US poverty is still high, but stimulus is stopping it from getting worse
Poverty has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, but it would have been even worse without successive federal relief packages last year. The $600…
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Fake CPA hit with criminal charges for Covid-19 loan fraud
An Arizona businessman who secured more than $1 million in Covid-19 relief funding and then purchased a Porsche and a new home is now facing federal…
Continue ReadingKinzinger on political fundraising: ‘We have fed a steady diet of fear’
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a vocal critic of Donald Trump who wants to save his party from the former President, thinks politicians have learned…
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¿Por qué los nómadas digitales escogen Costa Rica para trabajar?
(CNN Español) — La vida de Raúl Reeves dio un giro con la pandemia del covid-19. Ahora su lugar de trabajo está a 100 metros de la playa y a…
Continue ReadingMore than half of all migrants at US-Mexico border expelled under health order in recent weeks
The Biden administration expelled more than half of the migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border in recent weeks under a Trump-era health order that…
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Yuma mayor rescinds mask mandate
Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls on Thursday evening rescinded a municipal mask mandate. …
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Chinese hackers targeted Uyghurs living in US, Facebook security team finds
Chinese hackers targeted Uyghur activists and journalists living in the United States in an attempt to spy on them, an investigation by security…
Continue Reading FiscalÃa de Venezuela abre investigación contra Juan Guaidó y sus colaboradores por «secuestrar» activos en el exterior
(CNN Español) –– El fiscal general de Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, anunció este jueves el inicio de una investigación penal contra el lÃder…
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Yuma-raised Border Patrol K-9 retires
One of the Border Patrol’s most popular agents is hanging up his collar. “Kirpy,” a Belgian Malinois who served Yuma Sector for more than seven…
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Pepsi launches a limited edition flavor with peeps in…
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Rutgers to require Covid-19 vaccine for students this fall
Rutgers University is requiring students attending classes in person this fall to be vaccinated against Covid-19. It is among the first US…
Continue Reading Un guÃa turÃstico se desnuda junto a un volcán en erupción en Islandia
(CNN) — Quitarse algunas capas de ropa cuando la temperatura sube puede ser lo más natural del mundo. Sin embargo, pocos de nosotros lo…
Continue ReadingKey House chairs request wide range of documents on US Capitol riot
House committee chairs are requesting documents and communications from before, during and after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol from a wide…
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When will kids and teens be vaccinated against Covid-19?
With more than 44 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in the United States, many adults are hopeful that a more normal life is on the…
Continue Reading USC will pay $1.1 billion to settle scores of sexual abuse cases involving former campus gynecologist
The University of Southern California will pay a record-setting $1.1 billion to settle scores of lawsuits over the sexual abuse allegations against…
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Fact-checking Biden’s first news conference as president
President Joe Biden held the first formal news conference of his presidency on Thursday, taking questions in the East Room of the White House on…
Continue Reading A young grocery store manager killed in Boulder massacre ‘lived life on her own terms.’ Mass shooting victims, including heroic officer, are remembered
They are 10 people who went to the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday and never returned. Now they are victims of yet another…
Continue ReadingJill Biden cancels trip to Alabama with Jennifer Garner in wake of deadly tornadoes
A scheduled trip to Alabama by first lady Jill Biden on Friday was canceled Thursday evening after deadly tornadoes swept through the state. Biden…
Continue Reading Las solicitudes de subsidio por desempleo cayeron a un mÃnimo de la pandemia. Pero todavÃa hay una crisis laboral en EE.UU.
(CNN Business) — Esta es la mejor de las peores noticias que escucharás en toda la semana: las solicitudes de subsidio por desempleo cayeron a un…
Continue Reading A printout of George Floyd’s toxicology report was found on a Black History display at Duke University, insinuating that he deserved to die
A flier insinuating that George Floyd’s death was because of drugs appeared on a Black History Month display at Duke University, causing a…
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