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The court issued a temporary restraining order, putting Renée Gray’s firing on hold. A hearing on that order is scheduled July 30.

Ramsey County officials are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seeking evidence related to potential crimes committed by federal agents against a St. Paul man during Operation Metro Surge, including kidnapping, false imprisonment and burglary.  On Jan. 18, immigration agents forcibly entered the home of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, a U.S. citizen, without a warrant, […]

乌克兰国防部长米哈伊洛·费多罗夫（Mykhailo Fedorov）周三宣布辞去职务。此前，乌克兰总理已经辞职，据悉，这是总统泽连斯基推动政府改组的一部分。

(The Center Square) – Maryland’s highest court explained why it removed a legislative candidate from this year’s Democratic primary ballot, saying he invalidated his certificate of candidacy by listing a residence where he did not live when he filed to run. In a 40-page opinion filed Monday, the Supreme Court of Maryland explained the legal reasoning behind its April order removing John Calvin Dove Jr. from the District 12B Democratic primary ballot. Dove challenged incumbent Del. Gary Simmons, D-Anne Arundel. Although Dove had been living in Gambrills, he listed a Pasadena address on his certificate of candidacy after changing his voter registration. The court said Maryland election law requires candidates to list either the address on their voter registration or, if different, their current address. Because the Pasadena address was not where Dove resided when he filed, the court concluded his certificate of candidacy was invalid. The case also centered on when Maryland’s constitutional six-month residency requirement takes effect. Simmons argued Dove was ineligible because he was not a District 12B resident when he filed to run. Dove argued the Constitution gave him until six months before the general election to establish residency. The majority did not answer that constitutional question. Instead, it ruled the inaccurate address on Dove’s certificate of candidacy was enough to decide the case. The majority said the Circuit Court correctly found that the Pasadena address “was not Mr. Dove’s domicile, residence, or his place of abode,” making the information on his certificate of candidacy a material misrepresentation. The opinion said a candidate who makes “a material misrepresentation on a certificate of candidacy,” including about a residential address, has an invalid certificate of candidacy. Justice Peter Killough agreed Dove should remain off the ballot but disagreed with how the majority reached that result. In a concurring opinion, he said Dove made a good-faith mistake about when the residency requirement had to be satisfied rather than making a factual misrepresentation about where he lived. “What Mr. Dove may have had wrong was the law: when he was obliged to be a District 12B resident. What he stated was the truth,” Killough wrote. He said the majority “converted a mistake about a legal deadline into a misstatement of fact.”

En la primera mitad del año 2026, la producción de las cuatro compañías de Antofagasta Minerals alcanzó 285.000 toneladas de cobre fino, lo que significa una disminución de 9,5% respecto al año anterior. Esto se debe principalmente a una menor producción en Los Pelambres y Centinela, de acuerdo con el plan minero. Proyección anual se mantiene sin cambios. Este artículo Antofagasta Minerals mantiene disciplina en control de costos y reafirma proyección de producción para 2026 fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

美國軍方15日宣布，已在美東時間15日當天上午6時對伊朗展開新一波空襲。這是美國連續第5天打擊伊朗。

美国军方15日宣布，已在美东时间15日当天上午6时对伊朗展开新一波空袭。这是美国连续第5天打击伊朗。

O ex-governador Javier Duarte está preso, mas as ameaças permanecem: corrupção, crime organizado e um sistema judiciário marcado pela impunidade. The post Uma década após um reinado de terror, Veracruz continua sendo o lugar mais perigoso para jornalistas no México appeared first on LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center.

Extreme rainfall doesn't directly cause tribal violence in PNG — but by displacing people into contested land, it can push communities already on the brink into open conflict. New research from 1980 – 2024 reveals where, and why, the link matters.About the author/sCian O'ReganCian O'Regan is an undergraduate geography student at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Two startups plan to turn Maine tree waste into heating fuel, with buyers lined up, even as the state’s climate plan leaves biofuels out.

