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A former one-term Republican lawmaker who lost his reelection primary in a landslide after splitting with the party over abortion rights and transgender health care is running for the Oregon House again, this time as an Independent. Charlie Conrad, a former police officer from rural Lane County, announced his run for Oregon’s 12th House District […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced Friday. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full […]

As federal authorities face questions over a recent death inside an ICE detention facility in El Paso, community and religious leaders joined human rights groups to condemn the alarming escalation of immigration enforcement. The post ICE custody death, immigration raids in El Paso spark calls to action, pleas for enforcement without cruelty appeared first on El Paso Matters.

A female agricultural expert and former university agricultural professor is suing large seed-growing corporation Nutrien, the Montana Seedgrowers Association, the Hilldale Hutterite Colony in Havre, and one of its members because she said it’s a well-kept industry secret that Hutterite men present a danger to women, and she was sexually assaulted at work, despite multiple […]

WASHINGTON — The first year of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House was defined by clashes with the judiciary branch, as the president and his administration pushed forward with an aggressive immigration agenda. In the past year, the Trump administration has aimed to drastically change immigration policy in the United States, including by stripping […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced Friday. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full […]

法国世界报驻华记者普伊耶周五在该报发表的文章报道了中国电子烟行业所处的困境：在中国，生产电子烟的企业不仅被禁止与本土烟草竞争，而且现在还被要求结束产能过剩。 相关的文章写道，主要面向出口的中国电子烟行业，存在严重的产能过剩。中国政府担心电子烟会威胁到国家烟草专卖制度，因此对电子烟行业采取了罕见严厉的干预措施。

法國世界報駐華記者普伊耶周五在該報發表的文章報道了中國電子煙行業所處的困境：在中國，生產電子煙的企業不僅被禁止與本土煙草競爭，而且現在還被要求結束產能過剩。 相關的文章寫道，主要面向出口的中國電子煙行業，存在嚴重的產能過剩。中國政府擔心電子煙會威脅到國家煙草專賣制度，因此對電子煙行業採取了罕見嚴厲的干預措施。

From national comedy tours and Broadway-style musicals to crab feeds and hat decorating, this weekend in Stockton and nearby cities brings a mix of entertainment, food and fun for all ages. Things to do in Stockton Jan. 16–18: Jo Koy comedy, Restaurant Week, Freaky Friday musical, and more is a story from Stocktonia News, a rigorous and factual newsroom covering Greater Stockton, California. Please consider making a charitable contribution to support our journalism.

La justicia decretó la internación provisoria de dos adolescentes, de 14 y 17 años, como autores del homicidio de Vicente Alexander Sepúlveda Rodríguez, de 19 años. De acuerdo con los antecedentes, los hechos ocurrieron el pasado 12 de enero en una vivienda de la comuna de San Clemente, región del Maule, cuando los imputados se … Continua leyendo "Adolescentes manipularon arma durante reunión en casa y joven (19) murió: 2 menores internados en CIP" The post Adolescentes manipularon arma durante reunión en casa y joven (19) murió: 2 menores internados en CIP appeared first on BioBioChile.

For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the 200-nautical-mile limits of national jurisdiction, it was governed by custom, fragmented rules, and the assumption that what lay far offshore was too vast to manage and too resilient to exhaust. That assumption has worn thin. On January 17th […]

Zee Wilcox, who is running for Texas House, was removed from the GOP primary for using the wrong form when filing.

