Associated Press Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. The coalition filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, saying in court filings that
Continue Reading TYLER, Texas (AP) — Texas and other GOP-led states sue over Biden program aiming to give legal status to immigrant spouses of US citizens.
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El Paso, TX, August 15, 2024 – The Alzheimer’s Association announced the launch of a new Dementia Care Navigation Service. The Alzheimer’s Association and Ripple, a dementia care specialist company, is a new service that provides personalized support for people living with dementia and their caregivers through their dementia journey. Dementia Care Navigation Service include:● A dedicated
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By Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against the real estate company RealPage, alleging the company’s software uses landlord data to artificially inflate the price of rent across the United States by quelling competition in the market. According to the complaint, the Texas-based company uses
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Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Officials and media reports say two female journalists were killed in a Turkish airstrike that hit their car in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. The journalists worked for a local Kurdish media company, according to local media outlet Roj News and an official in Sulaimaniyah province who spoke on
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland police officer has been convicted of charges that he joined a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and hurled a smoke bomb and other objects at police officers guarding a tunnel entrance. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden heard two days of trial testimony without a
Continue Reading BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from a migrant boat capsizing on the border between Serbia and Bosnia has risen to 11. Serbian police said that a man’s body has been pulled out of the Drina River. The boat capsized on Thursday. The body was found on Friday on the Bosnian side of the
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By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Multiple Secret Service personnel from the Pittsburgh Field Office and one member of Donald Trump’s security detail involved in the advance planning for Trump’s July 13 rally have been reassigned to administrative duties and ordered to work from home, a source familiar with the matter tells
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Snipers from Russia’s National Guard on Friday killed four inmates who had stabbed four prison guards to death and briefly held others as hostages while declaring allegiance to the Islamic State group. The Federal Prison Service said that four inmates took eight prison guards and four inmates hostage. It said they stabbed
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This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Adam Sandler’s first comedy special since 2018, Ryan Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” comes to Peacock, and DJ and dance producer Zedd is back with an album after nearly a decade. Emma Stone gives a performance worth watching in “Kinds of Kindness,” her latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, and
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, Nikki Carvajal and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Friday unveiled a massive tranche of sanctions in the latest effort to target Russia’s war machine and President Joe Biden announced additional aid for Kyiv as the war in Ukraine continues. The sanctions from the US Treasury and State Departments hit nearly 400 people
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices. The lawsuit, filed alongside attorneys general in states including North Carolina and California, alleges the company is violating antitrust laws
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By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — The importance of sleep for overall health cannot be overstated — it improves mood, boosts energy and lowers disease risk, to name just a few benefits. Yet many people struggle to achieve restful nights. In the United States, 39% of adults ages 45 to 64 report not getting enough
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages. Right now, most experts envision three quarter-point Fed cuts — in September, November and December — though even
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The second season of “Pachinko” — opening Friday — delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan during colonial rule and their descendants, exploring themes of home and identity through several generations. The award-winning series is based on a New York Times bestselling novel. It returns
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Bud Sanders, aka “Elvis” takes his job of making people smile seriously
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With anger over the war in Gaza simmering, Vice President Kamala Harris tried to defuse one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party on the biggest political stage of her life. Her remarks Thursday night in her speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination hewed closely to previous statements
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — La Convención Nacional Demócrata cerró el jueves con un encendido discurso de Kamala Harris, quien apostará a aprovechar el impulso de los últimos cuatro días para convertirse en la primera mujer negra de origen inmigrante en llegar al Salón Oval. Aunque el foco de la Convención estuvo puesto en reivindicar a
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — You may want to avoid the Beyhive today, as it is buzzing and ready to sting. There was heightened excitement among many heading into the final night of the Democratic National Convention, not just because Vice President Kamala Harris was set to accept the party’s nomination, but because of hope the woman
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The husband of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, a 28-year-old Virginia mother who has been missing for over three weeks, is accused of killing her inside their home and dragging her body outside, court documents obtained by CNN affiliate WJLA show. Naresh Bhatt faces a felony charge of prohibition against concealment
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By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — A pursuit suspect decided to make a phone call instead of surrendering to officers during a standoff on the 118 Freeway Thursday night. The strange interaction happened at about 6:45 p.m. after the suspect drove away from a burglary in
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — After a grueling two years of high inflation and elevated interest rates, Americans are finally set for some relief: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered his strongest affirmation yet that a rate cut is coming next month. But the size of that relief remains an open
Continue Reading Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two freelance journalists in the strife-torn nation of Myanmar have been killed, one allegedly after being captured, when security forces raided the home of one of them in the southern state of Mon. Win Htut Oo, a 26-year-old freelancer working for the Democratic Voice of Burma, an online and broadcast
Continue Reading By Olivia Leach Click here for updates on this story NORTH TEXAS (KTVT) — Alecia Gunn recalls her wedding day as the happiest day of her life. “Him coming into my life was a big deal for me,” she said, reflecting on her time with husband Willie Gunn before he tragically became one of five
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur.PersonalBirth date: September 10, 1964Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma YunFather: Ma LaifaMother: Cui WencaiMarriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three)Education: Hangzhou Teachers College, 1988; Cheung
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The dramatic change at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket unleashed a flood of donations to the campaign account Kamala Harris inherited from Joe Biden, swamping even Donald Trump’s strongest fundraising days, a CNN analysis of newly filed campaign reports shows. Over the three-day
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By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Alex Nelke and Ola Forsmark never forgot that evening together in Thailand. Eyes meeting across the dancefloor. Drinking on the beach side by side. Attempting to climb a mountain in the middle of the night. Swimming in the dark. Laughing together as they ran across the sandy beaches. “I
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On May 28, 2020, Associated Press photographer Julio Cortez got a call asking him to head to Minneapolis from the East Coast. What he saw on the ground was unlike any protest he’d ever covered. It was then that he knew something had shifted in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Continue Reading By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s top central banker has unambiguously signaled that lower interest rates are finally on the horizon, marking a crucial milestone for the Federal Reserve’s historic — and, so far, successful — inflation fight. “The time has come for policy to adjust,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in prepared
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision glide bombs provided by the United States to carry out strikes in Russia’s Kursk region. It also claimed to have recaptured some territory in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Russia launched a large offensive in the spring. Ukraine’s forces have gained new
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