Month: May 2023

ROYAL OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a dilapidated greenhouse at a Northern California nursery was home to dozens of farmworkers and their families who were living in tiny and unsafe dwellings with no ventilation. Nick Pasculli is a spokesperson for Monterey County. He says officials found 62 substandard dwellings inside the greenhouse in the

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s budget deficit is now nearly $32 billion. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday updated his plan to cover that deficit. He proposed no major tax increases or spending cuts on core programs. His plan would cut spending by about $10.6 billion. The rest would come from

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve governor Philip Jefferson said Friday that inflation remains too high and there has been “little progress” made toward bringing it down to the central bank’s 2% target, a pessimistic assessment given signs in a report earlier this week that price increases might be slowing.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge’s ruling striking down a federal law that bans licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 is the latest example of how a landmark Supreme Court decision is transforming the legal landscape around firearms. The

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 17-year-old boy from Honduras died this week in U.S. immigration custody. The death underscores concerns about a strained immigration system as the Biden administration manages the end of asylum restrictions known as Title 42. The teenager was identified by a Honduran official as Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail hundreds of bills, including on gun control, gender-affirming care and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures. Democrats control the Statehouse in Oregon. But the GOP is leveraging

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — As changing policies, rampant misinformation and exasperated, fearful crowds converge in this desert city, faith leaders are striving to provide shelter and uplift. Along with prayers, they are counseling migrants about the daunting challenges that await them on U.S. soil, with enormous backlogs in asylum

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON W.Va. (AP) — An off-duty deputy sheriff in West Virginia who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with his police cruiser last year will not face criminal charges.  Special Prosecutor for Cabell County Mark Sorsaia determined the “tragic loss” of 13-year-old Jacqueline “Laney” Hudson n December 2022 was a