Tag: politics
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California...
Britain's Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes
LONDON -- This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party, which opens its annual conference Sunday less than three months...
German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election
BERLIN -- A state election is taking place in Brandenburg on Sunday, three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other...
Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity
GENEVA -- GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland, known for natural beauty like pristine lakes and majestic Alpine peaks, ranks among the world's richest countries...
More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely disappeared from great...
A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison's notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago newspaper...