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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled again that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is illegal. The policy protected from deportation hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. The decision does not immediately affect DACA recipients, whose status remains the same through the legal appeals process. They also […]
Bermuda prepared Thursday for rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Lee as the storm passes to the west of the island. Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry services while issuing high surf warnings. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm could bring between 2 and 5 centimeters of rain to Bermuda by early […]
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak Thursday about an economic agenda that his administration says is helping the middle class, while Republicans say the U.S. economy is failing, particularly when it comes to inflation. Jared Bernstein, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, told reporters during a White House briefing Wednesday that Biden […]
The United States on Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. President Joe Biden is due to deliver an address to members of the military, first responders and their families at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. Biden’s Alaska stop comes as he travels home from […]
WASHINGTON — Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the charismatic former head of the far-right Proud Boys, was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the longest penalty imposed so far for the deadly riot. Tarrio’s sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly […]
The United States honored its nearly 160 million workers Monday, the annual Labor Day celebration that unofficially marks the end of summer and gives families a last chance for get-togethers with friends and relatives the day before the school year starts in some communities if it hasn’t already begun. The national holiday, officially proclaimed in […]
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a Justice Department unit trying to stem the tide of violent and graphic threats against people who count and secure the vote. Government employees are being bombarded with threats even in normally quiet periods between elections, secretaries of state and […]
Anderson Cooper has recalled a ‘mortifying’ moment on stage with Madonna. During the most recent instalment of Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, the journalist said he is still “mortified” about being spanked by the pop star during her Rebel Heart concert in Brooklyn, New York in 2015. “That (moment,) I choose to forget. […]
Tropical Storm Idalia brought heavy rain Thursday to the U.S. state of North Carolina, a day after the storm slammed into Florida as a powerful hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reported widespread flash flooding in coastal areas of North Carolina, with the center of the storm expected to move out into the Atlantic later in […]
Hurricane Idalia is leaving a wake of destruction from the Gulf inland as it makes its way into Georgia. The storm, which rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm before dropping back to a Category 3 early Wednesday, made landfall about 7:45 a.m. near Keaton Beach, at the crux of Florida’s Big Bend region. […]
