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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked an Orleans Parish court to subpoena the records of District Attorney Jason Williams and the special prosecutor handling her July 2 indictment as Murrill tries to have the criminal charges against her tossed.  On Monday, Murrill simultaneously filed two similar motions to subpoena a long list of internal […]

The narrow strip of beach on the Long Beach peninsula faces erosion and flooding as climate change and El Niño push tides higher.

El incendio que arrasó parte del municipio almeriense de Los Gallardos deja ya una cifra definitiva de víctimas mortales y abre una nueva etapa marcada por las investigaciones sobre la gestión de la emergencia.

(The Center Square) - Ballots are due to be mailed out this Friday in the Washington state primary, with one of the closely watched state Senate contests playing out in Whatcom County's Legislative District 42, where Democratic Sen. Sharon Shewmake is not seeking reelection and Republicans are hoping to potentially flip the seat to their side. Republicans held the seat as recently as 2021. Several Whatcom County residents will appear on the Aug. 4 ballot for the contest. Bellingham Democrat Eamonn Collins who chairs the Whatcom Democrats is hoping to advance in the primary. Collins is a science teacher at the Lummi Nation School and is campaigning on affordability and tax fairness, affordable housing, and keeping Whatcom County “proactive in the face of federal volatility,” according to a press release announcing his campaign. He did not respond to repeated requests for an interview. Bellingham Democrat and Port of Bellingham Commissioner Michael Shepard is also running and also did not respond to requests for an interview. He is endorsed by Sen. Shewmake, who is giving up the seat. He has “taught at Western Washington University, Northwest Indian College, and Whatcom Community College, working to support students and strengthen educational opportunity across the region,” according to his campaign website. Republican Blaine School Board member Erika Creydt told The Center Square she jumped into the race in part because of her concerns about healthcare systems and the economic impact on working families. “I feel like the only way these things can be fixed is an intervention at the systemic level. Our tax dollars are being sucked out of our local economies and our families wallets, and we don't get better quality services, better resources, better roads, better schools, better, standard of living,” said Creydt in a July 10 interview with The Center Square. “I was alarmed by the state income tax that got railroaded through this last short session, because I know that the people in my district and in my community don't have an extra 10% margin to be giving towards a state income tax.” The so-called millionaires’ tax is a 9.9% tax on income above $1 million dollars, or combined household income above that threshold. Many opponents believe it could eventually lead to a tax on all income levels in Washington. “They are crushing small businesses in our community, and we feel it firsthand,” said Creydt who owns and operates two mental health and community-focused enterprises in Whatcom County. “We know that some of these ideas, they can seem like a good idea in theory, maybe well-intentioned, but in practical reality implementation stage, they can really crush a small business, and we see a lot of places closing their doors. A lot of people leaving the state.” Ryan Bowman also filed to run in LD 42 without listing a party preference. Friday July 17 is the deadline for ballots to be mailed out by county election offices. Ballots are automatically mailed to all registered voters. The deadline to register online or update an address is July 27, or register and vote in person at a county voting center through Election Day. Washington’s primary format means the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.

US President Donald Trump said air strikes on Iran will continue until he says "it's enough," as Tehran and Washington stepped up attacks in a battle to control the Strait of Hormuz, in what the United Nations called a "huge setback" for civilians in the region.

