Military commissaries stopped charging customers for single-use paper or plastic bags Wednesday, reversing a policy implemented just one month ago. In a short statement, the Defense Commissary Agency said only that the change took effect Wednesday and applied to commissaries worldwide. Commissaries in states or localities that mandate bags fees would still have to comply…
Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana issued an executive order delaying House primary elections on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court ruled Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional. He also requested that the legislature reconvene and pass new congressional maps. All other Louisiana races, including a hotly contested Senate primary, will continue, with early voting set to…
Over the past year, Jerome H. Powell has frequently said that the Federal Reserve faced “no risk-free paths” as it confronted a series of economic shocks that simultaneously lifted inflation while denting growth. The same could be said for his momentous decision to stay on at the Fed as a governor after his term as…
Consumers who have been waiting for borrowing costs to drop will have to keep waiting: With inflation elevated, the Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, a stance it has held since December. “The Fed is in wait-and-see mode, and that likely means no immediate rate cuts,” said Matt Schulz, chief…
Former Red Sox champion gaining steam as potential Boston manager after Alex Cora decision originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It remains uncertain whether the Boston Red Sox plan to hire a full-time skipper for the remainder of the campaign, and while that’s typically…
(RNS) — On Tuesday (April 21), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave Texas the green light to require every public elementary and secondary school classroom in the state to display the King James Version’s translation of the Ten Commandments. In its decision in Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, the court’s 9-8…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 22. President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a decree on implementing the law on the denomination of the country’s currency (rial), Trend reports via the Iranian Presidential Administration. The Iranian President signed a decree on the implementation of the law of the Central Bank of Iran on the denomination…
Shorouk Express A third person familiar with the discussions said that while starting preparatory works would be a step in the right direction, the vote had been “fudged” for the reason that “it’s a scary big figure at a time when the government is taking unpalatable decisions and there’s no appetite to put it to…
Shorouk Express Reynolds also chastised opposition parties, including the Liberal Democrats, who have called for the U.K. to distance itself from the Trump administration, saying: “You can say that if you’re the opposition, but that’s not serious. “The defense of our country, our economy, thousands of jobs depend on that relationship.” His comments come two…
Shorouk Express A feud has erupted between supporters, national federations and the European Commission over two league games set to take place overseas this season, a Spanish La Liga match in Miami and an Italian Serie A match in Perth, Australia. EU Sport Commissioner Glenn Micallef voiced his “emotional” objection to European games being played…
