The United States Department of Agriculture extended key waivers on Tuesday that make it easier for children to access free meals in their communities through the summer.
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President Joe Biden signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance,” Biden said in the Oval Office before signing
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(CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden promulgó su amplio paquete de ayuda económica para el covid-19 de US$ 1,9 billones el jueves por la tarde, dijo la Casa Blanca. Originalmente se esperaba que lo firmara el viernes. El miércoles, el Congreso aprobó el paquete de ayuda, que ha sido la primera y más urgente prioridad
Continue ReadingThere’s a story President Joe Biden likes to tell about himself. It’s from a time when he was a first-term senator. He had objected angrily to some remarks from archconservative Sen. Jesse Helms, who was opposed to a proposal for broader rights for people with disabilities. Biden was furious, and let Senate Majority Leader Mike
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President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Congress passed this week into law Thursday. That’s welcome news for Americans in need of aid because of the pandemic. But it’s also a big plus for investors. Stocks have resumed their rally this week — following a brief pullback after bond yields spiked and inflation
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Stacey Plaskett, a Black Democratic delegate, on Wednesday forcefully rebuked her White Republican colleague in the House of Representatives for accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of being a “group that doesn’t like the old-fashioned family,” a statement she derided as racist. In speaking against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, Wisconsin GOP
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The Perseverance rover is sending back the sounds of Mars — and it’s contributing to the soundtrack.
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The Yuma Union High School District athletic programs will now allow guests to attend spring events starting Friday, March 12, 2021.
Continue ReadingAll living former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies — with the exception of the Trumps — are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn, a push that is aimed squarely at combating
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Rosie Arguello spent the past couple of months glued to her cellphone and landline, calling a hotline to get a Covid-19 vaccine. When she heard the busy signal, she called again, and again, and again. The 66-year-old who lives in San Antonio’s South side would only put her phones down to take her 2-year-old grandniece
Continue Reading (CNN) — En sus primeros comentarios públicos sobre la entrevista que dio su hermano el príncipe Harry, y su esposa Meghan, el príncipe William dijo que la familia real «no era una familia racista». Cuando un periodista le preguntó si había hablado con su hermano desde la explosiva entrevista con Oprah, el príncipe William dijo:
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Staggering numbers of health care workers — more than one in five — have experienced anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder during the pandemic, new research has revealed. Health care workers have been working for long hours under strenuous conditions. Because of this, Nathaniel Scherer, co-lead author of the systematic review and meta-analysis published Wednesday
Continue ReadingDespite a busy start to Joe Biden’s administration, Republicans are struggling to find effective lines of attack against the new Democratic president. No Republicans on Capitol Hill supported the Biden-backed Covid stimulus package, but the GOP also did relatively little to marshal public opposition to the bill beyond calling it a “liberal wish list.” That’s
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will sign his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon, the White House said. He had originally been expected to sign it on Friday. Congress on Wednesday passed the relief package, which has been Biden’s first and most pressing legislative priority since taking office in January. White
Continue ReadingHealth and Human Services Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra picked up the support of two crucial votes on Thursday, all but ensuring his eventual Senate confirmation. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Democrat and a Republican, announced they would vote to confirm Becerra despite their differences. Manchin said that even though
Continue ReadingMultiple security failures, including a distracted gate guard, allowed an unauthorized man to illegally enter Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last month, where he roamed around for over five hours before boarding a C-40 military aircraft that’s part of a fleet frequently utilized by senior government leaders, according to a new report released Thursday by
Continue Reading (CNN) — El ministro de Salud de Brasil, Eduardo Pazuello, dijo el miércoles que el sistema de salud del país «no colapsó ni colapsará» en medio de las advertencias recientes de alcaldes y gobiernos locales de que los sistemas de salud de sus respectivas regiones están al borde del colapso, ya que los niveles de
Continue Reading Alaska becomes the first state in the nation to make COVID vaccinations available to anyone older than 16.
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The NBA fined Miami Heat’s Meyers Leonard $50,000 on Thursday after the center used an anti-Semitic slur while livestreaming a video game. The league also suspended Leonard from team facilities and activities for one week. Leonard was playing “Call of Duty: Warzone” on Monday when he said: “F**king cowards. Don’t f**king snipe at me. You
Continue ReadingThe number of unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody continues to climb, reaching more than 3,700 on Wednesday, many of them in jail-like facilities along the US-Mexico border, CNN has learned. On Wednesday, Border Patrol apprehended nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, according to a Customs and Border Protection official, signaling an ongoing spike in
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