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The public-private partnership would develop a 252-acre parcel alongside at Highway 6 and bring national retailers to the vacant tract. In return, Waco estimates $105 million in private retail development. The post Waco council to vote on $51M contribution to I-35 big box development appeared first on The Waco Bridge.

La Compañía Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi anunció que “evalúa las acciones legales a seguir” luego de que el Segundo...

(The Center Square) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of former county clerk Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering related to the 2020 election. The move follows months of pressure from President Donald Trump on the high-profile case, with Peters now eligible for parole on June 1. “I believe based on the facts of the case that her sentence is simply disproportionate for a first time, non-violent offender,” Polis, a Democrat, wrote in a Facebook post sent to The Center Square. “It’s one of my bedrock beliefs that our laws should be applied fairly, and I simply do not believe that was what happened in this case. A three judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals agrees, ordering just last month that she be resentenced.” Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison by a jury in October 2024 for helping an unauthorized person gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election, while acting as the Mesa County clerk. Information they learned about the machines was then given out publicly. Peters said she granted illegal access to the voting machines to prove the 2020 election was rigged against Trump. Polis’ Facebook post included a short apology from Peters, “Four years ago, I misled the Secretary of State when allowing a person to gain access to county voting equipment. That was wrong.” In December, Trump granted Peters a largely symbolic pardon, as she was held in a Colorado state prison. The president can only issue pardons for federal crimes. When asked for comment by The Center Square, the White House Friday forwarded a link to a social media post on Truth Social by Trump minutes after the clemency announcement that read, “FREE TINA!” “The President has no standing to grant pardons for state level crimes just like I can’t grant pardons for federal crimes,” Polis said in his Facebook post. He added that he is not pardoning Peters because “she deserves to serve time in prison.” In April, a Colorado Appeals Court upheld Peters’ case, but said the sentencing was too long and argued the sentencing judge at the time violated her freedom of speech. “It hits a nerve for people on both sides of the aisle,” wrote Polis. “Some incorrectly feel that she did not commit a crime and should not have been convicted at all. Others see her as a symbol and want her to be in prison for as long as possible. Our legal system should not be based on symbols, politics and passions – it should be based on the law being applied fairly in every instance.” Colorado Democrats criticized Polis' decision. "It's a sad day for Colorado," state Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a video on Facebook. "She was sentenced for undermining elections, convicted by a jury. The judge found the right sentence," said Weiser, a Democrat who's running to succeed Polis, who's termed out on Jan. 12, 2027.

The party took issue with a statewide voter guide that DeMaio's Reform California distributed, which used the party’s logo.

El Ministerio de Seguridad Pública no se presentó, ante la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago, a alegar la extradición...

A federal court Friday set a hearing for May 22 on a motion for plaintiffs to block Alabama’s use of a 2023 congressional map the court previously declared racially discriminatory. The court is reconsidering the map after the U.S. Supreme Court earlier lifted a permanent injunction against the map and sent the case, known as […]

A massive marine heatwave off our coast has been with us a year and shows no signs of letting up.

À Cannes, plusieurs cinéastes s'emparent du sujet des violences subies, quelles qu'elles soient. Que faire face à l'emprise, à la manipulation psychologique, face à l'inceste ou encore face aux agissements pédocriminels ? À leur échelle, certains d'entre eux utilisent leur art pour mettre en lumière ces récits difficiles, afin de sensibiliser au mieux le vécu des victimes. De Gentle Monster de Marie Kreutzer à La frappe de Julien Gaspar-Oliveri en passant par Si tu penses bien de Géraldine Nakache.

RICHMOND, Va.—Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Friday signed legislation that directs regulators to assign electricity costs to data centers and allows Dominion Energy to spend $900,000 a mile burying local distribution lines. The bills from Senate President Pro Tem Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, and Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling, D-Henrico, could have also required data centers to cover […]

Beijing is benefitting from Washington’s inconsistent engagement and punitive economic statecraft in Southeast Asia

O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) solicitou à Justiça Federal que antecipe o julgamento da ação civil pública movida contra a União por reiterados ataques da Marinha do Brasil à memória de João Cândido Felisberto. No início do século 20, o marinheiro liderou a chamada Revolta da Chibata contra os castigos físicos a bordo dos navios […] Fonte

Au Sénégal, des habitants s’opposent à la pose de la première pierre de la nouvelle « Ville Verte » du Lac Rose prévue mercredi 20 mai. Situé à 40 km de Dakar, sur un site touristique réputé pour la couleur de son lac et pour sa forêt de filaos, ce projet immobilier est porté par la société égyptienne Casa Orascom. Il prévoit la construction de 10 000 logements modernes répartis sur 216 hectares. Raison des inquiétudes locales, ces logements doivent voir le jour dans les dunes, entre le lac et l'océan.

The report offers the most detailed look to date inside detention centers that are often in remote areas and difficult to access.

A total of 3,532 graduates participated in Delta College's 91st annual Commencement on May 14, 2026, at Adventist Health Arena. Photos: Delta College graduates class of more than 3,500 is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

Los Encuentros EcoSocialistas vienen reuniendo a diferentes sectores organizados -sindicatos, pueblos originarios, organizaciones sociales, partidos de izquierda anticapitalistas- donde las discusiones y propuestas hacen confluir las problemáticas sociales con las ecológicas desatadas por un modelo económico cada día más desigual, extractivista y depredador. Junto a compañeros de Tierra para Vivir y Marabunta entrevistamos a algunos participantes […]

Washington logra ampliar el alto el fuego entre Tel Aviv y Beirut en medio de continuos ataques sobre el terreno y con la crisis del estrecho de Ormuz todavía bloqueada, a pesar de los esfuerzos de Trump por zanjar la guerra con Irán.

A new book makes the case that adults are socialized away from being playful, but that being a little goofy has serious benefits for all ages.

طرح ممنوعیت اقامت بستگان مقام‌های جمهوری اسلامی در خاک آمریکا؛ گفت‌وگو با کیانوش رزاقی

The Missouri General Assembly adjourned Friday without the factional warfare and late-session meltdowns that have come to define the Capitol in recent years, ending a 2026 session marked less by dysfunction than by a return to legislative basics. Republicans used their supermajorities to advance major pieces of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s agenda, including a proposed constitutional […]

A Ukrainian Armed Forces drone struck a multi-story residential building in Russia’s Belgorod region, the local emergency operations center reported on Friday. The Telegram channel Pepel (Ashes) identified the building as being on Vokzalnaya Street.