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A Republican state senator in Oregon told police to show up ready for a fight if they moved to enforce Democrat Governor Kate Brown’s order to compel attendance for a contentious vote on climate-change legislation.
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C-SPAN, Fox News, CBS News, CNN and ABC News have joined forces to formally protest the South Carolina Democratic Party’s decision to give MSNBC exclusive access to air live coverage on Saturday of its 2019 convention that will feature at least 21 of the party’s 2020 presidential hopefuls.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A large tree fell onto a darkened stretch of interstate highway near the Georgia coast before dawn Friday, causing a chain-reaction crash that killed one woman and injured three others. The tall pine blocked two northbound lanes of Interstate 95 at when it toppled at about 1:30 a.m., according to the Georgia

In a stunning move mere days before the election, Rory Lancman announced Friday that he’s dropping out of the Queens district attorney race to endorse rival Melinda Katz. The decision was just as much about old-school Queens Democrats circling the wagons to ensure insurgent Tiffany Caban – a young public defender being endorsed by Rep....

McCann New York was awarded the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Good for its "Generation Lockdown" campaign for March for Our Lives, the student activist nonprofit organization formed in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. The campaign highlighted that 95% of public schools engage in lockdown drills to prepare students for...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After months of speculation, the Devils went stock. And they likely couldn’t be happier. General manager Ray Shero chose 18-year-old American center Jack Hughes with the No. 1-overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft here on Friday night, selecting the player that had been considered the best in this draft class...

Ray Shero is going to bring it down to the wire — again. The Devils GM famously refused to divulge who he would take with the No. 1 overall pick in 2017, and he won’t fill anyone in until he takes the stage in Vancouver to make the top selection at the 2019 NHL Draft...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed helping utilities create a fund of up to $21 billion to compensate future victims of wildfires sparked by the companies' equipment or employees, an aide said on Friday. The proposal by the Democratic governor follows the bankruptcy filing earlier this year of San Francisco-based utility PG&E Corp, which anticipates $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires that have been blamed on its equipment, including the state's deadliest blaze which killed more than 80 people last year. Читать дальше...

A distinctive bowling action and tint in his shock of hair have made Lasith Malinga a recognizable fixture of Sri Lanka's squads at four World Cups

President Trump has urged pro-abortion Democrats to remember that the lives of unborn babies are a sacred gift from God. During his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday night, Trump highlighted the moral divide between Republicans and [...]

Giants' pitcher Madison Bumgarner took offense to Max Muncy's slow home run trot in a game June 9; Muncy took offense at Bumgarner taking offense.

California hires familiar face in Charmin Smith as coach

The nation's top immigration enforcement official says the Trump administrations intends to intensify efforts to deport more undocumented immigrant families.

Air India operations to U.S., Europe on schedule; say they have not got any advisory

Phillips is the No. 4 cornerback in the next recruiting class

A group calling itself Economic Fighters Leagues has expressed its support for the marijuana decriminalization march by the Rastafarian Council of Ghana scheduled for June 26, 2019. In a statement signed and issued on Friday, by the Fighter rsquo;s General, Hardi Yakubu, said marijuana has tremendous economic potential that farmers c ...

VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA TO JOIN FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP AS VICE PRESIDENT Contact: Natalia Arno, President Phone: +1 202.549-2417 Email:natalia.arno@4freerussia.org WASHINGTON D.C., June 21, 2019. The Free Russia Foundation (FRF), a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization working to defend civil liberties and human rights in Russia and restore the country’s path to democracy, has announced a new high-profile addition to its leadership team.

The City of Cape Town intends to fight court action brought against it by the company that built a desalination plant at the V&A Waterfront.

GARY Lineker is publicly backing Danny Baker over an alleged racist tweet that sparked his BBC sacking. The pair will make another series of footie podcast Lineker and Baker: Behind Closed Doors later this year. It was launched in November by an independent production company. A source said of the BBC sport’s pundit’s decision: “Gary […]

Sir Mark Rylance: Actor quits Royal Shakespeare Company over BP sponsorship  Sky News

The actor says he does "not wish to be associated with BP any more than I would with an arms dealer or a tobacco salesman".

“The Last Ever Issue,” a feminist send-off for an ailing pornographic magazine in Poland, won the Glass Lion for Change Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Google explored the OCC's fintech charter, then walked away; the biggest changes in digital banking could be just ahead; 'Truist' rebrand prompts lawsuit by N.C. credit union; and more from this week's most-read stories.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A prominent northern Virginia businessman has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for multiple fraud schemes that cheated investors out of roughly $20 million.