SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — If you want a straw with your drink, you soon may have to ask for it at California restaurants. Lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a measure that supporters say would make California the first state to bar full-service restaurants from giving out single-use plastic …
A Kansas archaeology professor believes he’s found the lost city of Etzanoa, spurring a rethinking of traditional views on the Native Americans’ early settlement of the Midwest. Of all the places to discover a lost city, this pleasing little community seems an unlikely candidate. There are no vine-covered temples or …
Liberals are peddling an ahistorical nostalgia. The people aren’t buying it. LONDON — As Brexit and its attendant chaos hurtle toward us, one of the most darkly humorous features of contemporary British politics (a competitive field) is the ubiquity of parliamentarians, pundits and business titans who wail and gnash at …
In another example of the administration’s animus towards Hispanics, officials are forcing U.S. citizens to prove the legitimacy of their births. Extending it’s fight against immigration generally, whether or not it is lawful, there are now signs the administration is trying aggressively to strip existing citizenship rights, and the privileges that go …
Labour’s leader is facing a growing anti-Semitism scandal, but his base looks ready to weather it. LONDON—It’s the scandal that keeps going—and so, somehow, does the man at its center. When allegations of anti-Semitism within Britain’s Labour Party burst into full-on political crisis in March, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn …
LONDON — French fishermen have been accused of acting like “maritime gangsters” after skirmishing with their British counterparts over access to scallops in the English Channel. Mike Park, the chief executive of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association, said flares were launched at British vessels that were legally entitled to …
The outgoing UN human rights chief says Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over the military’s violent campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority last year. Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein told the BBC the Nobel Peace prize winner’s attempts to excuse it were “deeply regrettable”. His comments …
Pope Francis salutes as he arrives for his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) VATICAN CITY (AP) — The author of the bombshell accusation of sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis denied Wednesday he acted out of revenge or anger, breaking his silence …
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants her approval heading into a tough gubernatorial election. Arizona Sen. John McCain’s widow Cindy hasn’t expressed any desire to serve out her late husband’s term in Washington — but she will wield immense influence over the selection of his replacement. More than a dozen McCain …
President Trump’s advisers and allies are increasingly worried that he has neither the staff nor the strategy to protect himself from a possible Democratic takeover of the House, which would empower the opposition party to shower the administration with subpoenas or even pursue impeachment charges. Within Trump’s orbit, there is …
