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Month: May 2025

Local high school graduate among 11% of applicants to be accepted to US Naval Academy

By Rett Nelson Click here for updates on this story     IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — After months of filing paperwork, Crew Belnap couldn’t be happier that his United States Naval Academy application was approved. The 18-year-old Hillcrest High School graduate is headed to Annapolis, Maryland, on June 26 to begin basic training. The academic year

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration on nationwide from terminating the legal status that allows foreign students to study at colleges and universities in the US. The preliminary injunction issued by US District Judge Jeffrey White of the federal district court in San Francisco is the

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El Gobierno de Trump prohíbe a Harvard matricular estudiantes internacionales

Por Elizabeth Wolfe, Samantha Waldenberg, Karina Tsui y Helen Regan, CNN La administración Trump revocó el jueves la capacidad de la Universidad de Harvard para inscribir estudiantes internacionales, lo que supone un duro castigo para la institución de élite por negarse a ceder ante las demandas políticas de la administración. “Harvard ya no puede matricular

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Federal judge halts Trump administration ban on Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

By Andy Rose, Elizabeth Wolfe, Samantha Waldenberg, Karina Tsui and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s ban on Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. US District Court Judge Allison Burroughs ruled hours after the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college filed suit Friday. Harvard argued revocation of

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1,115 service members deploying to southern border to support U.S. Northern Command

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S Northern Command officials say that 1,115 service members have been approved to deploy to the southern border to support the command’s engineering, medical, and operational efforts. There will be approximately 65 Joint Individual Augmentees from several military branches, 250 soldiers from an Expeditionary Sustainment Command to coordinate logistics, 140

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Even hippos, elephants and monkeys are fleeing bloody gang violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa province

By Gabriela Frias and Daniela Patiño, CNN (CNN) — Organized crime and violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has forced a local sanctuary to close and transfer at least 700 animals – including elephants, tigers, lions, ostriches, chickens, monkeys, crocodiles, and hippos – to a new location 212 kilometers (approximately 131 miles) away. The

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