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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 · 14 stories
Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar Jenifer Rajkumar has downplayed accusations that her campaign submitted forged signatures, but her advantage dwindled early this week.
Some of them have been around for close to 100 years. There are 225 electrical substations in the subway system.
Migrant arrest rates have been high in places like Long Island, where federal agents benefit from stealth and the aid of local politicians.
Experts predict rising fuel costs could push the company to close its doors for good. Spirit has not confirmed a liquidation, though it has filed for bankruptcy protection twice.
Unfortunately, officials say two people were killed, two suffered serious injuries, four civilians suffered minor injuries and five firefighters also suffered minor injuries. Firefighters then moved to exterior operations, and rescued several people in the back and front of the building, including a civilian who had to be rescued by firefighters from a window via a ladder.
The ornate Cotofenesti helmet, which was stolen in January 2025 while on loan to a Dutch museum, was recovered last month.
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024 Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather. The report’s co-author, Sarah Birch, a professor of politics at King’s College London, said elections should be timed to avoid predictable climate threats, noting that even the US was still intent on staging elections in November, during its hurricane season. “In some cases, electoral.
Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counsel A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, in one of the biggest mass trials under president Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers.
In Kerala, a 2016 explosion and fire at the Puttingal Temple in Kollam district - where stockpiled firecrackers ignited during an unauthorised display - killed more than 100 people and injured 400 more. At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at a firecracker factory in India's southern state of Kerala, officials say. The incident took place in Thrissur, where around 40 people were believed to be assembling firecrackers in a cluster of sheds for an upcoming festival.