(The Center Square) – Violent offenders will have a hard time qualifying for mental health diversion under two California bills introduced this year. One bill, Assembly Bill 46, would allow judges to determine if an offender’s release to seek mental health treatment would endanger the community. It would also require a mental health diagnosis within five years of the offense for an offender to qualify for mental health diversion, according to a legislative analysis. The Legislature passed the bill, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it into law in June. “We want to see judges in California empowered by law to use their discretion when appropriate to deny mental health diversion to defendants seeking that program,” Garrett Hamilton, a deputy district attorney for the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and a member of the California District Attorneys Association’s legislative committee, told The Center Square on Tuesday. “It’s almost impossible to keep defendants out of that program when they apply. It’s created an environment where judges don’t feel like they can deny it, even when they want to.” Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, who authored AB 46, was not available for an interview this week. However, a similar bill, Senate Bill 1373, authored by Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, also aims to give judges more discretion over who qualifies for mental health diversion. “Judges were saying they didn’t have discretion before, and that they would have to divert anybody to mental health diversion, which really is not good,” Grove told The Center Square. “After they completed their classes, there would be no evidence of them even having these crimes behind them, and it would be like a free wipe of their slate. These individuals who committed crimes against children could go and get jobs in a daycare facility.” Grove’s bill was introduced in February with a press conference that featured speakers who advocated for reform to California’s mental health diversion program to keep violent offenders of crimes against children from walking away from their crimes after seeking mental health treatment. The state’s mental health diversion program was established in 2018 with Assembly Bill 1810. That bill aimed to give those with mental health problems the ability to seek treatment. Those who successfully completed treatment got their criminal charges dismissed under that law. Grove pushed certain crimes to be excluded from a defendant's consideration for mental health diversion. These included child abuse and endangerment, killing a child age 8 or younger, as well as human trafficking and corporal injury. Ultimately, amendments to the bill took out all these exclusions – a necessary step for the bill to move forward, Grove said. “We didn’t want to a judge to have discretion. We wanted those things to go to court,” Grove told The Center Square on Monday. “We had to eliminate those, but we were able to keep the evidentiary hearing.” The evidentiary hearing would allow both the prosecution and the defense to present evidence before a judge rules on a defendant's eligibility for mental health diversion, Grove said. The next hearing for Grove’s bill is expected to be scheduled in August after the Legislature comes back from its summer break. Officials with district attorney’s offices across the state told The Center Square on Tuesday that while Nguyen’s bill, AB 46, is not a perfect fix, it is much-welcomed legislation that allows judges more discretion to determine who would be a good fit for mental health diversion and who would just abuse it. “The concern is that mental health diversion is misused,” Matthew Greco, San Diego County deputy district attorney and author of the California Criminal Mental Health Manual, told The Center Square. “It’s broken, and it incentivizes people whose crimes weren’t caused by their mental health to either fabricate mental health disorders or to use mental health disorders as an excuse.” An official with the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Chief Deputy Shin-Mee Chang, told The Center Square that she thought it was unfortunate that the list of ineligible crimes under AB 46 did not include some crimes such as attempted murder. “So maybe SB 1373 will accomplish that, but it remains to be seen,” Chang said. All of the sources interviewed by The Center Square said it was hard this early on to tell if either Nguyen’s bill or Grove’s bill would increase or decrease taxpayer costs. However, according to a bill analysis of AB 46, the bill could cause additional costs for courts because staff would need time to determine a defendant’s eligibility for mental health diversion. Those additional dollars could come from the state’s Trial Court Trust Fund or the state’s general fund. None of the groups who registered opposition to Grove’s or Nguyen’s mental health diversion bills responded to The Center Square's request for comment on Tuesday.

Extreme fire conditions caused some of the 17 wildfires burning in the Superior National Forest to rapidly spread July 13-14, 2026.

中共總書記習近平委任馬興瑞為新疆維吾爾族自治區黨委書記時，曾被視為是將其作為新一代黨和國家領導人栽培的。然而，他被“雙開”了，並被移送法辦，這中間到底發生了什麼？

中共总书记习近平委任马兴瑞为新疆维吾尔族自治区党委书记时，曾被视为是将其作为新一代党和国家领导人栽培的。然而，他被“双开”了，并被移送法办，这中间到底发生了什么？

ابعاد سیاسی سفر علی زیدی، نخست وزیر عراق به آمریکا؛ گفت‌وگو با یاسین اهوازی کارشناس امور خاورمیانه

صدای زن، مسئله قدرت؛ چرا جمهوری اسلامی از صحنه می‌ترسد؟

An attorney for North Dakota’s Public Service Commission said Tuesday that the agency can’t consider public safety when issuing a pipeline permit.  Attorney Zachary Pelham said while the commission must consider public welfare, that doesn’t include safety.  “Welfare and safety are two distinct things,” Pelham said during a hearing on a dispute over the permit […]

