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In a departure from past practices, state officials with elections oversight are openly supporting candidates this year.  Elections director Sam Hayes attended a Feb. 6 campaign fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.). State Auditor Dave Boliek, who now oversees the N.C. Board of Elections, campaigned for Senate Leader Phil Berger at an early voting […]

Kryeministri hungarez, Viktor Orbán, ka bërë një deklaratë të fortë ndaj Ukrainës, duke pretenduar se Kievi mund të përpiqet të dëmtojë funksionimin e sistemit energjetik të Hungarisë, transmeton Top Channel. Ai theksoi se Hungaria do të vendoste ushtarë dhe pajisje për të mbrojtur objektet kyçe të energjisë në rast të rrezikut. Ky veprim i Orbán […]

Jewish comedy is, of course, a long and vaunted tradition: Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David. No one had to tell audiences that they were Jewish. Sure, there was Jewish content to some of their jokes — Bruce’s most famous bit is about the difference between Jews and non-Jews. But the... The post How a new generation of comics is changing the face of Jewish comedy — and Judaism itself appeared first on The Forward.

To meaningfully reduce DWI, El Paso must first better understand the problem. The post Opinion: To solve El Paso’s drunken driving problem, start with evidence appeared first on El Paso Matters.

Claim: An X user in a video claimed Adamu Garba has dumped APC due to party negligence under Tinubu’s administration. Verdict: Misleading. The video was recorded in 2022 when Garba defected from APC, not a recent occurrence as claimed. Full Text As we approach the 2027 elections, disinformation about political figures defecting from their parties …

Surgirá um sujeito coletivo capaz de medir forças com a soberania empresarial que nos encerra numa colônia penal planetária? Ele ainda não tomou forma, mas talvez a obra cineasta pernambucano ofereça uma prefiguração promissora The post Kleber Mendonça: (Re)Imaginação pode ser Poder appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl to two years in prison in his federal COVID relief fraud case, arguing his admitted misuse of nearly $380,000 in pandemic aid “should merit a significant punishment.” In a sentencing memorandum filed Monday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, Assistant […]

Local tribal leaders sent a letter supporting the change, according to the San Diego Unified School District.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry said manufacturers no longer make replacement parts for the current machines. Parts are often cannibalized from other machines.

Le lait infantile contaminé à la céréulide a provoqué plusieurs morts de nourrissons en France depuis le début de l’hiver. Un fournisseur chinois basé à Wuhan est au centre des soupçons.Mais la contamination touche aussi le reste de l’Europe. Les autorités sanitaires de l’UE, déjà saisies depuis décembre, ont pris une nouvelle décision qui entre en vigueur ce jeudi 25 février, à savoir un renforcement des contrôles douaniers.

French president Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged parties across the political spectrum to disclose their links with groups advocating violence.

Uma coisa é aproveitar as brechas; outra, enfrentar o capital. Pois, como mostrou Frederic Jameson, até as intervenções explicitamente políticas são desarmadas e reabsorvidas por uma indústria cultural que opera por meio da superabundância de imagens e do apagamento do sentido de História The post Bad Bunny hackeou o sistema. E agora? appeared first on Outras Palavras.

Two former, high-ranking Interior Department employees, from opposing political parties, call for an overhaul of public-land management. The post It’s time to rethink how we care for our public lands and waters appeared first on High Country News.

Claim: A viral video claims that the US and the Nigerian Army jointly rescued kidnapped victims in a coordinated operation in Zamfara State. Verdict: False. The video is AI-generated. There is no evidence that US forces participated in a joint ground rescue mission in Zamfara. Full Text Amid ongoing insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the …

Karl Broich und Nina Warken auf der Pressekonferenz zur Eröffnung des Forschungsdatenzentrums Gesundheit im Oktober 2025. – Alle Rechte vorbehalten IMAGO / dts NachrichtenagenturBeim Forschungsdatenzentrum Gesundheit sollen die Gesundheitsdaten aller gesetzlich Versicherten zusammenlaufen. Ein Gerichtsverfahren dagegen wird nun fortgesetzt. Dessen Ausgang könnte Pläne von Gesundheitsministerin Nina Warken durchkreuzen.

Claim: A Facebook page, Ogo Talk Show, archived link here, claims the combination of coconut shells and cinnamon sticks cures yeast infection. Verdict: False. There is no scientific or medical evidence that either of the two can cure a yeast infection. Health professionals stress that yeast infections should be properly diagnosed and treated with approved …

While a judge is rewriting the ballot summary for a proposal to put new barriers in front of Missouri initiative campaigns, opponents are focusing on a new line of attack — the measure cuts financial penalties for accepting foreign contributions or committing petition fraud. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green on Thursday ruled that he […]

All but one member of Kansas' congressional delegation votes for Senate-passed aviation safety bill falling a single vote short of moving through the House.

Un ragazzo di 24 anni, sopravvissuto alle violenze in Libia e arrivato in Italia attraverso un corridoio umanitario, respinto allo sportello e costretto ad attendere ore per poi vedersi rinviare l’appuntamento di tre mesi. È la vicenda raccontata da Baobab Experience, che denuncia quanto accaduto all’Ufficio immigrazione della Questura di Roma in via Patini, definendo quanto è successo frutto di «razzismo istituzionale e sistemico». A Roma, come in altre città italiane, sono note le difficoltà nel formalizzare la domanda di protezione internazionale tra lungaggini e prassi illegittime: c’è chi attende mesi, a volte anche un anno. E questo accade anche