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Healey responds to fed probe into Mass. Medicaid fraud and Trump's new Fraud Task Force
Gov. Maura Healey is responding to a federal probe into Medicaid fraud in Massachusetts as Tuesday marks the deadline for ... Read More
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Mayor Brandon Johnson commends safe Chicago St. Patrick's Day and says he has never had a BORG
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday commended the safety of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities, but declined to endorse the proliferation of BORGs in citywide revelries this past weekend.
A BORG, or “...Read more
Zoo Miami says park is safe, but bomb threats have been costly
MIAMI — Despite receiving bomb threats that triggered evacuations, police sweeps and financial losses during the past week, Zoo Miami is “the safest it’s ever been,” longtime spokesperson and wildlife expert Ron ...Read more
A federal judge blasted prosecutors in NJ, saying Trump's DOJ has 'lost the confidence and the trust of this court'
A federal judge in New Jersey this week declined to hold a routine sentencing hearing because of what he said were unresolved questions about who is leading that state’s U.S. Attorney’s Office — a decision the judge ...Read more
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pitches child care tax credit, new social media tax in his final budget
MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz is proposing to trim the statewide sales tax rate, expand a child care tax credit for families and boost programs meant to help Minnesotans recover from the federal government’s immigration ...Read more
Senate begins debate on voter ID bill. Sen. Padilla calls it 'dead on arrival'
Senate Democrats, led by California Sen. Alex Padilla, reiterated their opposition to a voter ID bill Tuesday ahead of what is expected to be a prolonged and contentious debate.
The legislation, known as the SAVE America ...Read more
Afghanistan says Pakistan strike kills 400 at rehab clinic
Afghanistan’s Taliban government said at least 400 people were killed by Pakistani airstrikes on a drug treatment hospital in Kabul, marking a dramatic escalation in the conflict between the neighbors.
The strikes ...Read more
'Profoundly shocking' allegations against Cesar Chavez spark soul-searching in movement
LOS ANGELES — The United Farm Workers union said it will not participate in celebrations of its founder Cesar Chavez amid what the union described as “troubling allegations” against the iconic Chicano figure.
The ...Read more
California lawmakers, water agencies, environmentalists back $300M levee plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators on Tuesday voiced their support for Senate Bill 872 — a bill aimed at reinforcing Delta levees and the State Water Project by directing $300 million annually to the state’s...Read more
Pete Hegseth is working hard to make sure the public hears only good news about Iran war
Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day. She carried stretchers before writing her harrowing account of the invasion.
The New Yorker�...Read more
'Cannot in good conscience': Trump's counterterrorism chief quits over Iran war
WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, abruptly resigned Tuesday, becoming the most senior national security official to break publicly with the Trump administration over its ...Read more
Marco Rubio: Cuba's reforms 'not dramatic enough,' country needs 'new people' in charge
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that measures announced by Cuba on Monday to allow Cubans living abroad to own private businesses on the island are not “dramatic enough” to fix the country’s dire economic...Read more
Colorado voters to weigh ban on transgender students playing on teams aligned with their gender identities
DENVER — Colorado voters this November will be asked to weigh a proposed ban on transgender youth and adults from competing on interscholastic or intramural sports teams that don’t align with their sex assigned at ...Read more
Trump: 'We don't need help' from NATO reopening Straits of Hormuz
President Donald Trump Tuesday slammed European allies for refusing to help the U.S. re-open the strategic Straits of Hormuz that Iran has effectively closed to oil tanker traffic since the war erupted last month.
After ...Read more
Damaging winds top over 80 mph, leave tens of thousands without power in New England
BOSTON — Gusty winds barraged Eastern Massachusetts and New England through Monday night, reportedly bringing over tens of thousands of power outages and gusts up to 80 mph.
“Overnight, the majority of the worst of it...Read more
Former health commissioner returns to advise Gov. Walz on Minnesota hospitals
MINNEAPOLIS — An architect of Gov. Tim Walz’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will return to public service and advise the governor on the future stability of Minnesota’s hospitals and health systems.
Jan Malcolm ...Read more
Florida attorney general rejects sheriffs' push to ease deportations
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday rejected a striking effort among some of the state’s top sheriffs to soften immigration enforcement, saying he would not support their plan to ...Read more
Drone strikes, US deportations, kidnapped journalists worry UN expert on Haiti
The United Nations’ leading Haiti human rights observer says he remains alarmed by the daily reality Haitians face even as a recent visit to the volatile country revealed some “glimmers of hope” in its gang-ridden ...Read more
Irish PM tells Trump 'all conflicts come to an end,' nudging him to end Iran war
WASHINGTON — Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin nodded along Tuesday in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump compared Iran’s hard-line government to Nazi Germany, but he later nudged his host to start wrapping up the...Read more
California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes -- a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise
LOS ANGELES — California unveiled a plan Tuesday to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes.
That number represents roughly 7% of the state’s land and waters. It...Read more
Carpool lane cheater fail: 'Nice try -- but jackets don't count,' California Highway Patrol says
LOS ANGELES — When it comes to cheating the carpool lane in California, drivers can be creative.
There was the safety dummy that was misappropriated by impatient commuters. The mannequin wearing a baseball cap in ...Read more
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