On Jan. 5, 1776, New Hampshire’s Provincial Congress adopted a state Constitution and established its own independent ...

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Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch are inaugurated in University Heights, Ohio, and White Plains, New York, respectively, pledging to improve life for all their constituents ...

Bal Harbour, Florida, also swore in an Orthodox Jewish mayor, Seth Salver, making him the third Orthodox mayor currently ...

The 2025 amendments cross into full Orwell territory: undefined offences of ‘fake’ or ‘false’ information, and a ban on ...

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Federal judges and agencies will decide whether to restrict or end people’s access to mailed abortion medication.

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Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

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