urielblanco (CNN) — El plan de la Unión Europea para reformar la gestión de la migración irregular logró superar este miércoles un obstáculo clave: el Parlamento Europeo votó un paquete de medidas que cambiará radicalmente la forma en que el bloque aborda el enorme número de personas que a menudo buscan asilo huyendo de conflictos
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is urging lawmakers to pass her $6.3 billion budget proposal that boosts spending on a new school voucher program. But she stopped short of making new policy proposals as she delivered her first state of the state address. The Republican
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twelve years after a hacker stole personal information from 3.6 million people through South Carolina tax returns, the state’s top police officer says he thinks he knows who did it. But State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel isn’t ready to name a name and has
Continue ReadingOpinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — The Biden administration has found a way to give student loan borrowers some relief. On Friday, it announced that, through its existing student loan forgiveness programs, it will be canceling another round of student debt for 227,000 borrowers — a total of $7.4 billion. This is despite the best attempts by
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nominee who could become the first Muslim American to serve as a federal appellate court judge is fighting back against characterizations of his work by law enforcement groups that are jeopardizing his nomination. The White House and Senate allies have doubled down in their efforts to
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) reportó este miércoles una cifra récord de 6.964 casos de dengue en la República Dominicana en lo que va del 2024. Para este año, el panorama en esta materia es poco alentador, según el viceministro de Salud Colectiva del país, Eladio Pérez, ya
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By Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore is considering closing and merging a handful of its congregations as part of a larger effort to reimagine Catholic life and ministry in Baltimore City. Parishioners whose churches are on the chopping block are speaking up ahead
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, California (KCRA) — A horse has died after running onto a road and getting hit by a deputy’s patrol unit in San Joaquin County, according to the sheriff’s office. The collision happened Tuesday evening on Escalon Bellota Road just south of Skiff
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story RANCHO CORDOVA, California (KCRA) — A 7-year-old girl was stabbed by a neighbor in Rancho Cordova on Tuesday night, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the 2800 block of La Loma Drive around 7:15 p.m. Officials said the 7-year-old victim was
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN Español) — El presidente Javier Milei dejó en claro lo que piensa sobre su política monetaria para los próximos meses. Durante su alocución el 26 de marzo en el cierre de IEFA Latam Forum, un foro empresario, afirmó que su Gobierno cancelará toda emisión de pesos y que la economía deberá proveerse de
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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new study found. With the world getting warmer due to human-made climate change, that number is expected to rise. The study, published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology,
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A joyful celebration of the end of Ramadan devolved into panic Wednesday in Philadelphia after rival groups exchanged gunfire, leaving at least three people injured and hundreds of parents and children to flee in search of safety. The annual Eid al-Fitr event, held outside a large mosque
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion is coming up short. The measure fell shy of a two-thirds majority in the Maine House on Tuesday night, failing to clear the hurdle for sending the amendment to voters for ratification. Both chambers have to
Continue ReadingBy Joan Murray Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — A distraught husband is pleading for help after his wife was hit by a driver in Miramar over the weekend and left on the side of the road. Onyxia Delinois, 26, was out early Saturday morning running with the Miramar Run
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is directing nearly a million dollars in grant funding to expand summer meal sites for low-income kids. It is an effort that advocates welcome, with worries that it won’t be enough to alleviate the barriers to access that were addressed by a separate federal
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit to the United States, where he’ll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as the libertarian leader seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina’s embattled economy. Milei started his four-day trip in Miami, where he received
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — “Kill the bill, not the kids!” That’s what opponents chanted in the Tennessee state Senate gallery Tuesday as lawmakers debated before passing a bill that would allow teachers and staff in K-12 public schools to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds. The state Senate passed SB
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan pair of senators have introduced legislation aimed at strengthening federal efforts to counter antisemitism. The bill – S 4091 or the Countering Antisemitism Act – is sponsored by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma. Under the legislation, the President would
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general is suing two Texas-based natural gas companies over soaring prices during Winter Storm Uri in 2021. Republican Gentner Drummond filed both lawsuits Wednesday in Osage County, Oklahoma. The defendants in the lawsuits are Dallas-based ET Gathering & Processing and Houston-based Symmetry Energy Solutions. ET acquired Enable Midstream Partners
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency announced new limits on certain types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. PFAS is a large family of chemicals and they’ve been used to make nonstick pans and waterproof clothing over many decades. Scientific evidence of their harms, however, has accumulated in recent years. As a
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