The Horse Shoe Forestry Company ran a 50,000-tap maple operation in the late 1800s and 1900s with four syrup making plants

(The Center Square) – The Chicago Fire may be building their own soccer stadium, but city taxpayers will be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure. The Chicago City Council met Wednesday and approved $424.9 million in tax-increment financing for the Fire stadium site in the South Loop neighborhood. Several aldermen expressed concerns that taxpayers would be funding construction of a city-owned parking garage for the stadium. Alderman Daniel La Spata said, according to city estimates, the garage would generate $3 million to $4 million in annual revenue. “At best, and even if you increase that by 50%, we are maybe recouping our investment in 50 years time,” La Spata said. La Spata said most stadiums don’t last 50 years. Alderman Pat Dowell defended the project in her ward, saying there would be housing and retail on top of the garage. “That podium will bring into the city’s coffers property taxes, sales tax revenue, so it is not just a parking garage,” Dowell said. Dowell said the city would also have the opportunity to gain revenue from advertising and signage at the site. The $750 million, privately-funded stadium is slated to open in 2028. The funding approved Wednesday is for site preparation, streets, transit, utilities, open space connections, a Chicago River wall and the parking garage podium. "Field of Schemes" co-author and fieldofschemes.com operator Neil deMause said it is becoming more common for team owners to say they’re not using public money for stadiums. “It's starting to sort of creep into, you know, we're building the stadium ourselves, but of course all the stuff that allows the stadium to exist, we're asking for taxpayer money,” deMause told The Center Square. The deal includes a shift of TIF funds from the neighboring Canal-Congress district to the stadium district. “This doesn't necessarily mean that it's more public money. It just means that the initial pool of tax money that was going to be used to pay for this infrastructure looks like it's falling short,” deMause said. deMause said there are a lot devils in the details with stadium deals.

(The Center Square) - Spokane Valley taxpayers learned Tuesday that they are subsidizing a $184,533 initiative to drive more traffic toward 10 car dealerships located on “Auto Row” along Sprague Avenue. The marketing campaign presentation from Economic Development Director Terri Stripes took some of the city council by surprise, with two officials arguing that they are “putting the cart before the horse.” Stripes said the Valley’s Community & Economic Development Department launched the initiative back in May to brand the city as a regional auto sales destination. The car industry accounts for about 14% of the Valley’s sales tax revenues in the general fund, which covers police, fire and other vital services. While Stripes confirmed the funding was within her budget during Tuesday’s meeting, Councilmembers Al Merkel and Michael Kelly cited concerns about the final cost and outreach with the local dealerships. “Putting the cart before the horse is a good phrase,” Kelly said on Tuesday, referring to a meeting with the dealerships set for July 29, after Stripes had already committed nearly $185,000 to the campaign. Merkel said he spoke to five dealerships leading up to Tuesday night, and claimed that only two were aware of the July 29 meeting. He thought the campaign was something the city was considering, not a taxpayer-funded initiative that was already months underway before much of the dais heard about it. “Dealers are marketing people. They're out there, you know, spending probably more than any other single business in our community [is] spending on marketing,” he said, citing “Auto Row” as a “passion point” of his. “If they're not hearing anything about this, that tells me that it's probably not hitting.” Stripes said the city told the car dealerships about the campaign last fall and played an advertisement on Tuesday for the council with a slogan that reads: “Shop, compare, go. Spokane Valley’s Auto Row.” She said the campaign is intended to advertise the area as a destination city, not the 10 dealerships themselves, which she said generate $400 million to $500 million in annual sales and about $4.7 million in taxes. “Our per capita retail sales is higher than the city of Spokane and the county … we're always importing dollars from outside the area,” Stripes said, noting how the effort could help expand the city’s coffers. She said the campaign started in May because a consultant told the city that auto sales are highest in spring, summer and early fall. Stripes reported “good click-through rates” over the first month after its launch and claimed that the local dealerships saw a roughly 4% increase in foot traffic through June. It’s only “anecdotal” data, so the city can’t attribute it directly to the campaign yet, but she says that next year, the Valley should have better metrics about whether the campaign is driving that increase. Stripes said the campaign will help inform the city on how to invest in improvements along Sprague in the next five to 10 years, so taxpayers get the most bang for their buck. Still, Merkel said he would’ve held off until they had spoken with all the dealers if he had known about the campaign from the start. “We will be working with [the dealers] on identifying what we can do through our projects that will not hurt them, but will actually enhance their business opportunities,” Deputy City Manager Erik Lamb said in response to Merkel’s comments. “We want the dealers engaged, but it's also about the city as well.” Mayor Laura Padden chimed in at the end of the briefing, arguing that it’s “not out of the ordinary” for the city to commission studies and marketing campaigns to determine where to invest down the road. Merkel said there is a lot of work the city could do along Sprague Avenue to attract more customers. “There's a lot of beautification that could be done on that corridor that really wouldn't cost anything,” he said, citing tree maintenance and new flags or banners. “When we're talking about $180,000, I can imagine that we could spend considerably less and just do a little bit of that, and it'd be a nicer place.”

