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Michigan law lets municipalities restrict fireworks
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed a bill giving local governments in Michigan power to restrict the use of fireworks on the day before, during and after a national holiday. After lawmakers legalized louder, more powerful...
Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Local Government, Government, Rick Snyder
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Op-Ed: Murkowski Voices Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Editor's note: The following opinion piece was submitted by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and has not been edited. It has been published in its entirety. Not too long ago, I had the honor of nominating an Alaskan family as “Angels in Adoption,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Ronald Reagan, Human Interest, Politics, Washington, DC
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UK says soldier deaths' court ruling will hit combat missions
Reuters* Soldiers in action covered by UK law, says top court * Defence secretary says concerned by ruling * Families intend to sue military for negligence By Michael Holden LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - The British government warned on Wednesday that future...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights, Politics, Emergency Incidents
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Zoppo Plans Race For Bristol Council
The Hartford CourantThe stakes in this year's local elections just rose a few notches: Former council member Ellen Zoppo is planning to run for a District 3 council seat. Zoppo, who largely has been out of city government since losing a hard-fought mayoral primary to Art...Tags: Politics, Elections, Government, Local Elections
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Muslims sue NYPD over monitoring of mosques, congregants
New York Muslims have filed a federal lawsuit against the New York Police Department over the department's surveillance of Muslims, which they called invasive and unconstitutional. The public debate over government surveillance has crescendoed over...
Tags: Islam, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Jihad
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Rowhani victory in Iran: Cause for hope, not expectations
With the election of congenial pragmatist Hassan Rowhani as the next president, Iran has caught the world off-guard. Emigres, opposition figures and diplomats had written off Friday’s vote as a preordained elevation of another anti-Western hard-...
Tags: Islam, Politics, Government, Science and Technology, Religion and Belief
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Bulgaria removes state security boss after protests
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament dismissed a powerful media figure from his post as head of national security on Wednesday, hoping the move will put an end to protest rallies against the country's fragile three-week-old government. Thousands of...Tags: Organized Crime, European Union, Parliament, Political Corruption, Bulgaria
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Transparency laws give citizens tool against Mexican corruption
McClatchy Foreign StaffVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico One day this year, citizen activist Jose Manuel Arias Rodriguez was told by the state of Tabasco that his request under the state's sunshine-in-government law had been granted. Sprawled before him were 14 boxes of receipts and...Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics
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WRAPUP 2-Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
Reuters* Angry Karzai says to stay out of talks * Afghans suspend talks on U.S. troop presence * Obama says Afghans must talk to Afghan on peace * Four American soldiers killed in attack on Bagram base (Updates with comment from Obama, U.S. delegation...Tags: Philosophy, Qatar, International Organizations, Doha (Qatar), Peace Negotiations
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WRAPUP 3-Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
Reuters* Angry Karzai says to stay out of talks * Afghans suspend talks on U.S. troop presence * Obama says Afghans must talk to Afghan on peace * Four American soldiers killed in attack on Bagram base (Updates with Taliban says taking part in talks,...Tags: Philosophy, Qatar, International Organizations, Doha (Qatar), Government
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Column: Snowden versus the dragons
Reuters(Reuters) - One measure of our culture's disdain for whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden can be culled from the pages of a thesaurus. Beyond "source" and "leaker," few neutral antonyms exist to describe people who divulge alleged wrongdoing by the...Tags: FBI, Richard Nixon, U.S. Department of Defense, Journalism, Politics
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Swiss parliament rejects U.S. tax deal
ReutersBERNE, June 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss lower house of parliament dealt a final death blow on Wednesday to a draft law aimed at protecting the country's banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping wealthy Americans to evade tax. The Swiss...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Parliament, Politics, Government
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