Tag: Local governments
Water restored, but most of Jackson still under boil notice
JACKSON, Miss. — Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city...
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
BALTIMORE — To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest...
Greek protesters attack police with petrol bombs at rally
<p>THESSALONIKI, Greece — Extensive clashes broke out between police and protesters Thursday in Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, after authorities ended an occupation by students...
Brazil hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s hospitals are faltering as a highly contagious coronavirus variant tears through the country, the president insists on unproven treatments...
What’s inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress
WASHINGTON — The sweeping pandemic relief package awaiting President Joe Biden's signature aims to help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy...
Indiana mayor orders training amid flap over his own remarks
<p>MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana mayor who is facing calls for his resignation over his profanity-laced remarks about a Black pastor has...
Greek protesters attack police with petrol bombs at rally
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Extensive clashes broke out between police and protesters Thursday in Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, after authorities ended an occupation by students...
Savannah expects St. Patrick’s crowds, possible virus surge
<p>SAVANNAH, Ga. — The South's largest St. Patrick's Day parade is canceled, as is the boozy riverside festival that accompanies it. Regardless, Savannah is...
Catalan separatist returns from Belgium to face Spanish law
BARCELONA, Spain — Former Catalan government member Meritxell Serret handed herself into Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday, three years after she fled to Belgium...
Equatorial Guinea declares 3 days of mourning for 105 dead
DAKAR, Senegal — Equatorial Guinea’s government has declared the coastal city of Bata an “area of catastrophe” saying it has activated urgent measures to...