SEATTLE (AP) A Nigerian government official arrested in connection with Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud will remain in jail until his trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation's most populated state because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a promise to make landlords whole while giving renters a clean slate.
Conservative activists request audit of Michigan election
By DAVID EGGERTJune 17, 2021 GMT
Conservatives gather on the steps of the Michigan Capitol before delivering thousands of affidavits requesting that lawmakers order an forensic audit of the 2020 election in the battleground state on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
Conservatives gather on the steps of the Michigan Capitol before delivering thousands of affidavits requesting that lawmakers order an forensic audit of the 2020 election in the battleground state on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Conservative activists who falsely claim former President Donald Trump won reelection asked the Republican-led Michigan Senate on Thursday to order an audit of the results, seeking a review like one that is underway in fellow battleground state Arizona.
EU court: Czechs want Poland fined for ignoring mine ban
June 15, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 file photo, smoke rises from chimneys of the Turow power plant located by the Turow lignite coal mine near the town of Bogatynia, Poland. The European Union’s top court says the Czech Republic is pressing for Poland to be fined 5 million euros for every day it ignores the court’s order last month to immediately shut a lignite mine near the two countries’ border. The announcement by the European Court of Justice came Tuesday, June 15, 2021 as Poland approved a strategy for the upcoming talks with the Czechs over the Turow mine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, file)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Montana's Republican-controlled Legislature has withdrawn its subpoenas for the emails of Supreme Court justices and the court administrator that included state judges' opinions about a bill to allow the governor to directly fill judicial vacancies between elections.