BRUSSELS – The European Union’s executive branch proposed Tuesday a ban on coal imports from Russia in what would be the first EU sanctions targeting the country’s lucrative energy industry over its war in Ukraine.
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, restricting one of the strategies President Vladimir Putin is employing to stave off default, an agency official said Tuesday.
An Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Joshua Welch, 50, pleaded guilty on Sep.
AUSTIN — The military deployment to the southern border will run out of money in less than a month and the state will need to be allocated more than a half-billion dollars to keep the operation funded through August, the new commander of Texas forces told a legislative panel Tuesday.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Violent storms killed one person in Texas on Tuesday as hail pelted communities and high winds knocked trees into power poles elsewhere in the South. Authorities issued a flurry of tornado warnings at the start of what could be two days of violent weather in the region.
WASHINGTON – Senate bargainers reached agreement Monday on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said, but the measure dropped all funding to help nations abroad combat the pandemic.
The Justice Department has filed a complaint against two laboratory CEOs, one hospital CEO and other individuals and entities, alleging False Claims Act violations based on patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, as well as claims otherwise improperly billed to federal healthcare programs for laboratory testing.
Sherman Independent School District will look internally for its next superintendent. The board of trustees voted unanimously to hired the Texas Association of School Boards to help conduct an internal search for possible candidates for the superintendent role.
Being a teenager is hard enough without throwing a worldwide, deadly pandemic into the mix. The impact COVID-19 has had on their well-being is undeniable, but health experts are still learning to what extent it has affected their mental health.
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 11-11 Monday on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. But President Joe Biden’s nominee is still on track to be confirmed this week as the first Black woman on the high court.