Standoff
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By Jessica Parker BBC News, Kyiv 6 December 2023, 15:12 GMT Updated 22 minutes ago Image source, Ukrainian Presidency via Reuters Image caption, President Zelensky meets an injured serviceman in hospital Ukraine is facing some of its most difficult days since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default before the end of May.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Law enforcement are involved in a standoff Friday night after they say a man shot at U.S. Marshals and FBI agents trying to serve a warrant. Overland Park police spokesman John Lacy said the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI were serving a felony warrant around 5 p.m. at the Villa […]
From: Counting the Cost Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of a US default by early June if Congress fails to raise debt ceiling. The national debt of the United States is now six times what it was at the start of this century. Despite its growing liabilities, the country has never defaulted on its payments. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge after three grueling days and 11 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a century.. It has left Republicans in disarray and exposed anew the fragility of American democracy.
A grand jury has declined to bring criminal charges against a New Jersey police officer who fatally shot a knife-wielding man during a standoff at the Jersey Shore in 2020. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said late Tuesday that the actions of Asbury Park Police Sgt. Sean DeShader were justified under the circumstances, noting […]
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they were letting the bear go. The deputies said they had no choice but to shoot it. Two Palm Beach County deputies shot and killed a black bear in Royal Palm Beach on Saturday afternoon after hours of tracking and a standoff […]
“If you strike the right cord people will like it. So, I believe it’s the right cord for people and it shows,” Ukrainian Director-General of Ukrposhta National Post Operator, Ihor Smilianskyi, said. “I think it shows the resilience of people. It shows how Ukrainians will fight and win.” Russia said the crew […]
In January, Malik Faisal Akram engaged in an 11-hour standoff with police at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, about 15 miles from downtown Fort Worth. He was killed in the incident, but all of the hostages survived. “In the wake of the of the incident, we have been in active contact with our UK partners […]