A Espanha venceu a França, por 2 a 0, nesta terça-feira (14) e é a primeira finalista da Copa do Mundo. A seleção comandada por Luis de la Fuente dominou a partida do início ao fim. O placar foi aberto por Mikel Oyarzabal com um pênalti cometido pelo lateral-esquerdo Lucas Digne sobre Lamine Yamal. O […] Fonte

Em uma ação conjunta, equipes das polícias Civil e Militar realizaram, nesta terça-feira (14), mais uma fase da Operação Contenção, contra integrantes da facção criminosa Comando Vermelho com atuação nas comunidades Cidade de Deus, Muzema e Vila Sapê, em Jacarepaguá, zona sudoeste do Rio. A ação foi resultado de investigações da Delegacia de Roubos e Furtos de Automóveis da Capital e teve como objetivo enfraquecer a estrutura da organização criminosa, impedir sua expansão territorial e reduzir os impactos diretos do grupo sobre os índices de criminalidade, especialmente os roubos de veículos. Notícias relacionadas:Luto e fome: viúva tenta se reerguer após operação mais letal do Rio.Mãe denuncia execução em operação e cobra políticas para a juventude.Na ação, 23 criminosos foram presos. Houve a apreensão de material entorpecente, além de 200 cartuchos, 11 carregadores, 20 celulares, quatro radiotransmissores, quatro motocicletas, um veículo e um artefato explosivo. Os agentes também localizaram uma central de gatonet clandestina, e equipes da Delegacia de Repressão aos Crimes Contra a Propriedade Imaterial (DRCPIM) fecharam uma loja de multimarcas com dezenas de produtos falsificados. Equipes do Batalhão de Polícia do Choque (BPChq) da Polícia Militar apreenderam seis fuzis ao longo da ação, localizados na comunidade da Muzema, no Itanhangá, controlada pelo Comando Vermelho. Em uma área de mata fechada, três criminosos foram baleados e encaminhados a um hospital público na Barra da Tijuca. Segundo a Polícia Civil, a ação resulta de um trabalho de inteligência que identificou a estrutura de atuação da organização criminosa e sua influência sobre diversos crimes patrimoniais, como roubos e receptação de veículos. Esses automóveis eram usados em outras ações criminosas ou incorporados à logística da organização, fortalecendo financeiramente o grupo e ampliando sua capacidade operacional. "Os agentes reuniram elementos que revelaram uma divisão de funções entre os integrantes da quadrilha, responsáveis por atividades como comércio de drogas, vigilância armada, comunicação por rádio, segurança de lideranças e monitoramento dos acessos às comunidades. Os policiais também identificaram publicações em redes sociais nas quais os criminosos exibiam armas de fogo, drogas, rádios comunicadores e símbolos ligados à facção criminosa", informou a Polícia Civil. De acordo com balanço divulgado nesta terça-feira pela Polícia Civil, desde o início da operação, mais de 370 suspeitos foram presos e 137 morreram em confrontos. Foram apreendidas cerca de 480 armas, entre elas 190 fuzis, além de mais de 51 mil munições. Entidades que atuam em defesa dos direitos humanos consideram a Operação Contenção a mais letal da história do Rio de Janeiro. Deflagrada pelas forças de segurança do estado em outubro de 2025 contra a facção Comando Vermelho nos complexos do Alemão e da Penha, a ação terminou com 121 mortes, segundo balanço oficial divulgado à época.

New Montana Republican Party rules for officeholders appear to defy the state Constitution by demanding loyalty oaths and punishing elected officials, potentially including the governor, for going against the wishes of party leadership, a District court judge suggested. Lewis and Clark County District Judge Michael McMahon delivered the remarks at the end of a four-hour hearing about whether to make a current restraining order against the state Republican Party permanent. The post GOP loyalty battle gets a hearing in court appeared first on Montana Free Press.

