This is no longer about a flag pole or flag. Rather, it is about cramming their arbitrary rules down the throat of an out-of-town entity which has the impudence to challenge their tyranny." ...

The Greenville City Council on Saturday directed staff to draft an amendment that will allow a recreational vehicle dealer to fly an oversized U.S. flag that it installed in violation of city ...

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s. Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east ...

TRURO, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia say they’ve charged a woman with attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Truro, in what authorities allege was a case of intimate partner violence. The ...

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring an ...

Donald Trump has derided the Delta smelt as a "worthless fish," blaming efforts to protect the species for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on social media, in a press conference, and even a ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he allowed Moscow to use Belarus as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and paid the price in the form of ...

Three local men are among the hundreds pardoned Monday by President Donald Trump on his first day in office for convictions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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Recently, Schoonmaker expanded his efforts to include repair of the flagpole near the veterans’ section of Cavalry Cemetery. Repairs included a new pulley system, rope and flag.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland ...

Vladimir Putin didn’t need to launch an invasion to put a stranglehold on Belarus. From using the country as a launchpad for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine to stashing Russian nuclear weapons on ...