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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans were on track Thursday to pass a sweeping bill to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden’s policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemic
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Attaching Taylor Swift’s name to almost anything can, apparently, make it a hit. Thus is the case the forthcoming book, “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023.” It has already become an Amazon best seller because some believe the superstar singer is the secret author. A document allegedly from the publisher
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health-related visits to emergency departments rose sharply among children and adolescents. A new report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows signs of improvement, but poor mental health remains a “substantial public health problem,” especially among teen girls. CDC researchers tracked
Continue ReadingBy WCCO STAFF Click here for updates on this story LAKEVILLE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A WCCO viewer captured a delightful spring scene on camera Wednesday. Myles Sturlaugson found a family of foxes frolicking in a Lakeville yard. Watch the video above for a moment of nature merriment. Please note: This content carries a strict local
Continue ReadingBy David Culver, Karol Suarez and Rachel Clarke, CNN On top of the rumbling freight train, the young man says he has been attacked and robbed. There is no shade from the burning sun in the day, nowhere to keep warm in the perishing cold of the night. But still, he says, this brutal journey
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Peloton is recalling more than 2 million of its exercise bikes in the U.S. because the bike’s seat post assembly can break during use, posing fall and injury hazards. The recall includes approximately 2.2 million of the Peloton Bikes Model PL01. The bikes were sold in the U.S. from
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Berra wanted grandpa Yogi remembered as a constant in Most Valuable Player voting before he was a regular in “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations.” “He played his last game on May 9, 1965, and then spent nearly 50 years making commercials and coaching and saying funny
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted — a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay. With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday in hopes of entering the U.S. in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted — a change that many feared could make it more difficult for them to stay. With a midnight deadline looming, migrants in Mexico
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prosecutors have spent the last four weeks painstakingly detailing their case against a woman accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a bizarre doomsday-focused plot. On Thursday morning, Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood gave an impassioned speech to jurors, urging
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN New York City FC has released a first look at the renderings for its plans to build a new 25,000-seat stadium complex in Queens, the first soccer-specific stadium in the city. In addition to the $780 million stadium, the project plans are set to include 40,000 square feet of public open
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) allanó este jueves el camino para que más hombres homosexuales y bisexuales donen sangre al publicar sus nuevas normas basadas en el riesgo para la donación de sangre. A partir de ahora, a los posibles donantes se
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN No job will ever be perfect. But a new survey released by The Conference Board on Thursday found that US employees’ job satisfaction overall is the highest it has ever been since the survey began in 1987. Two key reasons for the record satisfaction level, according to Conference Board researchers: A
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story TYLER, Texas (KTBS) — The southern U.S. border is preparing for an increase in migrants seeking refuge when Title 42 expires Thursday night. Title 42 is a pandemic-era policy instilled by the Trump administration to put a pause on allowing people to cross into the
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Two Latino leaders within the LGBTQ community were honored at Thursday’s Harvey Milk Coachella Valley Diversity Breakfast in Palm Springs. City of San Diego commissioner, Nicole Murray Ramirez, received the Harvey B. Milk Legacy Award. Ramirez has dedicated more than 45 years of his life to social justice for all. From leading protests during the AIDS
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KEITHVILLE, Louisiana (KTBS) — Dr. Ghali E. Ghali made a house call recently to Keithville’s Chimp Haven, the world’s largest chimpanzee sanctuary. Sparky, a 34-year-old male chimpanzee, had sustained a mandibular fracture that required surgery to stabilize and repair. Veterinarians who specialize in the type
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Actor Tom Holland is opening up about how a recent project led to his decision to take a break from drinking. In a interview with EW, Holland revealed he has been sober for over a year after filming the upcoming Apple TV+ crime thriller, “The Crowded Room.” The “Spider-Man” star plays
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A new five-year study conducted by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa reveals alarming predictions about the future of Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve. The study evaluated the impacts of sea-level rise on the preserve. According to the study by UH’s
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By Radina Gigova and Laura Paddison, CNN Wildfires raging in Russia’s Ural Mountains killed at least 21 people and hospitalized several others, state news agency TASS reported on Thursday, quoting officials. The deaths and injuries were reported in the Kurgan region, on the border between the Urals and Siberia. It is one of 12 regions
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week rose to its highest level in a year-and-a-half, though the labor market remains healthy by historical standards. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 6 rose by 22,000 to 264,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s up
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