In the last 24 hours, protests that have drawn the most attention were at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday.
Amber Carter
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Alabama lawmakers approve legislation to ensure Biden is on November ballot
Alabama has one of the earliest candidate certification deadlines in the country, which has caused difficulties for whichever political party has the later convention date that year.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England
U.S. regulators maintain fishing quota for valuable baby eels, even as Canada struggles with poaching
Regulators decided Wednesday that U.S. fishermen will be allowed to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds of the eels per year. That quota will stand through at least 2027.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
Hobbs said in a statement that she looks forward to quickly signing the repeal into law.
Posted inNation & World, News
House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
Republicans in Congress have denounced the protests and demanded action to stop them, thrusting university officials into the center of the charged political debate over Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Federal Reserve says interest rates will stay at 20-year high until inflation further cools
The Fed chair stressed, as he has before, that the central bank’s decision on when to cut rates will depend on the latest economic data.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
New Russia sanctions target weapons development and countries assisting in sanctions evasion
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly railed against several rounds of U.S. and Western sanctions, claiming last year that they are ‘illegitimate sanctions’ on his country.
Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Biden administration to clear $6.1 billion in debt of former Art Institutes students
The decision covers 317,000 borrowers who attended the defunct for-profit chain of schools from January 2004 to October 2017.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
For Anne Hathaway, going 5 years without booze is bigger milestone than ‘middle age’
‘The Princess Diaries’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ alum touched on her sobriety when discussing middle age.
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House Speaker fracas threatens several business-related bills
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell also is signaling he will continue to oppose the marijuana banking bill. McConnell has previously helped block the bill.