(The Center Square) – San Francisco is getting new state funding for homelessness and mental health services. Speaking Friday at a San Francisco event titled "Treatments, Not Tents," Gov. Gavin Newsom said this will build on the state’s recent 9% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. “Extraordinary progress is being made in San Francisco,” Newsom, a Democrat, told reporters at a news conference with Mayor Daniel Lurie. “It’s not just the data that’s presented, people are feeling it again, they’re experiencing it again, and that’s the most difficult perhaps thing to move, and that’s perception, and no one has done that more effectively than Mayor Lurie.” The state is giving $419 million to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego as part of the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention program. HHAP is designed to assist local efforts to end homelessness through support services as well as interim and permanent housing. These funds add to those from Proposition 1, a voter-approved initiative to help communities in their efforts to combat housing, mental, and behavioral health problems. Of the $419 million, $328.8 million will go to Los Angeles. San Diego will receive $50,9 million. And $39.9 million will go to San Francisco, where Mayor Lurie, a Democrat who describes himself as a centrist, said the city is already “changing its approach to homelessness” to get people off the street and on a path to stability. “We launched our Breaking the Cycle plan to bring together health services, social services, law enforcement and emergency responders,” said Lurie. “We combined nine different neighborhood outreach teams into one, breaking down silos and increasing shelter placements by 40% this past year.” Lurie also pointed to new legislation that moves families living in RVs into housing and restores public spaces. “Just this past year, we opened 600 new treatment-focused beds so people on the street can get inside and get help,” said Lurie. “In December, we reached a record low number of encampments, down 44% over the prior year.” Lurie said the new resources from the state are “crucial,” whether it is Proposition One, HHAP dollars or funding to make sure freeway off-ramps and on-ramps are clean. “So, governor, thank you for providing us with real money that funds real solutions for people exiting homelessness throughout our community,” said Lurie.

La blusa de volantes de Zara demuestra que los pequeños detalles son los que realmente marcan la diferencia en un look.

El regreso de Trump acelera un acuerdo histórico entre la UE y Mercosur: comercio, geopolítica y supervivencia en un mundo hostil.

Dinamarca y las autoridades groenlandesas han rechazado cualquier escenario de compra, anexión o control forzado, y han subrayado que el futuro de la isla debe decidirlo su propia población. El enviado especial de EE UU viajará a la isla ártica en marzo.

Según las autoridades, el contenido de la obra era susceptible de “incitar al odio hacia la población israelí”, según un informe del Ministerio de Justicia.

(The Center Square) – The Goldwater Institute and the Idaho Freedom Foundation sent a letter this week urging Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador to investigate whether state colleges and universities are complying with a law banning mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Idaho was the first state to adopt the Freedom from Indoctrination Act. The law prohibits public universities from requiring students to take courses with DEI ideology. Exceptions are limited to specific degree programs, such as ethnic, gender or racial studies. Goldwater Institute, which is based in Phoenix, alleges that Boise State University, Idaho State University and the University of Idaho are using "backdoor" methods to maintain these mandates. Parker Jackson, an attorney for the Goldwater Institute, in an exclusive interview with The Center Square, said universities across the country are finding clever ways to get around these laws, such as changing course names, altering office titles or playing games with statutory language while keeping the DEI substance intact. “Most students don’t go to college for politics. They go to become professionals in their chosen fields without being dragged into ideological battles,” Jackson said. According to the Goldwater Institute, the State Board of Education issued guidance that improperly expands exceptions to the law in two ways: 1) Redefining the language of "derived from" DEI to apply only to courses where 90% or more of the material focuses on DEI. 2) Allowing programs such as counseling, social work and anthropology to mandate DEI courses if their descriptions mention DEI, despite the law requiring exceptions to be based on the degree's formal title. “The law prohibits public universities from mandating courses, trainings or programs that are derived from or promote the tenets of critical theory or diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Parker Jackson, an attorney for the Goldwater Institute, told The Center Square in an exclusive interview. A draft audit obtained by Boise State Public Radio indicated that the state’s major universities have "largely adhered" to the anti-DEI laws, identifying only a few instances of non-compliance. Jennifer White, executive director of the Idaho State Board of Education, said the institutions take the legislature’s direction seriously. “Work will be ongoing, but we are pleased that the audit identified only a few matters of concern,” White said. Jackson disagrees. “The law is designed to do two things: first, to stop taxpayer funding of toxic ideologies that promote discrimination on the basis of race and sex; and second, to prevent public universities from forcing these ideologies onto unsuspecting students just as the condition of graduation.” The Center Square reached out to Boise State University, Idaho State University, the University of Idaho and the Idaho State Board of Education, but has yet to receive a response.

John Forté, a Grammy-nominated musician best known for his work with the Fugees, was found dead at his Massachusetts home at age 50, according to police. The post Grammy-nominated musician John Forté found dead at 50 in Massachusetts home appeared first on The Haitian Times.

The international firm, Foster + Partners, is tasked with adding a contemporary, sustainable west wing to the San Diego Museum of Art.