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Plan to Break Up San Francisco Agency Rocked by Corruption Advances
Former San Francisco Department of Public Works director Mohammed Nuru. (SFPW photo) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Weighing the need to address city corruption against a staggering budget shortfall, San Francisco lawmakers rejected an anti-corruption initiative Tuesday while advancing a separate proposal to break up a city department tainted by scandal. In the shadow of a …
New protests emerge across U.S. only hours after violence rocked cities around the country
Initially peaceful protests in Philadelphia took on a different tone later Saturday afternoon after a car was set on fire and a crowd tried to gain access to a municipal building in one of many new demonstrations to emerge across the country during the day Saturday — only hours after violence rocked cities coast to …
2 people killed in explosion that rocked northwest Houston
HOUSTON – Two people were killed early Friday morning in an explosion that shook northwest Houston awake. The blast was reported about 4:20 a.m. at Watson Valve Services near the corner of Gessner and Clay Roads. Houston fire Chief Sam Peña said at least one person has also been hospitalized in the blast that resulted …
UMMS board files first disclosures since ‘Healthy Holly’ scandal over deals rocked hospital system and Baltimore
New and holdover board members at the University of Maryland Medical System have filed business disclosures with state regulators for the first time since cozy deals between the system and their predecessors rocked the hospital network, dismantled its leadership team and helped take down Baltimore’s mayor last spring. The University of Maryland Medical System building …
Andrew Luck, the Colts and the Retirement That Rocked NFL’s World – ProFootballTalk
Getty Images Aug. 4, Colts camp, Westfield, Ind — I ask Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck: “Opening day’s five weeks from today. Any doubt you’ll play?” “No,” Luck says. “No doubt. I certainly believe I will.” Aug. 19, owner Jim Irsay’s office, Colts headquarters, Indianapolis — Luck has asked to meet with Irsay, GM Chris Ballard …
‘The age of impulse’: G20 leaders meet as world order is rocked by a clash between giants
At the end of the week, the world’s 20 most powerful nations are coming together in Japan at a time when the international system that binds them together is under heavy pressure from its two biggest players. The world’s largest trade dispute, between its two biggest economies, is affecting people who are neither Chinese nor …