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Serbs head to snap vote, testing strongman president's rule
Serbia’s prime minister called for the dissolution of parliament, paving the way for a snap election that may enable embattled President Aleksandar Vucic to switch to the role of premier.
The government “accepts that part of the public is demanding early elections,” Djuro Macut told reporters Monday, refering to calls from opposition ...Read more
Canada set to hit back at Trump tariffs, risking wider trade war
Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15% to 50% on hundreds of products from the U.S. on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner.
Barring a last-minute reprieve, Carney’s government will increase the import tax...Read more
Plane crash near Space Coast Regional Airport kills pilot
Emergency crews responded to a fatal plane crash near the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Monday morning.
The Titusville Fire Department confirmed the 10:16 a.m. crash killed the lone passenger, the pilot who had yet to be positively identified Monday because of the severity of the fire.
“Witnesses reported that the aircraft ...Read more
Plane crash near Florida's Space Coast Regional Airport kills pilot
Emergency crews responded to a fatal plane crash near the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Monday morning.
The Titusville Fire Department confirmed the 10:16 a.m. crash killed the lone passenger, the pilot who had yet to be positively identified Monday because of the severity of the fire.
“Witnesses reported that the aircraft ...Read more
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore raises BWI union workers' pay to keep airport competitive
BALTIMORE — Maryland’s minimum wage for unionized workers at BWI Marshall Airport will be raised from $17 per hour to $18 per hour, Gov. Wes Moore said Monday.
The new rate will affect roughly 120 employees represented by bargaining agreements between their union and the state, according to the governor, who said his administration will ...Read more
A Kentucky county put a pause on data centers. One small city could revive a $1 billion project
BURGIN, Ky. — When Diane Floyd moved her family from Lexington in 2020, she was looking for something that felt increasingly hard to find — a place where farmland, history and small-town life still shaped the landscape.
Rural Mercer County, home to a rich frontier life history and a few quiet, tight-knit towns dotted across rolling fields, ...Read more
A South Carolina death row inmate died of illness, prison officials say
A S.C. Death Row inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution.
Louis Michael Winkler, 66, of Horry County, was pronounced dead 8:49 a.m. in Kirkland’s infirmary after an extended illness, prison officials said in a press release on X, formerly known as Twitter. They did not identify the illness.
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Judge slams county counsel's 'obvious conflict of interest' in opposing a suit seeking use-of-force records
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge is calling on the county to show that it is acting ethically and professionally in a lawsuit by the L.A. County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission seeking Sheriff's Department records related to three use-of-force incidents.
In a five-page tentative ruling on Aug. 24, Judge Jerrold ...Read more
Iran says Strait of Hormuz deal with Oman just days away
Iran said a deal with Oman to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is imminent, a move that could tighten Tehran’s control over the waterway and raise questions over how the U.S. would respond.
The agreement, which the two countries have been negotiating for several weeks, is in the final stages and will include details on a ...Read more
Putin's shadow across Europe grows as German far right wins
The Alternative for Germany’s record election victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday marked a milestone not just for the far right but for Europe’s tilt toward Vladimir Putin.
The anti-immigration party known by its German acronym, AfD, has openly sympathized with the Russian president’s attempt to batter Ukraine into ...Read more
Kremlin plans to press on with war in Ukraine despite US talks
President Vladimir Putin remains committed to continuing Russia’s war in Ukraine after his latest meeting with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, according to people familiar with the discussions.
There was no breakthrough at the Kremlin talks, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is sensitive. Putin is ...Read more
Trump posts Space Force uniforms derived from fascist-inspired 'Starship Troopers' outfits
President Donald Trump posted an image of dark “next generation” U.S. Space Force uniforms on Sunday that the text claims were “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform” — a design the director of the 1997 film “Starship Troopers” said was directly meant to evoke Nazis.
Trump also posted an AI-...Read more
1 reported dead in plane crash near Space Coast Regional Airport in Florida
Emergency crews responded to a fatal plane crash near the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville on Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the crash of a Mooney M20F, which is a four-seat, propeller-driven aircraft.
Images on WESH showed the small aircraft in flames on the side of the highway. The TV ...Read more
Russia to close German consulate in escalating spat over drone
Russia will shutter the German consulate in St. Petersburg, deepening a diplomatic dispute that began with Germany accusing Moscow of responsibility for a failed drone attack.
“The Russian side is withdrawing its consent for the operation of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in St. Petersburg,” the Foreign Ministry ...Read more
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those computers require not just electricity and land, but also a significant amount of water. Data centers use water directly, with cooling water pumped through pipes in and around the computer equipment. They also...Read more
New data show a rise in immigration arrests across San Diego
A community gathering scheduled last weekend to provide diapers, food and other resources to families in San Diego was canceled, as organizers kept getting reports of local Haitian immigrants being detained by federal agents.
Guerline Jozef, executive director and co-founder of the nonprofit, grassroots organization Haitian Bridge Alliance, ...Read more
Backlash over data centers hits California, and the midterms
Darian Orduno bounced her baby boy on her chest, looking down at his thick black hair and bright eyes. What might pollution from a data center do, she wondered, to his growing lungs?
That question had brought Orduno, 25, to a community meeting opposing a possible data center here, and her fears, she said, likely would influence her vote in the ...Read more
Iran, US trade tit-for-tat tanker attacks as war drags on
Iran said it targeted three oil tankers using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a number of U.S.-linked ships, in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian tankers over the weekend.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gave no further details about the incidents, nor did its Telegram post late Saturday ...Read more
Iran, US trade tanker attacks as six-month conflict escalates
Iran and the U.S. carried out what appeared to be their largest tit-for-tat tanker strikes yet over the weekend, pushing oil prices higher as both nations continue to escalate a six-month war that has disrupted shipping and stoked global inflation.
Iran said it hit three U.S.-linked ships taking an unauthorized route through the Strait of ...Read more
Trump's 'erratic' tariffs hurt economy, House Democrat says
Democratic Representative Haley Stevens blasted the “erratic” tariff war that President Donald Trump started with Canada, saying her home state of Michigan is bearing much of the economic fallout from the trade dispute.
“They are really exhausted,” Stevens said on Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg This Weekend, referring to ...Read more
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