Day: May 15, 2023

Census rejects city complaints over 2020 population undercounts

6:03 pm May 15, 2023

Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren’t getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau — an effort by Memphis to increase its official population resulted in three people being subtracted from its count during an initial appeal. Some successes have come from challenges to totals of […]

Primaries in Kentucky, Pennsylvania may indicate mood of voters heading into election year

5:18 pm May 15, 2023

Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress. The Kentucky governor’s race is a table-setter for what should be a bruising general election contest. Republican voters will settle on a nominee to challenge incumbent Democratic […]

Pacific Island leaders urge rich countries to do more to help control climate change

5:15 pm May 15, 2023

Pacific Island leaders criticized rich countries on Monday for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for making money off of loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. Leaders and representatives from Pacific Island nations demanded at a U.N. climate change conference in Bangkok […]

Finnish military training jet crashes, forcing pilots to eject

5:13 pm May 15, 2023

A military training jet crashed in central Finland and Monday, the Finnish Air Force said, adding the pilots ejected. The British made single-engine Hawk aircraft crashed south of Keuruu, which sits some 180 miles north of Helsinki. The air force said on Twitter that the pilots were undergoing health checks. Police said they and rescue […]

Ron DeSantis bans state funding for diversity, inclusion programs at Florida public universities

5:08 pm May 15, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning all state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the state’s universities on Monday. DeSantis signed the legislation, SB 266, on the campus of the New College of Florida, an institution he has made drastic changes to this year. SB 266 prevents any public university from […]