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Planned Parenthood warns last 2 Alaska clinics could close under Republican-backed bill
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Health care advocates are warning that a bill under consideration by Congress could cause two ... Read More
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Rep. Giménez to visit ICE detention centers in Miami after Herald uncovers harsh conditions
Rep. Carlos Giménez plans to tour Florida facilities holding immigration detainees following a Miami Herald investigation into harsh conditions and use of force at the Federal Detention Center in Miami.
The federal ...Read more
Protest curfews wallop downtown LA restaurants: 'Just stay open, make money where we can'
LOS ANGELES — The Mermaid hasn't turned a profit since Saturday.
The aquatic-themed Little Tokyo bar is typically open daily and a hub for regulars, community events and off-duty workers of the hospitality industry, all...Read more
Extreme heat has killed 3 people already this year in Southern Nevada
Extreme heat is already killing people this year as Southern Nevada braves its first string of days in triple-digit temperatures.
Heat has been a factor in three deaths so far, according to a Wednesday news release from ...Read more
Florida child welfare agency calls ICE on teen migrant in foster care, sparking criticism
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida child welfare authorities turned over a 17-year-old foster child to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, sparking intense criticism that the action could hinder efforts to protect ...Read more
Kennedy's vaccine panel contains skeptics, nonspecialists
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced eight members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, populated ...Read more
Philly immigrant communities and allies brace for ICE workplace raids
PHILADELPHIA — José has shuttered his store so many times in the last three months amid rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was poised to strike the venerable Italian Market, he has lost count.
The ...Read more
Anti-ICE protesters in LA charged with using fireworks, motorcycles against police
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor brought charges against eight people who allegedly attacked police, vandalized buildings and robbed stores during recent protests against immigration sweeps.
At a news...Read more
Treasury reviews hundreds of colleges' tax-exempt status over race
The U.S. Treasury Department is considering changing rules to revoke tax-exempt status for colleges that consider race in student admissions, scholarships and other areas — potentially threatening the financial stability...Read more
Federal judge says Trump cannot deport or detain Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil
NEW YORK — The Trump administration cannot for now deport or detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist being held in a Louisiana detention center, a federal judge in New Jersey ...Read more
ICE director says feds will comply with Mayor Michelle Wu's order, readily share info on 'illegal aliens' Boston is 'harboring'
BOSTON — Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said the feds are happy to comply with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s executive order that seeks greater transparency around its immigration enforcement, in order to show Wu how her ...Read more
Trump says Chinese students can stay at US universities, but uncertainty remains
President Trump said Wednesday that Chinese college students, who two weeks ago were threatened with losing their visas to study in the U.S., can stay here as part of a trade deal negotiated with China.
The announcement, ...Read more
Trump says again he'll set unilateral tariffs in 2 weeks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he intended to send letters to trading partners in the next one to two weeks setting unilateral tariff rates, ahead of a July 9 deadline to reimpose higher duties on dozens of ...Read more
In LA's Little Tokyo, days of protests upend life and business
LOS ANGELES — Roberto Recinos, a 21-year-old downtown Los Angeles resident, works at It's Boba Time right by the Metropolitan Detention Center, where protests have been going on for six days.
Recinos said the ...Read more
Defense rests after biomechanics expert testimony in Karen Read retrial
DEDHAM, Mass. — Karen Read’s defense rested its case after calling 11 witnesses, with three of the last four being experts who testified that in their examination a vehicle strike could not have killed John O’Keefe. ...Read more
Trump seeks quick path to Supreme Court in hush money appeal
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers were back in court Wednesday to renew their push to dismiss the New York jury verdict that makes him the only person convicted of a felony to serve as president.
Trump was convicted ...Read more
Josh Kraft cites housing inspection 'failures' under Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's administration in federal audit
BOSTON — Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft criticized the Wu administration’s handling of what he called “deplorable conditions” found by a federal audit of Boston Housing Authority homes Wednesday — to which the Wu ...Read more
Immigration raids intensify, with hundreds of arrests and tense moments across LA area
LOS ANGELES — Amid a new curfew and signs that the unrest in downtown Los Angeles was easing, the sweeping federal immigration crackdown that sparked days of protests appeared to be gaining stream across many parts of ...Read more
Fears of ICE raids upend life in LA County, from schools to Home Depot parking lots
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of eighth-graders in freshly ironed button-down shirts and flowing dresses filed into Andrew Carnegie Middle School with their families Tuesday morning in high spirits.
But the graduation ...Read more
Aldermen advance measure allowing Airbnb bans in Chicago precincts
CHICAGO — Aldermen took a step Wednesday toward giving themselves the power to ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals from opening in their wards.
The City Council’s License and Consumer Protection Committee advanced...Read more
Feds now want employees on leave to help fight wildfires. Here's what it could mean for Minnesota
Wary of wildfire threats, the U.S. Forest Service is asking as many as 1,400 employees who left the agency in recent months to help fight wildfires this summer.
The request is to employees who resigned amid the Trump ...Read more
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