Month January 2024

Senators push for legalized sports gambling in Georgia without a constitutional amendment

Another sports gambling bill is advancing in Georgia, with supporters saying they believe they can legally set up betting under the purview of the Georgia Lottery Corporation without putting the issue to a statewide vote through a constitutional amendment.

Buffalo Bills promote Bobby Babich to take over as defensive coordinator

The Buffalo Bills promoted linebackers coach Bobby Babich to take over as the team’s defensive coordinator on Tuesday.

Teachers strike in Boston suburb enters its eighth day, with tensions fraying

A teachers strike in a Boston suburb entered its eighth day Tuesday – one of the longest in recent state history – with both sides still unable to agree on salaries and other issues, and tensions fraying.

Wisconsin judge affirms regulators can force factory farms to get preemptive pollution permits

A Wisconsin judge ruled Tuesday that state regulators can force factory farms to obtain permits before they discharge pollutants, ensuring protections continue to apply preemptively for lakes, streams and drinking water.

Massachusetts state troopers arrested for taking bribes to pass commercial drivers on test

Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were among six people charged Tuesday in a scheme to allegedly take bribes including a new snowblower and driveway in exchange for giving passing scores on commercial driving tests, the U.S…. Continue Reading →

Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark since 1957, will be demolished to make way for MLB baseball

The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City landmark for more than six decades, is shutting its doors in the spring to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium that will be home to the relocating Oakland Athletics.

Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind

Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales.

DOD casts doubt on Iran-backed militia’s claim to halt strikes on US troops: ‘actions speak louder than words’

An Iran-backed militia group in Iraq says it is suspending attacks on U.S. troops after a drone attack killed three soldiers early Sunday, but the Department of Defense is casting doubt on those claims.  The Iraq-based Kataeb Hezbollah said Tuesday… Continue Reading →

United Nations spox insists ‘UNRWA does not work with Hamas’ despite claims employees participated in Oct. 7

A spokesman for the United Nations insisted Tuesday that UNRWA, facing allegations that at least a dozen of its employees participated in the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, “does not work with Hamas.”  The remarks came from Stéphane Dujarric,… Continue Reading →

Congressman calls out China at International Religious Freedom Summit, says Uyghurs need more protection

The International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit kicked off Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with a leading breakout session on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The bipartisan law presumes all goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China are made… Continue Reading →

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