On the Trail, Trump and Vance Sharpen a Nativist, Anti-Immigrant Tone From calling for mass deportations to spreading false claims about migrants’ eating pets, former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, are taking a hard line. Public health, wellbeing on Berkeley’s ballot this November From funding library services and public parks to addressing clean air and natural gas use, the health of Berkeley residents is on the November ballot. US Senate panel OKs action against Steward Health Care CEO for defying subpoena Members of a Senate committee looking into the bankruptcy of Texas-based Steward Health Care have adopted two resolutions designed to hold CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt for not testifying before the panel A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections |
Mississippi town moves Confederate monument that became an eyesore A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910—a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's enduring division over how to commemorate the past. Grenada’s first Black mayor in two decades seems determined to follow through on the city’s plans to relocate the monument to other public land. A conc… |