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Trump affordability pitch heads to a Davos focused on Greenland
President Donald Trump pitched his populist economic platform to autoworkers and supporters at a casino in battleground states in recent weeks. Now he’s targeting a different audience: the global elite gathered in the Swiss ski village of Davos.
Trump has vowed to unveil details of a sprawling affordability pitch — which has landed Wall ...Read more
Trial over alleged gang bounty on Bovino to offer litmus test as immigration enforcement controversies continue
CHICAGO — Operation Midway Blitz was in high gear in early October when authorities made a sensational announcement: An alleged ranking member of Chicago’s Latin Kings street gang had been arrested in a murder-for-hire plot targeting Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The news quickly thrust Juan Espinoza Martinez, a 37-year-old Mexican-...Read more
The theft of hundreds of remains from Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery raises a question no one can seem to answer: How did this happen?
PHILADELPHIA — Past a marble monument for a Civil War hero, down a grass path where toppled headstones disappear into ivy and weeds and faded miniature American flags droop, lies the underground vault of James Campbell, who died in 1913 and whose remains may have been among the dozens stolen in one of the largest grave desecration cases ever ...Read more
Native Americans are dying from pregnancy. They want a voice to stop the trend
Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting.
Then 25 years old and six months pregnant, she drove herself to the emergency room in Ronan, Montana, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, where an ambulance transferred her to a larger hospital 60 miles ...Read more
This California strategy safeguarded some Medicaid social services funding from Trump
When Virginia Guevara moved into a studio apartment in California’s Orange County in 2024 after nearly a decade of homelessness, she needed far more than a roof and a bed.
Scattered visits to free clinics notwithstanding, Guevara hadn’t had a full medical checkup in years. She required dental work. She wanted to start looking for a job. And...Read more
Florida is reshaping higher education. Other states are watching
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis often says that Florida is the best state in the country for higher education.
It’s been ranked No. 1 for higher education by U.S. News & World Report for nearly a decade, and the University of Florida was tied as the seventh-ranked top public university this year. Other schools, like the University of South Florida ...Read more
Minnesota, back in the national spotlight, wrestles with its public image
MINNEAPOLIS — For the people who live in Minnesota or have roots here, seeing the state become the center of international attention for tragic reasons now feels like a recurring nightmare.
Minnesota — especially its urban heart, Minneapolis — has been in the global spotlight since the killing of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent ...Read more
GOP cuts will cripple Medicaid enrollment, warns CEO of largest public health plan
When the head of the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan worries about the looming federal cuts to Medicaid, it’s not just her job. It’s personal.
Martha Santana-Chin, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, grew up on Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid, the government-run health care program for people with low incomes ...Read more
Minnesota leaders call for investigation into death of a man at ICE facility in Texas
Minnesota elected officials are calling for a transparent investigation into the death of a man who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota and later died in federal custody.
Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, died Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Diaz was detained by ICE in Minneapolis on Jan. 6 after agents ...Read more
Rev. Al Sharpton joins nurses in rally for fair wages outside Mt. Sinai in Manhattan
The Rev. Al Sharpton joined nurses in rallying outside Mount Sinai Morningside in Manhattan as the largest nurses strike in New York City history entered its second week on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
“How can you spend King Day and turn your back on people that are working and not insured right, and not given the right wages, and not given ...Read more
Tina Peters grabs, shoves fellow inmate in brief scuffle, video shows
Tina Peters grabbed another inmate’s neck and shoved her during a brief prison scuffle Sunday night, according to surveillance footage that appears to contradict claims from Peters’ defense attorney.
The footage, obtained by The Denver Post on Monday night, shows Peters, an ally of President Donald Trump and former Mesa County clerk, ...Read more
Minnesota Department of Human Services data breach impacts 300K
A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people.
There is not evidence the data was misused, the department said in a Jan. 16 letter notifying impacted individuals. The letter was sent about four months after the breach occurred.
The department said in a ...Read more
Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5
New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing.
That proposal was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy Monday on his last full day as the Garden State’s governor, according to NJ.com.
Beginning in the fall, students will be be required to read and write cursive proficiently. Murphy ...Read more
Thousands of anti-Trump protesters expected to walk off the job Tuesday
NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of workers are expected to leave work early Tuesday to protest the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s second inauguration.
Nearly 40,000 people RSVP’d to participate in a 2 p.m. Eastern time Free America Protest, according to Axios.
Free America encourages demonstrators to meet Tuesday wearing red, ...Read more
Tijuana wastewater pipe repairs completed in 3 days, ending river discharge
SAN DIEGO — Repairs to a collapsed wastewater pipe in Tijuana have been completed, with flows to the Tijuana River now stopped, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission announced Monday.
The Insurgentes Collector, part of the larger Tijuana Wastewater system, collapsed the night of Jan. 15, diverting about 11.5 million gallons per...Read more
Massachusetts man intentionally crashes SUV into police station, police say
A man intentionally crashed his vehicle into a police station on Monday, according to police who said he nearly slammed into dispatchers.
The man — who is known to police — rammed his black 2022 BMW SUV into the front lobby of the Shrewsbury Police headquarters in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on Monday just after 2 p.m., according to police ...Read more
In freezing conditions, hundreds gather in downtown Chicago to protest ICE
CHICAGO — Even on one of the coldest days of the winter, hundreds of protesters took to Chicago’s streets against ICE.
People rallied at the Chicago Water Tower on Michigan Avenue and marched to Trump Tower primarily to oppose the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the war in Gaza, aligning with Martin ...Read more
The Black man and women who rescued right-wing influencer Jake Lang from protesters in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — The man who stepped in and ushered conservative influencer and Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang away from counterprotesters outside Minneapolis City Hall over the weekend said a sense of humanity inspired him in the moment.
Isaiah Blackwell, 30, was the man dressed in black and wearing dark sunglasses who tucked himself in a City Hall ...Read more
Starmer's 'Love Actually' moment with Trump may never come
LONDON — What was billed as an “emergency” Monday morning press conference offered Keir Starmer a now-or-never chance to hit back at Donald Trump over his latest assault on the transatlantic alliance.
Some — especially on the left of British politics — hanker for a moment reminiscent of when the prime minister played by Hugh Grant in ...Read more
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