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Under pressure over border, Biden admin grants protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

BY REBECCA SANTANA AND ELLIOT SPAGATUpdated 5:42 PM PDT, September 20, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration announced late Wednesday that it was granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country. The move to give Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July

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2 police officers being investigated after telling a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online

CNN By Jessica Xing, Jillian Sykes and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of

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Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus

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James ‘Gypsy’ Haake, Trixie Mattel, & Ethylina Canne announced as 2023 Palm Springs Pride Parade grand marshals

Greater Palm Springs Pride announced today that 91-year-old James “Gypsy” Haake, one of the oldest living drag queens in the world, will be recognized as the 2023 Pride Parade Grand Marshal. “The oldest living drag queen embodies the history and evolution of drag culture, serving as a living testament to the struggles and triumphs of

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Under pressure over border, Biden admin grants protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it was granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere to arrive at the U.S.

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Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of ‘I can’t breathe,’ prosecutors say

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the Black man was injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative and died, prosecutors said Wednesday, as a trial began over the 2019 confrontation that became

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McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed Wednesday he would not give up trying to persuade his colleagues to pass a temporary funding bill to prevent a federal government shutdown. But lawmakers watching

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McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options

By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed Wednesday he would not give up trying to persuade his colleagues to pass a temporary funding bill to prevent a federal government shutdown. But lawmakers watching

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Trump launches his fall push in Iowa to lock in his lead before the first Republican caucuses

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump began a fall press Wednesday to lock in thousands of Republican caucusgoers in early-voting Iowa, where the former president faces sky-high expectations in his campaign for a White House comeback. Having campaigned far less often in Iowa than many of his 2024 rivals, Trump

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Federal appeals court reverses ruling that found Mississippi discriminated in mental health care

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found Mississippi relies too much on institutionalizing people with mental health conditions rather than providing care in their communities. The decision came Wednesday from three judges on the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of

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Person in car with license plate allegedly connected to suspect in Illinois killings dies after trying to elude police, authorities say

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — A person inside a car with a license plate allegedly connected to the shooting deaths of a family of four in their Illinois home last weekend died Wednesday after trying to elude police in Oklahoma, officials said. The male, whom authorities haven’t positively identified, crashed the vehicle while police

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2 police officers being investigated after telling a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online

By Jessica Xing, Jillian Sykes and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The police chief in Columbus, Ohio, is condemning an incident in which two officers told a father his 11-year-old daughter could face child porn charges for sending images to a man online. Chief Elaine Bryant said as soon as the department learned of the

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