CHINA ANNOUNCES $1.6 BILLION AIR POLLUTION FUND
FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo, people use escalators with skyscrapers, covered with haze in the background, in Shanghai, China. China’s Cabinet has announced that 10 billion…
Municipal governments
TORONTO MAYOR TICKETED FOR JAYWALKING IN VANCOUVER
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford poses for photos at the Foggy Dew pub in Coquitlam, British Columbia, late Friday, Jan. 31, 2014. Media reports say Ford was ticketed for jaywalking Friday…
INDIA POLICE SAY VILLAGE ELDERS ORDERED GANG-RAPE
Thirteen men arrested in the Monday night gang rape of a woman are produced at a court in Bolpur, West Bengal state, India Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. A 20-year-old Indian…
NEW DELHI’S LEADER PROTESTS IN HIS OWN CITY
By TIM SULLIVAN and NIRMALA GEORGE New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, center, is escorted by supporters and security men during a demonstration against the police in New Delhi, India,…
C. AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHOOSES MAYOR AS NEW LEADER
By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and KRISTA LARSON In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 photo, a French soldier looks on as the body of a lynched Muslim man is burned by a…
NJ MAYOR RATCHETS UP ALLEGATION AGAINST CHRISTIE
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI New Jersey Assemblymen John S. Wisniewski, center, D-Sayreville, N.J., Lou D. Greenwald, left, D-Vorhees, N.J., and incoming Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, D-Secaucus, N.J., address the media…
MAYOR: CHRISTIE AIDES TIED SANDY FUNDS TO PROJECT
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI FILE – In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 file photograph, Hoboken Mayor, Dawn Zimmer speaks to the media as she stands near the Hudson River in…
HOUSTON MAYOR WEDS LONGTIME PARTNER IN CALIFORNIA
In this photo provided by the Houston mayor’s office, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, right and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, celebrate at their wedding Thursday, Jan 16, 1014…