O Senado aprovou, em votação simbólica realizada nesta terça-feira (14), o projeto de lei de conversão da Medida Provisória (MP) 1.343/2026, que estabelece a obrigatoriedade do registro das operações de transporte rodoviário de cargas e reforça os instrumentos de fiscalização do piso mínimo do frete. Após sofrer alterações pontuais em relação ao texto aprovado pela […] Fonte

Farmers frustrated with recent actions by the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) board filed a lawsuit July 2 alleging the board president used his position to create a captive water market and are seeking an adjudication. An adjudication allows a court to determine how much water can be safely pumped from a basin and […]

دونالد ترامپ، رئیس‌جمهوری آمریکا، در مصاحبه‌ای با شبکه فاکس‌نیوز که روز سه‌شنبه ۲۴ تیر پخش شد، اعلام کرد عملیات نظامی آمریکا علیه جمهوری اسلامی ادامه دارد و گفت این حملات «تا زمانی که خودم بگویم کافی است» متوقف نخواهد شد.

A três dias do recesso parlamentar o Senado aprovou hoje (14), em dois turnos, a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição (PEC) 14/21 que cria regras específicas para aposentadoria diferenciada aos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) e dos agentes de combate às endemias (ACE). Foram 73 votos favoráveis e um contrário tanto no primeiro turno quanto no segundo turno. O texto segue agora para promulgação. A PEC  fixa requisitos diferenciados de aposentadoria para ACS e ACE no Regime Próprio de Previdência Social (RPPS) e no Regime Geral de Previdência Social (RGPS), com idade mínima de 57 anos para mulheres e 60 anos para homens, condicionada a 25 anos de contribuição e de efetivo exercício na atividade. A votação em dois turnos ocorreu após a aprovação de um requerimento para quebrar o interstício mínimo de cinco sessões ordinárias, passado o primeiro turno. Aprovada pela Câmara dos Deputados em 2025, a proposta gerou preocupação no governo em razão do impacto nas contas públicas. De acordo com os ministérios da Fazenda e do Planejamento e Orçamento, a proposta poderá gerar impacto anual de R$ 3 bilhões no orçamento. Durante a sessão, o governo liberou sua bancada. A líder do governo na Casa, senadora Teresa Leitão (PT-PE) lembrou que a medida traz impactos previdenciários e que o governo recebeu pressão de estados e municípios, mas que o desejo da bancada era favorável a PEC. “O Governo entende que a valorização dos profissionais deve caminhar juntamente com a preservação do equilíbrio das contas públicas e da capacidade do Estado de manter e ampliar a prestação desses serviços de qualidade a toda a população, assegurando a proteção dos servidores e a sustentabilidade das políticas sociais no presente e no futuro, especialmente em áreas como educação, saúde, assistência social e habitação”, afirmou. A senadora disse ainda que agora o governo terá que trabalhar em cima das implicações. “O Governo vai ter muita coisa para trabalhar, não é pouca, e ele precisa estar livre para trabalhar aquilo que nessa proposta, todos nós sabemos, tem implicações previdenciárias”, disse. PEC O texto também estabelece regras permanentes e transitórias de aposentadoria, disciplina a forma de contratação dos profissionais, prevê assistência financeira complementar da União e estende as novas regras aos agentes indígenas de saúde e aos agentes indígenas de saneamento. A proposta prevê assistência financeira complementar da União a estados, ao Distrito Federal e aos municípios para compensar o aumento das despesas dos regimes próprios de previdência. Também determina repasses ao RGPS para compensar o impacto das aposentadorias concedidas com base nas novas regras. As regras valerão tanto para os profissionais vinculados ao RPPS quanto para os segurados do RGPS, administrado pelo Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS). Atualmente, essas categorias seguem as regras gerais de aposentadoria, que preveem idade mínima de 62 anos para mulheres e 65 anos para homens. Além disso, o texto assegura o cômputo, para fins previdenciários, de período de mandato classista e de tempo em readaptação funcional quando decorrente de acidente de trabalho, doença profissional ou doença do trabalho, e estabelece regras transitórias específicas para agentes vinculados ao RPPS e ao RGPS, com escalonamento de idades, regra de pontos e disciplina de integralidade e paridade em hipóteses definidas no texto.

The payment comes three years after a jury found the president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.