By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will begin limiting how long homeless families can stay in shelters as the state continues to grapple with an influx of homeless migrants. Beginning June 1, the total length of stay will be limited to nine months, at the end of which families will be eligible
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House Democratic leader says a Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by Republican leaders could struggle for bipartisan support. Rep. Robert Johnson says the plan has a work requirement that is unlikely to receive federal approval. He says that could create false hope among people
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) — Las zapatillas Samba y Gazelle de Adidas pueden parecer de otra década, pero son el calzado más popular a la venta en este momento. La empresa alemana de ropa deportiva dijo que las ventas de zapatillas de estilo retro son “muy fuertes y están creciendo”, lo que ayudó a aumentar la
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Redmond is inviting the community to the official groundbreaking ceremony for its new Public Safety Facility, located at 2983 NW Canal Blvd, next Monday, May 6 at 3:00 p.m. The new, approximately 42,000 square foot, two-story building has been designed to provide the department the ability to better
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT and LEAH ASKARINAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee’s rulemaking arm has voted to seat New Hampshire’s full slate of delegates at the party’s convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its presidential primary no longer being the first in the nation. The move on
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story published April 30, 2024, about a panel of federal judges rejecting a new congressional map for Louisiana, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a separate remap case before U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick in Baton Rouge was still alive. Dick dismissed that case on April 25.
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — In the years leading up to menopause, a person can experience a multitude of symptoms, including emotional shifts such as depression. Now, a new study has quantified the risk of depression during the transition, known as perimenopause — showing that women in this stage are about 40% more likely
Continue ReadingBy Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Democrats will send a full delegation to this summer’s Democratic National Convention after the national party’s rules committee voted Tuesday to approve a nominating event the state party held Saturday. The New Hampshire Democrats have not released formal results from the event, but the state will get 25
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign managers on Tuesday criticized the Commission on Presidential Debates after the commission told Fox News it would stick to its original debate schedule despite calls from the Trump campaign to move the dates earlier and add more debates. Trump campaign managers Chris LaCivita and
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The USDA Forest Service selected Pacific Northwest Regional volunteer Marty Smolenski of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument as the winner of the 2023 National Volunteer and Service Award for Leadership.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El juez Juan Merchan impuso este martes su primer castigo a Donald Trump por violar la orden de silencio del juez en el juicio por sobornos en Nueva York, imponiéndole una multa de US$ 9.000 por nueve violaciones. El juez también advirtió al expresidente en su orden escrita que las violaciones
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful. A U.S. district judge granted a partial victory Tuesday to a physician who performs abortions and last year sued state and local prosecutors and state health and
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press The U.S. House voted to end federal protection for gray wolves in 48 states, though the bill’s ultimate prospects are uncertain. The GOP-controlled House passed the bill 209-205 on Tuesday, sending it to the Senate for consideration. In 2011, Congress removed wolves from the list of endangered species in the
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Barbra Streisand is addressing a divisive comment she wrote under a photo that actor Melissa McCarthy posted on her Instagram page on Monday. In the comment, Streisand asked McCarthy if she took Ozempic – a popular weight loss medication, among its other functions – spurring backlash online. In a
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Public Utility Commission says it recently facilitated and approved the $100,000 sale of Sun Country Water’s assets and transfer of its service territory to Avion Water Company to resolve growing maintenance issues and service disruptions for customers. Sun Country Water, a public water utility with approximately 109 residential customers west
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, near the USC
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al menos cinco personas murieron y más de 30 resultaron heridas este lunes en un ataque con misiles rusos contra la ciudad portuaria de Odesa, en el mar Negro, según las autoridades de Ucrania. Un dramático video del ataque, difundido por la FiscalÃa General de Ucrania, muestra decenas de bombas que
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died and 14 others were injured after a sports utility vehicle crashed through the front glass wall of a thrift store in Las Cruces. First responders said 10 of the injured in Tuesday’s crash were taken to hospitals for treatment and a 67-year-old woman was
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use. The proposal still faces a potentially lengthy review process, but if
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