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The contempt hearing is scheduled for next Wednesday. It's the latest in a long-running legal saga over the city’s response to the homelessness crisis.

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Vanishing federal subsidies and stricter benefits rules threaten health care and nutrition aid for thousands of Connecticut households now.

While we’ve been arguing about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical need for a multitude of vape flavours, our children are getting addicted. Pulmonologist Richard van Zyl-Smit says it's time to put an end to the discussions and make laws that protect them. The post Hey Parliament, our kids are getting addicted to vapes. Let’s put an end to it appeared first on Bhekisisa.

New Zealand’s decision to renew oil and gas exploration could place it in breach of emerging international climate law.

El posible fichaje promete sacudir el Camp Nou, aunque ciertas dudas invitan a pensar que no sería tan ideal.

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a spending package Wednesday evening that will reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in the nation’s history, once President Donald Trump signs the legislation into law. The White House announced Trump will sign the bill in the Oval Office at 9:45 p.m. […]

Selama ini, kita mungkin mengira air hujan selalu menyegarkan. Namun, riset terbaru dari Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) menggugurkan asumsi itu. Berdasarkan studi yang dilakukan di berbagai titik…

In this week’s Poet’s Corner, Sydney’s Libby Sommer offers a further contribution.

A coalition of municipalities, irrigators and conservation groups argues in a lawsuit that the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s unabated use of wells exempted from the state’s water-right permitting process is jeopardizing critical water supplies and aquatic ecosystems. The post Group sues the state over law used to bring water to rural subdivisions appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Since 2015, the Central Maryland Regional Veterans Treatment Court has graduated 135 vets who were charged with misdemeanors but given the support to get their lives back on track, and organizers hope a recent expansion boosts those numbers.

Tiempo de lectura: 4 minutosLa detención del abogado y defensor de derechos humanos, Ramón Cadena Rámila, el pasado 10 de noviembre, tras presentarse voluntariamente ante los tribunales, ha provocado reacciones de rechazo en el ámbito internacional.Organizaciones como Lawyers for Lawyers e ICJ denuncian “graves violaciones al debido proceso” y señalan el hecho como un nuevo acto de persecución política ... Read more

U.S. Catholic bishops voted overwhelmingly to support advancing the sainthood cause of the Rev. Richard Thomas, a Jesuit known for his ministry to the poor in El Paso, Las Cruces and Ciudad Juárez. The post U.S. bishops back sainthood cause for Father Richard Thomas, El Paso priest who served Borderland poor appeared first on El Paso Matters.

Au Nigeria, l'agence antidrogue a annoncé la saisie d'une tonne de cocaïne dans le port de Lagos. L'Agence nationale de lutte contre la drogue (NDLEA) dit travailler main dans la main avec ses partenaires allemands et britanniques dans cette enquête aux dimensions internationales.

The spending package includes a provision that will criminalize the sale of almost all consumable hemp products nationwide, restoring a similar ban to the one vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved a spending package Wednesday evening that will reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in the nation’s history, once President Donald Trump signs the legislation into law. The White House announced Trump will sign the bill in the Oval Office at 9:45 p.m. […]

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D’un jorn l’autre, las actualitats van e venon del local al planetari, de l’òrt del vesin a la mar brasilenca…: Lo gat ros: Es un gat ros, viu a Agde e se sona Remèsi. Lo 17 de genièr passat, lo tribunal de Besièrs condamnèt sa mestressa a 1250 € d’esmenda per la rason que lo gat s’èra anat passejar cò del vesin! Cal dire que preniá la pelena del vesin per sa litièra!  . Continua llegint

Per un còup, vos vau parlar de la mieu actualitat literària. M'arriba d'escriure per jornalet.com coma Lo Diari, darrier numèro sus lo lop, aurio poscut ajustar que fa resson a un dals tèxtes "La legenda dal prat dal lop" dal precedent recuèlh de còntes De valaias en valaas - Laurenç REVEST, còntes vivaroalpencs dals Alps que ven de Gavotina, valaia de’n Tiniá, e per d'autres jornals o revistas literàrias. Continua llegint

Lo ministèri public de Milan a dobèrta una enquista sus de “safaris umans” que se serián tenguts pendent lo sètge de Sarajevo, entre 1992 e 1995, durant la guèrra de Bòsnia. Segon una denóncia recenta, de ciutadans italians rics, afogats de las armas e pròches de grops d’extrèma drecha, aurián pagat per se gandir dins lo capluòc bosnian e fusilhar de civils per plaser, coma se foguèsse una caça de dimenjada. Continua llegint