La niacinamida se ha convertido en uno de los ingredientes más utilizados en el cuidado de la piel grasa y con tendencia al acné por su capacidad para ayudar a regular el exceso de sebo y mejorar la apariencia de los poros. También se incorpora con frecuencia en casos donde se busca atenuar marcas post-acné […] Este artículo Niacinamida para el acné, los poros y la piel grasa: cómo usarla fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

Editor’s note: Amarillo Tribune staff sit through hours of public meetings every week so that you don’t have to. Here’s what you need to know about the Amarillo City Council meeting on July 14, 2026, briefly explained in a few bullet points, but you can find our in-depth coverage further down the page. The Amarillo […] The post Need to Know: Amarillo City Council, July 14, 2026 appeared first on Amarillo Tribune.

美國周三（7月15日）繼續對伊朗發動空襲。與此同時，美國重新實施了針對伊朗港口的封鎖措施。伊朗方面則強調對霍爾木茲海峽擁有主權，並威脅將進一步封鎖地區內更多關鍵能源運輸通道。

美国周三（7月15日）继续对伊朗发动空袭。与此同时，美国重新实施了针对伊朗港口的封锁措施。伊朗方面则强调对霍尔木兹海峡拥有主权，并威胁将进一步封锁地区内更多关键能源运输通道。

