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Month: September 2023

Biden plan would overhaul 151-year-old mining law, make companies pay royalties for copper and gold

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hardrock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making companies for the first time pay royalties on what they extract. A plan led by the Interior Department also calls for the

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Biden plan would overhaul 151-year-old mining law, make companies pay royalties for copper and gold

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hardrock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making companies for the first time pay royalties on what they extract. A plan led by the Interior Department also calls for the

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Speaker McCarthy directs the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is directing the U.S. House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family’s business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election. McCarthy said that House investigations so far “paint a picture of

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Airline executives raise alarm that air traffic controller shortage will continue disrupting flights for years

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The air traffic controller shortage will continue to cause travel disruptions not only next year, but for at least the next five years, airline industry executives said Tuesday. The flight system is “suffering” they said, citing the 3,000-person controller shortage that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg revealed in a CNN

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Massachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams

By MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes, creating moats around their foundations and leading to boat rescues of residents. Leominster, Massachusetts, Mayor Dean Mazzarella urged people not

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