Middletown Press

2 days ago | middletownpress.com | Rajesh Roy

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 years will be conducted digitally and include controversial questions about caste for the first time since independence. The Home Ministry announced plans to conduct a two-stage count ending March 1, 2027 in a statement Wednesday night. Article continues below this adIndia's last official census in 2011 counted 1.21 billion people.

2 days ago | middletownpress.com | Cassandra Day

Protestors held up signs and a 10-foot banner prior to the board meeting to support LGBTQ students “under attack” … “as they navigate this extremely difficult situation,” said Melissa Combs, founder of the Out Accountability Project, who organized the rally along with Equality Connecticut.

2 days ago | middletownpress.com | Hillel Italie

NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has a book out this fall that promises a close look at President Biden's decision not to run for reelection and calls for thinking beyond the two-party system. Jean-Pierre herself has switched her affiliation to independent after working in two Democratic administrations, according to Legacy Lit, a Hachette Book Group imprint that will publish “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines” on Oct. 21.

3 days ago | middletownpress.com | Kristie Ackert

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen extended his MLB-leading scoreless streak to 23 innings with five innings of one-hit ball and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night. Rasmussen (5-4) allowed only a single to Jake Burger in the third inning and struck out eight in a game that was delayed for less that 20 minutes due to rain in the third in front of an announced crowd of 9,131 at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

3 days ago | middletownpress.com | Astrid Suárez

BOGOTÁ (AP) — La fiscal general colombiana, Luz Adriana Camargo, rechazó el martes la orden de detención emitida la víspera por una corte guatemalteca por presuntamente cometer asociación ilícita junto a otros funcionarios públicos por sus investigaciones sobre el caso de la empresa brasilera Odebrecht en Guatemala cuando estaba en funciones en la Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad (CICIG).