London — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the ban on alcohol in the stands at high-level men’s soccer matches in the U.K. “discrimination,” teasing fellow fans with a possible reversal of a more than 40-year-old ban. “I don’t think it’s fair for football fans to be singled out,” Burnham told reporters in New…
Washington — The House returns Monday from its five-week recess, with approving a short-term funding bill to head off a government shutdown topping its to-do list. Funding is set to lapse Sept. 30 without a deal, and lawmakers are planning to take another weeklong break for Labor Day. In July, the House passed a GOP-led…
Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District selected Everton Blair to serve the remainder of Rep. David Scott’s term after the longtime lawmaker’s death in April, according to a projection from The Associated Press. Blair defeated Scott’s daughter, Marcye Scott, in Tuesday’s special election. Blair, the former chair of the Gwinnett County School Board, had finished second to Scott…
Entire neighborhoods in Indiana are underwater after the White River rose to record-breaking levels, cresting at more than 24.9 feet, which is over a foot higher than the record set in 1913. Since Tuesday, more than 11 inches of rain have fallen east of Indianapolis. Gov. Mike Braun declared a state of emergency on Thursday…
