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Sep 12, 2024 - World

City council approves proposals, risking ire of Republicans threatening to withhold millions in state fundingA Tennessee judge has ruled that three gun control questions can go on the November ballot in Memphis, even as top Republican state leaders have threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding should city leaders put the initiative before voters.The Daily Memphian reports that Shelby county chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson sided with the Memphis city council, which sued the Shelby county election commission last month for refusing to put gun control measures on the ballot. Continue reading...

Sep 12, 2024 - World

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility for the first time since 2010 as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons

Sep 12, 2024 - World

Prosecutors are preparing to retry Harvey Weinstein on rape charges after a previous conviction against the former Hollywood producer was overturned.

Sep 12, 2024 - World

Located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, this planetary nebula is home to one of the most scorching stars in the universe.

Sep 12, 2024 - World

UK PM responds to Putin’s threat that use of long-range British missiles inside Russia would put it at war with NatoKeir Starmer has told Vladimir Putin that he started the war in Ukraine and could end it at any time after the Russian leader warned that any use of long-range British missiles into Russian territory would put Nato at war with his country.The prime minister spoke en route to Washington to see US president Joe Biden as he sought to justify a western decision made behind closed doors that would allow Ukraine to attack inside Russia with partly British-made Storm Shadow missiles. Continue reading...