The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case brought by various groups and state and local officials challenging a Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use public benefits, such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. The rule, issued by the Trump administration
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EL PASO, Texas – Riding high on a 9 game winning streak, the UTEP women’s basketball team was supposed to take care of business against Florida Atlantic Sunday. Unfortunately no one told the Owls, who built a 17-point first half lead and held on for a 67-62 victory at the Don Haskins Center to snap
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Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud, is suing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell. The company is seeking about $1.3 billion in damages for Lindell’s numerous unfounded public statements by allies of former President Donald Trump that Dominion rigged its machines in
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to a Trump administration rule barring federally funded health care providers in the Title X family planning program from referring patients for abortions. Lower courts have split on the Trump administration’s regulation, which critics call a “gag rule” and is currently in effect in most
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Boris Johnson has set out his four-step roadmap to take England out of lockdown. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. All being well, Johnson’s government is hopeful that most of the economy will be able to open
Continue Reading Disney+ is warning viewers that some episodes of “The Muppet Show” feature “negative depictions” and “mistreatment of people or cultures.” The variety show, which ran for 120 episodes in the 1970s and features puppet characters interacting with celebrity guests, was added to Disney’s streaming service last week. Viewers are being shown the warning label before
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The city of Aurora, Colorado, is set to release on Monday an investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old Black man who died after he was put in a chokehold by police and injected with ketamine in August 2019. The investigative team is expected to present its findings, including a timeline and review
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Click here for updates on this story NEWCASTLE, CA (KCRA) — An animal sanctuary near Auburn is suffering a major loss. Dozens of its creatures died in an early morning barn fire Sunday. “I saw that it was 3:30 in the morning … so I held my breath when I answered the phone,” said Melyssa
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EL PASO, Texas – All eyes in college football are on New Mexico State, as the Aggies are the lone FBS football team to play a spring season. Unfortunately, the spotlight may been a little bright yesterday as the Aggies underwhelmed in their spring opener. Playing in their first game in 450 days, New Mexico
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNKIRK, MD (WBAL) — Many people have taken up new hobbies during the coronavirus pandemic, but how about looking for lost treasure? Two Maryland men who call themselves amateur relic hunters are using old maps and good instinct to do just that. In backcountry parts of southern Anne
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(CNN Español) — Paraguay empezó este lunes la campaña de vacunación contra el covid-19. Serán 2.000 trabajadores de la salud quienes recibirán la vacuna Sputnik V durante esta primera etapa. El propio ministro de Salud, Julio Mazzoleni, aplicó la histórica primera dosis en el país. MIRA: Así va la vacunación contra covid-19 en Latinoamérica Mirian Arrúa,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, MS (WAPT) — During the winter storm and water crisis, many people have stepped in and helped out, including two sisters who helped feed hot meals to over 1,000 people in need. Valerie and Sharon Brown, with the help of their brother, Chef David Brown, packed hot
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a defamation case that the adult movie actress known as Stormy Daniels filed against former President Donald Trump, leaving in place lower court rulings that went against her. In court papers, Daniels — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford — said that she agreed to cooperate
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISHAWAKA, IN (WBND) — Made in Michiana is back again to introduce a home grown- international book company! Better World Books taking their story telling to a whole new level. “Not too many people know about Better World Books despite having served 100 million customers, we ship to
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Brooke Shields is staying positive after breaking her leg. The former supermodel shared a video on Instagram of herself walking through the hospital on crutches. Shields did not say how she got hurt. “Broke my femur,” she wrote in the caption. “Beginning to mend. No matter what your challenge is, make a positive choice, for
Continue Reading Singer Stevie Wonder is moving to Ghana. The iconic, award-winning performer spoke to Oprah Winfrey in an interview explaining his decision, citing the political turmoil in the United States. “I wanna see this nation smile again. And I want to see it before I leave to travel to move to Ghana because I’m going to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — While high school football games are back on in Washington and soon in Oregon, not all schools have the same opportunity to return to play. “For all of the trouble that we went through, for it to just fall apart at the end? It’s
Continue Reading Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” got its own “Saturday Night Live” sketch this weekend, with the singer calling it the “best birthday present ever.” Rodrigo, who was posting Instagram stories of the sketch playing on her TV, also tweeted “DRIVERS LICENSE SNL SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IM SHAKING.” The sketch centered around a
Continue Reading Jim Carrey is a painter, cartoonist and sketcher in his spare time, using the mediums the last couple of years to speak out against the Trump administration. The actor says he’s now taking a break from posting the political messages, explaining that he’s taking some time to breathe after crossing “an ocean of outrage.” “Hey
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — 17-year old Maggie Pennington jumped at the chance nearly two years ago when the Boy Scouts program was re-branded as Scouts BSA and young women were invited to join for the first time. “I’m very grateful for all the opportunities Scouts BSA has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGEBURG, SC (WLOS) — Family members are asking the public for help locating 37-year-old Christina Eckler of Sumter, after she went missing in Orangeburg earlier this month. Officials at the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety (ODPS) say Eckler was last seen at the Motel 6 on US 301
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV/KSMO) — As districts start the process of returning to in-person learning, more teachers are asking for the COVID vaccine. Starting Monday, elementary students who have major connectivity issues, and those at-risk of not completing the grade level will be learning from the classrooms. It
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — At last, Merrick Garland gets his Senate confirmation hearing. Garland is testifying Monday before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of a two-day hearing as President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee. It’s a hearing five years in the making, after Garland became the poster child for the Republican blockade
Continue Reading The last 12 months have been tolling for Linda Harris, who lives in a small Southwest Georgia city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m tired of losing grandparents, grandmamas, granddaddys and some of our small children, too.” Back-to-back funerals and a marathon proved to be deadly, as the virus quickly spread throughout Albany, Georgia.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — The family of a beloved 84-year-old grandmother who froze to death during the horrific winter storm is speaking out on the conditions of her death and hope to find who ransacked her apartment shortly after. Mary Gee’s granddaughter Nicale Spencer said police discovered Gee’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Houston, TX (KTRK) — One person was killed and two others were seriously injured during what investigators called an illicit underground car meet Sunday night in northwest Harris County. It happened around 9:35 p.m. along the Highway 290 feeder road near W. Little York. One driver in a
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WASHINGTON, DC — In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court’s action is the apparent culmination of a lengthy legal battle that had already reached the high court
Continue Reading Londres (CNN) — Boris Johnson está listo para anunciar su hoja de ruta largamente esperada para sacar a Inglaterra del confinamiento, confirmaron funcionarios del gobierno británico a CNN el lunes por la mañana. El país ha estado en confinamiento nacional completo desde el 4 de enero después de que se encontraron nuevas variantes de coronavirus
Continue Reading At last, Merrick Garland gets his Senate confirmation hearing. Five years ago, Garland became the poster child for the Republican blockade of an open Supreme Court seat in the final year of President Barack Obama’s term when Senate Republicans denied even a hearing to the Supreme Court nominee. Now Garland gets another chance to go
Continue Reading Republican Sen. Susan Collins will vote against the nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget, dealing another blow to her chances of being confirmed after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced his opposition last week. Collins, a moderate from Maine, was seen as a potential Republican vote following
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