BARCELONA – The Catalan parliament dealt the death blow to bullfighting in the region on Wednesday, outlawing the centuries-old spectacle for the first time in mainland Spain. The result of 68 in favor, 55 against the ban was expected, since Catalonia’s parliament had accepted a citizens’ petition to stop bullfighting with activists concerned about...
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The NYPD surged into a Staten Island neighborhood Tuesday night in a show of force to combat a recent spike in bias attacks against Mexicans. Scores of cops – on foot patrols, in sky towers and command posts and in squad cars – hit Port Richmond after the weekend saw even more vicious attacks...
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The New York City health department begins letter-grading restaurant inspections, designating an A, B or C to rate the cleanliness of more than 24,000 restaurants in the five boroughs, it is also activating a new Web site that will “offer much more information and be more user-friendly,” said Daniel Kass, a deputy commissioner. “There...
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The 2006 shooting of Sean Bell, the unarmed black man shot in his car and killed by police officers early on the morning of his wedding day, is one of the most controversial in recent New York City history. On Tuesday, the city agreed to pay more than $7 million to his two children...
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A Pakistani passenger jet slammed into a forested ridge outside Islamabad on Wednesday, killing all 152 people aboard in what is believed to be the worst commercial aviation disaster in Pakistan’s history. The plane, which belonged to Air Blue, a private Pakistani airline, was on its way from Karachi to the Pakistani capital and...
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WASHINGTON—Legislation that would force greater disclosure of the political donations funding corporate and union campaign advertisements failed a key test vote in the Senate on Tuesday. Democrats were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to shut off a GOP-led filibuster holding up action on the measure, which is backed by President Barack Obama....
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John Mantooth is running for District Court Judge in Oklahoma. When he decided to run, he may have thought that he would face some negative campaigning, but I’ll bet he didn’t expect this. According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, his daughter, Jan Schill has started a website, DoNotVoteforMyDad.com. Schill argues on...
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The video above is already spreading like something involving Justin Bieber and is being described as the greatest goal celebration ever. In it, Icelandic club Stjarnan wins in extra time off a penalty kick from Halldor Orri Bjornsson, giving the team reason to unleash a performance that involves Halldor fishing for his human fish...
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Want to try out an all-electric car for a few days before you decide to buy? Enterprise Rent-A-Car is going to start renting Nissan Leaf electrics beginning in January. There will only be 500 initially and they will be dispersed among eight cities: Phoenix; Tucson; Knoxville, Tenn.; Nashville; San Diego; Los Angeles; Portland, Ore.;...
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The Chevrolet Volt, the first mass-market electric vehicle from General Motors Co., will have a sticker price starting at $41,000 when it hits showrooms later this year. But government tax credits and rebates designed to speed the entry of electric vehicles into the marketplace will make the price more attractive. There’s a federal tax...
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