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Washington can’t afford to keep wasting money on extreme sentences

True public safety in our state can only be accomplished if everyone has access to affordable housing, food, health care, meaningful community connections, and the opportunity for a future with dignity and self-determination.  This requires a healthy state budget with adequate revenue, and for state lawmakers to disinvest in programs that cause harm.  Yet, for […]
Philippine journalist found guilty of terror financing

Philippine journalist found guilty of terror financing

A young Philippine journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing on Thursday in a case rights groups and a UN rapporteur had labelled a "travesty of justice".
Japan survey finds 1 in 6 men groped on Tokyo public transport, defying gender assumptions

Japan survey finds 1 in 6 men groped on Tokyo public transport, defying gender assumptions

A Tokyo metropolitan government survey has found that about one in six men who use the city’s trains and stations say they have been groped – a level experts describe as unexpectedly high and a reminder that women are not the only targets of the Japanese capital’s notorious chikan molesters. The same survey found that 54.3 per cent of women reported having been inappropriately touched on public transport, a figure that remains far higher than for men but has long been the focus of official...
Fine brews: Hong Kong milk tea and the Opening of the Legal Year ceremony

Fine brews: Hong Kong milk tea and the Opening of the Legal Year ceremony

It is that time of the year – January – the start of a legal year, marked by a decidedly Western ceremonial event. This month alone, the Bar has sent representatives to attend Opening of the Legal Year ceremonies in Singapore, Malaysia and, of course, Hong Kong. Similar ceremonies are also part of the tradition in other common law jurisdictions, such as England and Wales and Ireland, as well as civil law jurisdictions like France. Each jurisdiction’s ceremony has its own flavour, but one feature...

Massive winter storm expected to bury much of US in snow and ice

Officials, including airport authorities in several major cities, are warning travellers to brace for significant delays amid the severe winter weather.

Arizona Senate panel backs renaming highway loop after Kirk

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Senate Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 Wednesday afternoon, along party lines, to back a bill renaming highway Loop 202 as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202.
Arizona Senate panel backs renaming highway loop after Kirk

Arizona Senate panel backs renaming highway loop after Kirk

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Senate Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 Wednesday afternoon, along party lines, to back a bill renaming highway Loop 202 as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202.
Having waited and learned, Collin Gillespie making most of time with Suns

Having waited and learned, Collin Gillespie making most of time with Suns

Villanova grad didn't get drafted, but has worked hard and kept a good attitude, and starts for the sixth place team in the West.
Flyers Notebook: Veteran Lane Pederson looking for 4th-line home with Flyers

Flyers Notebook: Veteran Lane Pederson looking for 4th-line home with Flyers

Lane Pederson has been around the NHL block. So when Rodrigo Abols was injured Saturday and the Flyers wanted to replace him with an experienced hand from Lehigh Valley, Pederson got the call.
Mount Maunganui collapse: Children among missing in debris in New Zealand as rescuers conduct frantic search

Mount Maunganui collapse: Children among missing in debris in New Zealand as rescuers conduct frantic search

The search is underway for missing people after screams were heard from the debris following a landslide at the iconic Mount Maunganui as the area had its wettest day on record

ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities

The Trump administration is now targeting its mass deportation campaign on Maine.
Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution

Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution

Greenlanders were sceptical on Wednesday following US President Donald Trump's announcement that he had settled the question of the Arctic island's future.