Lawmakers in South Carolina’s House of Representatives have approved a measure to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol in Columbia. The bill passed early Thursday morning by a vote of 94-20 on its third and final reading, after more than 13 hours of contentious debate. Opponents of the […]
Debt-wracked Greece asked its European neighbors for a new three-year bailout Wednesday, pledging to “immediately implement” tax and pension reforms. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that Athens would produce “new concrete proposals” by Thursday to meet the demands of European leaders who’ve grown weary of Greece’s debt crisis. With […]
South Carolina’s House of Representatives is debating a bill to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds, where it has flown for more than 50 years. The bill, backed by both Democrats and Republicans, was approved 36 to 3 by the state Senate on Tuesday. During Wednesday’s debate, the House rejected […]
Maryland woman, 26-year-old Sandra Clara McClary, was jailed on Sunday and her bail set at $500,000 after she left her 6-week-year-old daughter alongside a road in Anne Arundel County late on Saturday night. A Pasadena, Maryland motorist picked the child up from the side of the highway just before midnight on Saturday. The child, discovered in […]