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here.Officials in one of the nation’s biggest swing counties huddled in separate, windowless jury chambers at a courthouse Monday.Outside, a summer monsoon storm unleashed dust, wind, rain, and lightning over Phoenix. Inside, long after business hours, a local judge hurried back and forth, carrying proposed terms from one room to the other.Around 10 p.m., they reached a consensus. Maricopa County finally had a plan for running its elections, and its board of supervisors enacted it in a 3-1 vote at a hastily scheduled emergency meeting Tuesday.The deal ends a long-standing legal battle over election control between Recorder Justin Heap, a Republican, and the majority-GOP board. The county’s top election officials had been locked in litigation for more than a year, culminating in a state Supreme Court decision last week that found in Heap’s favor. In a joint statement, both sides suggested the new deal was a win for county voters. But the compromise, crafted during a series of closed-door, hourslong sessions mediated by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury, effectively builds a wall between the board’s elections department and the recorder’s office — agencies that traditionally have worked hand in hand to administer elections for the county’s 2.5 million voters.It’s unclear how the new approach will play out. The agreement doesn’t apply to the upcoming July 21 primary, which could leave the process for resolving disputes in that election unclear. While the agreement resolves officials’ legal battle, tensions remain high between their offices.As a result, the first true test of the deal will come in the high-stakes general election on Nov. 3. In Arizona, highly competitive state and congressional races are underway. Voters in Maricopa County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, are certain to drive the outcome of top contests and could help determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives.Bill Gates, executive director of Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory, said election officials can expect to be under the nation’s microscope.“We know there’s no such thing as a perfect election,” he said. “It’s an important election. There will be a lot of eyeballs on it.”But Gates, a former GOP county supervisor, also said the deal between election officials is “superior to the alternatives” at this point in the dispute and lays out “a rational framework” for election administration, though he would prefer “a more collaborative environment.”Maricopa County has taken a long road to an election deal. Here’s what it says.The fiery dispute between Maricopa County officials started well before they entered litigation.Heap has long contended that county supervisors usurped much of his power to run elections through a deal they struck with his predecessor, Republican Stephen Richer, months before he took office. He sued over the matter last year — and after months of back-and-forth in county court, a judge ruled largely in his favor on April 16, ordering the board to return control of several election-related functions and information technology staffers to the recorder’s office.Supervisors moved to stay that ruling, arguing it was too close to the primary to implement the court’s directives without risking a tumultuous election. An appeals court ultimately sided with them.Then, Heap took the matter to the Arizona Supreme Court, which reinstated the county court’s order and adopted a primary-specific plan proposed by Heap.The new agreement is designed to draw clear lines between officials’ responsibilities, down to even the most minute details of election administration.Heap will retain full control of voter registration under the deal. He will also oversee most aspects of early, in-person voting and mail voting, including locating ballot drop boxes across the county.However, the board will still draw precinct boundaries and prepare all of the county’s ballots. Supervisors will also determine the maximum number of early voting sites and drop boxes operating in the county. The agreement stipulates that, in coming years, the number of early voting sites must equal at least 20% of the vote centers scheduled for Election Day.Heap will also get his own IT team and system, as well as new staff for his office’s early voting division. To facilitate those changes, the board agreed to allocate millions of dollars to pay for the new positions and equipment. While Heap’s technology system is being built, he and the supervisors will jointly control the county’s existing system.Supervisors will retain control over voting at the polls on Election Day. They will oversee emergency voting, which occurs the weekend before each major election, and all aspects of ballot counting. The board will also continue to vote to certify election results, as mandated by state law.Will Maricopa County see a smooth election cycle?While the deal ends the legal battle between the two parties, it’s unclear if lingering tensions will affect upcoming elections — especially the primary.Heap and the board have butted heads on several occasions in recent months. In May, they argued over how to communicate a new voting option at polling sites during a local election. Then, another scuffle erupted over ballot drop box locations for the upcoming primary. Heap later asked a judge to hold the supervisors in civil contempt of court. He also sought to stop a special prosecutor’s investigation into whether his employees broke the law by removing a scanner from the county’s vote tabulation center during a local election earlier this year.Even after this week’s agreement was struck, relations appeared to remain contentious. Heap, who did not appear at the board’s Tuesday meeting, said in a statement that the deal will “ultimately be measured by its faithful implementation.” Democratic Supervisor Steve Gallardo, the only board member to vote against the agreement, suggested Heap would try to put his “thumb on the scale” of the county’s elections. Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee, a Republican, told reporters she was “not required” to trust Heap to execute the deal.“We have a path forward,” she said, adding that her “personal opinion” was “not part of it.”That path includes a framework for resolving future disputes, should they arise. Officials will take any further disagreements to a special master: Coury, the judge who mediated the deal. He will then make a determination on how to proceed.If either party disagrees with his decision, they can ask the Arizona Supreme Court to hear the issue. The court is not required to do so, and no further appeals would be available. The setup aims to avoid costly, time-consuming litigation in the future, but it could lead to some confusion during the upcoming state primary.The agreement stipulates that prior court orders in the case will be vacated. It also states that officials will adhere to the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent ruling for the primary, which is already in motion.That order adopted a temporary plan to divide election responsibilities and created its own framework for addressing disputes. It directs the board and recorder’s office to appoint operational and legal liaisons who would attempt to resolve issues jointly and file expedited lawsuits if they can’t reach a resolution.However, it remains unclear whether those liaisons or the special master would resolve disputes that arise during the primary. Brophy McGee told reporters after the board’s vote that the primary was “in process” and that “the way it’s working is how it will continue to work through Election Day.” But Kory Langhoffer, an attorney representing four of the board’s five members, told Votebeat he believed the parties would resolve disputes using the special master process during the primary. A spokesperson for Heap did not respond to a request for comment on the dispute resolution structure for the upcoming election.Vince Funari, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Superior Court, told Votebeat on Tuesday that judges would be on standby during the primary to handle urgent election matters. Even if emergency lawsuits aren’t the proper way to handle disagreements during the primary, other election matters could still arise unrelated to the officials’ infighting.By November, county officials said the new agreement’s framework will be fully in place. But there’s still a question of how often county supervisors and the recorder’s office will need to use it.Brophy McGee said she anticipates the deal will help make the county’s election functions “boring again.”“It provides a lot of clarity,” she said from the dais Tuesday. “This agreement spells out, word for word, what the job is.” She added that she believes the deal will facilitate “elections that nobody will worry about, have anxiety attacks about, or have to ask about.” But Gallardo, the lone vote against the agreement, was less confident.“I don’t want anyone to fail, but I think we all know how this is going to play out,” he told his colleagues. He described Heap as “hyperpartisan” and predicted, “This is not the last of it.”Sasha Hupka is a reporter for Votebeat based in Arizona. Contact Sasha at shupka@votebeat.org.

При цьому в організації заявили, що продовжують висловлювати солідарність з Україною і «засуджують війну, до триває в країні»

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