LA spending up to $837,000 to house a single homeless person
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles audit finds that a $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for…
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Black immigrants are more likely to be denied US citizenship than White immigrants, study finds
By Giselle Rhoden and Nicole Chavez, CNN Black male immigrants are less likely to be approved for United States citizenship than White immigrants, a…
Continue ReadingFormer Louisville officer Brett Hankison cries on the stand in trial connected to fatal Breonna Taylor raid
CNN, WAVE, WCCO By Aaron Cooper, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN The former Louisville Metro Police detective who was part of the botched raid of…
Continue ReadingAirlines cancel Ukraine flights as threat of war grows
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian…
Continue ReadingTexas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse
By PAUL J. WEBER The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate…
Continue Reading‘Maybe I’m not so good’: Conte questions future at Tottenham
BURNLEY, England (AP) — Antonio Conte has questioned his future as Tottenham manager after seeing his team lose 1-0 at relegation-threatened…
Continue ReadingCyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the…
Continue ReadingCyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the…
Continue ReadingKey Ukrainian government websites hit by series of cyberattacks
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Key Ukrainian government websites were down early Thursday morning local time following a day in which Ukrainian agencies dealt…
Continue ReadingTrudeau revokes Emergencies Act, saying existing laws are enough to deal with protesters
By Paula Newton, CNN The Canadian government announced Wednesday it will lift the Emergencies Act, nine days after it was invoked, saying police have…
Continue ReadingStudy: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month…
Continue ReadingJudge: Sarah Palin seeks new trial in defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan federal judge says lawyers for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against…
Continue ReadingDriver: Weinstein in LA area when actor says he raped her
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A limousine driver testified that in 2013 he was driving Harvey Weinstein around…
Continue ReadingCalifornia won’t immediately change pollution credit program
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newsom administration officials say they are in no rush to make changes to one of…
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Oregon reports 35 more COVID-19 related deaths, 1 from Jefferson County; 1,160 new cases
There are 35 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, one from Jefferson County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,519, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingTexan pleads guilty to hate-crime attack on Asian family
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a…
Continue ReadingTexan pleads guilty to hate-crime attack on Asian family
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a…
Continue ReadingDevils get 3 players back in return from break
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils are returning from an eight-day break refreshed and as healthy as they…
Continue ReadingJudge seals juror names in 3 cops’ trial over Floyd killing
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The judge overseeing the federal trial of three former Minneapolis…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks BNSF’s 2 biggest unions from going on strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order preventing the two largest unions at BNSF from going on…
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