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Asylum-seeking Honduran mother is still sitting in a Colo. ICE center six months after being detained
Carla Medina was delivering a DoorDash order to Buckley Space Force Base last year when she was detained by federal immigration officials. Six months later, the Honduran mother of two is still sitting in the detention facility in Aurora.
Her husband and children are on edge, and so is Medina. Although her entire family is moving through the ...Read more

Colorado police shot someone every 6 days in 2024, data shows
The first call came from her nephew. Then, news stations started reaching out, asking how she felt that the Aurora police officer responsible for her son’s death had not been charged.
“Right there, I swore to myself at that moment that I would never stop fighting until we got justice,” LaRonda Jones, the mother of Kilyn Lewis, said. “I ...Read more

Trump restores Title X funding for two anti-abortion states -- while wiping it out elsewhere
The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request.
The decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to ...Read more

The number of new apartments is at a 50-year high, but states expect a slowdown
More new apartments were built in 2024 than in any other year since 1974, but the Trump administration’s tariffs and deportations of potential construction workers, plus higher interest rates, could be a wet blanket on the boom.
A U.S. Census Bureau survey found almost 592,000 new apartments were finished last year, the most since the 1970s, ...Read more

23andMe users' genetic data is at risk, state AGs warn
The fate of more than 15 million customers’ genetic data remains in limbo after popular DNA testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March. The data is up for sale, stoking fears about how it might be used and prompting attorneys general from more than a dozen states to warn 23andMe users: Delete your data.
“Your genetic data is your...Read more

Antibody therapy explored by Pitt, other researchers to combat bird flu
While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for humans, researchers continue to hunt for vaccines and treatments in case the virus mutates to spread more easily between animals and humans — or among humans themselves.
A team that includes researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes...Read more

University of Florida names sole finalist in presidential search
The University of Florida announced a sole finalist to be its next president: Santa J. Ono, president of the University of Michigan.
The announcement follows a search that began after former President Ben Sasse resigned last July, citing his wife’s health. After his resignation, reports of a surge in spending on administrative hires and ...Read more

Trump says he plans to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he has ordered the reopening of Alcatraz as a prison to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”
Trump said he’s directing the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, the FBI and Homeland Security to rebuild and substantially enlarge the former maximum security ...Read more

Trump plans 100% tariff on foreign movies, escalating trade war
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on films produced overseas, extending his restrictive trade policies on U.S. imports to the entertainment sector for the first time.
In a post on Truth Social, the American leader said he was directing the Commerce Department and his trade representative to “...Read more

Trump suggests some trade deals may come as early as this week
President Donald Trump suggested that his administration could strike trade deals with some countries as soon as this week, offering the prospect of relief for trading partners seeking to avoid higher U.S. import duties.
“It could very well be,” Trump told reporters on Sunday when asked whether any trade agreements were coming this week. He...Read more

Veterans could fill crucial holes in offshore wind workforce
Service members looking to leave the military could fill an important space in their workforce, according to offshore wind labor leaders and developers.
With more offshore wind units coming online over the next few years, more trade jobs will be necessary, according to a 2024 report from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The...Read more
Alaska child care advocates urge the Legislature to keep $14M in budget for sector in crisis
Child care advocates are urging the Alaska Legislature to include at least $14 million in this year's budget to help stabilize a sector in crisis.
Last month, the House passed its version of the operating budget with $7.7 million in grants for child care providers and $6.1 million in child care subsidies for families. The Senate's current draft...Read more

Missouri bus crash into ditch injures at least 32 people
At least 32 people were injured Saturday after a commercial bus crashed into a ditch about 70 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, according to authorities.
The bus was traveling along Missouri Highway 100 west of Hermann when the driver veered off the road to the right, Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a crash report. The driver then ...Read more

Romania's far-right leader to face centrist mayor in runoff
A Romanian ultranationalist aligned with Donald Trump will head to a presidential runoff against the centrist mayor of Bucharest later this month after securing victory in a repeat election on Sunday, the latest blow to the nation’s ruling establishment.
George Simion of the ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians secured 40%, ...Read more

Adams says 500 NYC bodegas will get silent panic buttons in $1.6M initiative
The city is planning to put panic buttons linked to the NYPD in about 500 bodegas across the five boroughs, the mayor and police commissioner announced Sunday.
Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the city will allocate $1.6 million through an emergency grant to the United Bodegas of America, as part of the city budget, to equip...Read more

Trump on due process: 'I don't know'
President Donald Trump has twice been sworn in to do the job of leading the country with his vow to uphold the Constitution, but on Sunday he expressed uncertainty about whether or not that included “due process.”
During a wide ranging interview aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Trump didn’t have an answer when ...Read more

With Illinois' grocery tax set to end, many municipalities are adopting their own, even as food prices climb
Voters in Bensenville, Illinois, recently made clear how they felt about a proposed 1% tax on groceries. In a referendum on April 1, 91% voted against it.
Even though the measure failed in Bensenville, at least 163 communities around the state have recently enacted local grocery taxes.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill last year repealing the ...Read more

Romania far-right leader scores first-round election win
A far-right Romanian opposition leader who aligned himself with Donald Trump secured a first-round victory in a repeat presidential election, dealing a blow to the Black Sea nation’s ruling establishment amid outrage over persistent corruption and poverty.
George Simion of the ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians secured 40.2...Read more

More Georgia families are choosing to homeschool
Katrina Roman’s four Spanish students are slowly walking around their small classroom looking for something. These students, in grades K-12, don’t know what they’re searching for, but Roman prompts them by telling them if they are getting warm (“calor”) or cold (“frio”).
“Mucho frio (very cold), hace mucho frio (you’re very ...Read more

N.Y. Sen. Schumer slams Trump, RFK Jr. for 'just lying' about layoffs threatening 9/11 health program
The Trump administration’s funding shell game over the health program that treats 9/11 first responders with Ground Zero-related illnesses continued this weekend with a fresh round of layoffs — and New York’s Senate delegation is calling on their Republican colleagues to step up and save the program.
Friday’s mass layoffs at the ...Read more
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