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Raids in California rattle immigrant communities — including those in the US legally
LOS ANGELES — Jacob Vasquez began working at a clothing warehouse in Los Angeles soon after arriving from Mexico less than three years ago. He is among dozens of workers detained by federal immigration authorities in a series of raids in LA’s fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California. More than…
Rubio orders firings of all USAID staffers overseas to move forward
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered U.S. embassies around the world Tuesday to move ahead with a directive to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He said the State Department will take over USAID’s foreign assistance programs by Monday. A federal judge had temporarily blocked an executive order…
2 people found dead at remote island in US national park
HOUGHTON, Mich. — Rangers hiked 11 miles (17.7 kilometers) overnight to confirm the deaths of two people who were camping at an island national park in Michigan’s Lake Superior, authorities said Tuesday. “The causes of death are unknown at this time. … The incident is currently under investigation,” Isle Royale National Park said in a…
Chesapeake Bay health grade dips after hottest year on record and extreme rainfall patterns
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation’s largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall patterns during the hottest year on record. The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the bay a C grade in its report card….
Citing trade wars, World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast for this year
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A parking structure is on fire in downtown Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A fire broke out in a parking structure of Nashville’s main public library early Tuesday, sending a large plume of smoke into the air downtown. A nearby witness heard explosions from the structure but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Eli Gilmore, a Nashville musician who lives in the apartment building…
Scammers using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal financial aid
It was an unusual question coming from a police officer. Heather Brady was napping at home in San Francisco on a Sunday afternoon when the officer knocked on her door to ask: Had she applied to Arizona Western College? She had not, and as the officer suspected, somebody else had applied to Arizona community colleges…
Oklahoma judge stays execution of a man set to receive lethal injection this week
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge granted a temporary stay of execution Monday to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration and who was scheduled to receive a lethal injection this week. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was set to die Thursday for killing a Tulsa woman in 1999. Hanson’s…
50 trucks will spend 5 months transporting Lahaina wildfire debris to a Maui landfill
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Fifty trucks will spend five months hauling Lahaina wildfire debris to a landfill in the center of Maui starting next Monday, Maui County said. There’s enough debris to fill five football fields five stories high. About two years ago the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed 102 people and…
US imposes sanctions on El Chapo’s fugitive sons
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on the two fugitive sons of incarcerated Mexican Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and announced a reward offer of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the men. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Archivaldo Ivan…