the dismal condition of the British economy. Voters reasonably blame the Tories, who have been in power for the last decade and a half, for this ... 04/29/2024 - 5:21 pm | View Link
Military horses that ran free in London were seriously hurt: officials LONDON (AP) — Two military horses that bolted and ran miles through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise and tossing their riders were in serious condition after undergoing ... 04/25/2024 - 1:53 am | View Link
Voices: Why don’t the English get a day off for St George’s Day? We don’t deserve it Why don’t the English get a day off for St George’s Day? We don’t deserve it - COMMENT: England is a divided country. A bank holiday to revel in our shared cultural identity would be laughable – ... 04/22/2024 - 9:03 pm | View Link
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
Kimberly Zapata, the former Milwaukee elections official who committed election fraud in the 2022 elections by falsely filing for three military absentee ballots found out her fate this week.
Zapata had been facing up to five years in prison, instead was sentenced to one year of probation, a $3,000 fine and 120 hours of community service.
Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their jammers don't work anymore.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.