By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The federal government’s emergency rental assistance program helped prevent more than one million evictions last year. An estimated 1.36 million renters avoided an eviction filing in 2021 as a result of the government’s unprecedented $46.5 billion rent relief program and other protections, according to a recent analysis by Princeton University’s
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Hunter Renfroe looks quite comfortable in his first spring training with the Milwaukee Brewers after he was acquired in a Dec. 1 trade with the Red Sox. It helps that Renfroe was already very familiar with several of his new teammates long before the deal was
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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Hunter Renfroe looks quite comfortable in his first spring training with the Milwaukee Brewers after he was acquired in a Dec. 1 trade with the Red Sox. It helps that Renfroe was already very familiar with several of his new teammates long before the deal was
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) wants to introduce March as Social Worker Month in a way to honor those who worked during the pandemic in Arizona.
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Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03) published an opinion-editorial letter in honor of César Chávez Day requesting President Biden to pay fair wages and create a heat standard for farmworkers.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN A bipartisan group of senators is trying to extend pandemic school meal waivers that gave districts extra federal funds and flexibilities to provide free food to more kids and to cope with supply chain and labor issues. Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, introduced
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN An evil fox spirit is on the loose after breaking free from her rock prison — that is, if you believe in Japanese mythology. A Sessho-seki, or “killing stone,” was found cracked in half this month in Nikko National Park, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Tokyo. No one knows
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Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Chatterley Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the world heading toward a global food crisis that could impact millions of people. But things are particularly dire in Ukraine. According to the World Food Programme, almost half of all Ukrainians are concerned about having enough food to eat. Among the many organizations that
Continue Reading By Julia Chatterley Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the world heading toward a global food crisis that could impact millions of people. But things are particularly dire in Ukraine. According to the World Food Programme, almost half of all Ukrainians are concerned about having enough food to eat. Among the many organizations that have offered
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Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that Republicans have struck an “agreement in principle” with Democrats on a $10 billion package to help US efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new funds to help the United States’ response efforts
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The Imperial County Public Health Department (ICPHD) says the BA.2 Omicron subvariant has made its way to the Imperial Valley.
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South of San Luis, Mexico, over 20 bodies have been discovered by the Buscando team in March.
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse reserve center Frank Anselem is entering the transfer portal. The 6-foot-10 player from Nigeria announced his decision on social media. Anselem started six games and played in all but one for the Orange (16-17), showing promise after only 26 minutes over four games his freshman year. When starting center Jesse
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse reserve center Frank Anselem is entering the transfer portal. The 6-foot-10 player from Nigeria announced his decision on social media. Anselem started six games and played in all but one for the Orange (16-17), showing promise after only 26 minutes over four games his freshman year. When starting center Jesse
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Bell Click here for updates on this story 3/31/2022 (Neumann University) — Aston, PA – Janis Chakars, a Neumann University communications professor who has played in punk rock bands for 30 years, is doing what he does best to raise money for Ukraine. On March 23, he launched Band Together, a compilation of
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an unprecedented release of oil from US reserves and several steps his administration is taking to punish oil companies for not increasing production from unused leases on federal land. The steps are an attempt to reduce gas prices while also putting an
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and René Marsh, CNN President Joe Biden issued a directive on Thursday that invokes the Defense Production Act — a move the administration hopes will kickstart the domestic production and mining of the critical minerals needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and long-term energy storage. The directive adds critical minerals —
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CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. Twenty-three-year-old Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, before taking his own life. Facts Seung-Hui Cho was a senior
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