Новости за 24.07.2024

Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump’s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day. At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans early Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson urged lawmakers to instead stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies. Читать дальше...

A Georgia judge has approved a referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities. McIntosh County Probate Court Judge Harold Webster on Tuesday ordered that a special election be held Oct. 1. He said election officials verified that more than 20% of county voters signed a referendum petition. The referendum seeks to overturn a decision by McIntosh County commissioners to allow larger homes in the tiny Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island. Читать дальше...

What do you do when you travel in a chauffeur-driven Bentley but want to be known as the green king? King Charles III plans to resolve this quandary by converting two state Bentleys to run on biofuel. Buckingham Palace said Wednesday that this will give the monarch time to go electric, as it released the royal accounts for the financial year ended March 31. The king also installed solar panels at Windsor Castle and increased the use of sustainable aviation fuel for royal flights.

Saratoga Breakfast and Breeding Farm Tour gives fans a chance to get even closer to equine athletes and the sport of horse racing itself.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A surprise eruption that shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt dozens of feet into the sky Tuesday sent people running for safety in Yellowstone National Park.

A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for military families has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Janet Yamanaka Mello, a former civilian employee of the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty in March. U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza says Mello stole money intended to care for military children. Defense attorney Albert Flores says his client deeply ashamed and remorseful... Читать дальше...

Rail unions say that inspections continue to be rushed and a new federal study reinforces that concern with railroads routinely allowing less than two minutes per car for inspections. There are nearly 200 things to check on every railcar and the Transportation Communications Union that represents workers say there's no way to do that in the time allotted. The head of the Federal Railroad Administration testified at a House hearing Tuesday that railroad safety has stagnated over the last decade and more needs to be done. Читать дальше...

The church insurance market, like the insurance industry overall, has been hit with a perfect storm in recent years, including skyrocketing constructions costs.