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Asylum-seeking students in California often face a double blow: they are charged higher tuition and excluded from most financial aid.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Cash payments to Oklahoma’s state and local governments must be rounded to the nearest nickel under a bill pending approval from the governor.  House lawmakers unanimously sent House Bill 3075 to Gov. Kevin Stitt which establishes how cash transactions will be handled as the penny continues to be phased out. President Donald […]

Anne McGrew was the accountant for Mississippi Community Education Center. Officials used the nonprofit organization to direct millions of dollars from an anti-poverty program to their friends and family and to famous athletes for pet projects.

COLUMBIA — Earmarks are back after a year with no pet projects for legislators in the state budget, but the Senate’s spending plan did not include often-criticized funding for nonprofits. The $130.4 million included in the Senate’s $15.3 billion budget, which passed last month, instead sent money to cities and counties for 163 different projects that […]

*Reportagem: Jéssica França, Catherine Mistura, Eduarda Terres A Feira de Economia Solidária e Criativa foi um dos principais destaques do Festival dos Trabalhadores e das Trabalhadoras, realizado em 1º de maio, em Passo Fundo. Integrando a programação do evento organizado pela Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT-RS) e outras centrais sindicais, o espaço reuniu empreendedores, cooperativas e […] Fonte

Un incendio vehicular registrado en la intersección de Isabel Riquelme con Avenida Los Leones movilizó a dos unidades del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Antofagasta. El siniestro, que comenzó en un automóvil de origen desconocido, se propagó rápidamente hacia un microbasural de escombros y desechos colindante, obligando a un despliegue reforzado para evitar que las llamas continuaran extendiéndose por el sector. Este artículo Emergencia en el sector norte: Bomberos de Antofagasta combaten incendio de vehículo con propagación a escombros fue publicado originalmente en El Diario de Antofagasta.

The attorney for a Waterloo medical clinic is being sued by other Iowa healthcare providers for alleged conflicts of interest in his legal work. The lawsuit centers on representatives and affiliates of Cedar Valley Medical Specialists, a multispecialty medical clinic located in Waterloo that, according to one of its lawyers, is currently in financial distress. […]

Last week, the Supreme Court further gutted what is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Court’s ruling was terrible for the country, and particularly for communities of color whose votes will be diminished by this decision. But the ruling touched another, very personal nerve because the Voting Rights Act was partially drafted... The post Reform Judaism helped craft the Voting Rights Act. Its evisceration gives Jews a new mission appeared first on The Forward.

State elections director Sam Hayes hired one of North Carolina Republicans’ go-to lawyers to defend the state Board of Elections in a lawsuit this year, even though that lawyer was representing clients with active lawsuits against the board in four other cases in state and federal court.  Phil Strach represents Republican legislators, the Republican National […]

A federal judge has dismissed the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office and North Dakota Ethics Commission from a former state lawmaker’s First Amendment suit challenging a political advertisement law. The judge also hinted in an order he may ultimately find the statute, which criminalizes lying or making intentionally misleading statements in political ads, unconstitutional. Brandon […]

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New music from The Black Keys, Kacey Musgraves, Mikaela Davis, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse on Mars, White Fence, jeremy messersmith and Satya and a lookback at Burning Spear in '76.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision on bureaucratic overreach doesn’t give South Dakota’s lone death row inmate another chance to argue for a new trial or sentence, according to a ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals released on Monday. Briley Piper, 46, was sentenced to death by a judge for the murder of […]

اسکات بسنت، وزیر خزانه‌داری ایالات متحده، روز دوشنبه ۱۴ اردیبهشت اعلام کرد که نشست هفته آینده میان دونالد ترامپ، و شی جین‌پینگ، در پکن فرصتی خواهد بود تا دو رهبر «به‌صورت حضوری تبادل نظر کنند» و توافق‌هایی که در دیدار مهم سال گذشته در کره جنوبی به دست آمده بود را تحکیم کنند.

Icelandic commercial whaling company Hvalur hf. plans to resume whale hunting this summer, following a two-year pause in commercial operations. In 2024, the Icelandic government issued the company a five-year license allowing it to catch up to 209 fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) annually. However, Hvalur hf. didn’t hunt any whales in 2024 or 2025. Iceland’s […]

A bill signing ceremony underscored that Trump’s aggressive immigration tactics will be a central theme in the 2026 midterm elections.

Fashion Week San Diego kicked off the 2026 season with the Spring Showcase on April 24 in La Jolla. Now in its 19th year, it remains the largest and longest fashion week on the West Coast.

Президент США Дональд Трамп пообещал, что Иран будет «стерт с лица земли», если иранцы будут нападать на американские корабли, участвующие в «Проекте Свобода» — инициативе США по сопровождению торговых судов, застрявших в Ормузском проливе. Об этом Трамп заявил в интервью корреспонденту Fox News Трею Ингсту, сообщил сам Ингст.

The Minnesota Senate on Monday approved a gun control package that bans the future sale of so-called assault weapons and high capacity magazines. For months, Democrats have advocated for an assault weapons ban since a shooter fired more than 100 rounds into Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis in August, killing two students and injuring more […]

Rep. Angie Craig is calling for urgent medical treatment and possible release of a 23-year-old detainee after ICE confirmed her ovarian cyst but failed to outline a plan for surgery. The post Minnesota woman detained by ICE in El Paso still denied ovarian cyst surgery, congresswoman says appeared first on El Paso Matters.