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Month: July 2024

Arizona abortion initiative backers sue to remove ‘unborn human being’ from voter pamphlet language

PHOENIX (AP) — Backers of a November abortion rights ballot initiative have sued a GOP-led legislative committee that seeks to include proposed language for the voter pamphlet referring to a fetus as an “unborn human being.” Arizona for Abortion Access filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court on Wednesday, asking that a judge refuse

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US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials said would provide for effective flood control, irrigation, and hydropower generation and sharing between the countries. The “agreement in

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Claudia Sheinbaum anuncia un plan para construir tres nuevas rutas de tren de pasajeros en México

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) — La ganadora de la elección presidencial de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, anunció un plan para la construcción de tres nuevas rutas de tren de pasajeros con un esquema similar al del Tren Maya, en el que participen ingenieros militares y empresas privadas, informó este miércoles en una conferencia de prensa. Las

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Mississippi election officials argue against quick work on drawing new majority-Black districts

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi election officials say redrawing legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots. Attorneys for the all-Republican state Board of Election Commissioners filed arguments Wednesday. They responded to a July 2 ruling by three federal judges who ordered the Mississippi

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