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The lasting impact of Trump's immigration crackdown on Chicago students
CHICAGO — When President Donald Trump took office and declared Chicago “ground zero” for the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, Alma Duran, 43, said her 10-year-old twins asked why their classes at an elementary school in Pilsen were deserted.
She told them some kids and parents were scared to come in for fear of getting ...Read more
Rural Kentucky site among 31 additions to National Underground Railroad Network
A historic Kentucky site has joined the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, which commemorates the stories of people who freed themselves or were helped by others to escape enslavement.
The site, located in rural Greenup County near the present-day community of Lynn, is the place where, on Aug. 14...Read more
They voted for Trump and now their son is in ICE detention
LUMPKIN, Ga. — Just 2 miles away from a sprawling South Georgia immigrant jail sits El Refugio, a hospitality house where the loved ones of immigrant detainees can find free meals and lodging.
People come from across the South, and beyond, to visit their loved ones in this remote area of the state that is home to the Stewart Detention Center ...Read more
Commentary: The national security risk in the FDA's push for natural dyes
The FDA is quietly steering the U.S. food system toward replacing synthetic food dyes with “natural” alternatives. At first glance, this seems like progress — cleaner labels and better public perception.
But beneath this health halo lies a serious risk: replacing domestically produced synthetic dyes with colorants sourced from ...Read more
In a bid to blunt gentrification after fire in Altadena, nonprofits look to buy burned lots
LOS ANGELES -- Eshele Williams always believed she'd eventually own the home she rented in Altadena's historic Janes Village neighborhood.
The 1920s cottage was where she brought her son Brayden home from the hospital and where she held backyard parties for birthdays or whatever anniversary family and friends wanted to celebrate. Her mom lived ...Read more
Indigenous tribes pitted against each other over a state bill to redefine land protection in California
LOS ANGELES — In the last year, the Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation has worked to protect its cultural sites from more than 850 land development projects around the Los Angeles Basin, thanks to a 2014 state law that allows tribes to give input during projects’ environmental review processes.
Now, its chief fears that a ...Read more
Covered California pushes for better health care as federal spending cuts loom
Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate — and on her mind.
California’s Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange covers nearly 2 million residents and 89% of them receive federal...Read more
GOP lawmakers seek to ban pride flags, stirring tensions with liberal cities
BOISE, Idaho — The day the flag bill came up for a vote in the Idaho Senate this spring, state Sen. Melissa Wintrow had no plans to speak against it. As the top Democratic leader in her chamber, she had already spent the legislative session in constant, vocal opposition to the Republican-dominated legislative agenda.
“I thought: ‘Oh, this...Read more
NC House OKs expanding Republican auditor's powers to hire, fire and investigate
The North Carolina House on Tuesday passed a bill expanding the powers of the state auditor, a typically low-profile office that Republican lawmakers have repeatedly sought to embolden since November, when it was won by a Republican for the first time in 16 years.
“It ensures the state auditor can do the job the voters elected him to do: ...Read more
Jurors hear of frantic effort to save Davis stabbing victim at trial's second day
Jurors listened Tuesday to the frantic moments a physician and a Davis police officer tried to save Karim Abou Najm as he lay dying on a Sycamore Park bicycle trail.
The wrenching recording culled from the officer’s body camera concluded the second morning of Carlos Reales Dominguez’s murder trial in Yolo Superior Court in Woodland, now in ...Read more
Michigan House targets 'foreign influence' in effort to ban TikTok on state-owned devices
LANSING, Mich. — The state House approved bills Tuesday that would ban entities connected to Russia and China from purchasing farmland in Michigan and prohibit digital applications created in those countries from being accessed on government-issued electronic devices.
The eight-bill package was intended to promote national security, its ...Read more
UC Berkeley student paralyzed from the waist down after a fall at frat party
A UC Berkeley student just weeks away from graduating became paralyzed from the waist down after a recent fall at a university fraternity event.
Bandna Bhatti's family told KTVU that on April 19, Bhatti fell from a stairway at Phi Kappa Tau on Piedmont Avenue. She was found 15 minutes later but didn't know how bad her injuries were; 911 was ...Read more
Disgraced Boston city councilor's guilty plea leaves colleagues scrambling to restore trust
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson’s guilty plea to federal corruption charges is another strike against a Council that has been tarred by ethical and legal lapses of late and left her colleagues scrambling to restore the public’s trust.
Council President Ruthzee Louijeune said Monday that she was “committed” to working to �...Read more
5 Venezuelan opposition leaders rescued from Argentinian Embassy in Caracas
Five Venezuelan opposition leaders who had been trapped inside the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas have been rescued and are now safely in the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday night.
“The U.S. welcomes the successful rescue of all hostages held by the Maduro regime at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas,” ...Read more
Feds' latest tool in push to curb immigration: Workers' tax IDs
For hundreds of thousands of immigrants without permanent legal status, a nine-digit number from the Internal Revenue Service serves as a lifeline.
The Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, allows individuals without Social Security numbers to work for contractors and pay taxes.
But a recent agreement between the revenue service ...Read more
SpaceX sends up latest Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral
ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX knocked off its latest Cape Canaveral mission on Tuesday night.
A Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites lifted off at 9:17 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.
The first-stage booster for the mission flew for the seventh time with a recovery landing downrange in the Atlantic on ...Read more
India, Pakistan trade military strikes after Kashmir attack
India conducted targeted military strikes against Pakistan, which said it shot down five Indian jets in retaliation, in widely expected tit-for-tat blows after a militant attack last month in Kashmir that killed 26 people.
India said in a statement early Wednesday that it conducted “a precise and restrained response” that was “designed to...Read more
NC House passes bill curbing minors' access to confidential mental health, STD care
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A bill limiting when minors can consent to medical treatment without parental involvement passed the North Carolina House, with every Republican who voted supporting it and all but four Democrats who voted opposing it.
Rep. Jennifer Balkcom, a Hendersonville Republican, said the bill upheld the “essential role of parents ...Read more
India, Pakistan trade military strikes after Kashmir attack
India conducted targeted military strikes against Pakistan, which said it shot down five Indian jets in retaliation, in widely expected tit-for-tat blows after a militant attack last month in Kashmir that killed 26 people.
India said in a statement early Wednesday that it conducted “a precise and restrained response” that was “designed to...Read more
Bessent, Greer to meet China to start trade talks this week
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will travel later this week to Switzerland for trade talks with China led by Vice Premier He Lifeng, jump-starting negotiations between the two nations.
The travel was announced in statements Tuesday from the Chinese and U.S. governments. It will ...Read more
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