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What happens to people with disabilities in natural disasters?
At least three disabled people have died in the L.A. fires. Research shows people with disabilities are up to four times more likely to die in natural disasters. Jan. 21, 2025, 3:38 PM CST By Meghan Holohan June Isaacson Kailes lives 8 or 9 miles away from the evacuation zone for the Los Angeles wildfires. But…
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As President Trump declares a border emergency on Day 1, California’s targeted immigrants lie low
by Wendy Fry January 20, 2025 In summary Along the California-Mexico border, immigrants at risk of deportation are seeking to live undetected through an unprecedented crackdown. But a returning President Trump issued a barrage of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to pull the military into border enforcement and punish states such as California for sanctuary policies.…
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Trump wants to deport immigrants accused of crimes. California sheriffs could make that easy
by Nigel Duara and Tomas Apodaca January 20, 2025 In summary President Donald Trump wants to deport undocumented immigrants arrested on suspicion of various crimes. That could put sheriffs overseeing California jails in conflict with the state’s sanctuary law. Lea esta historia en Español California sheriffs once again find themselves navigating a difficult political calculus on immigration as President Donald…
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Deportations take place in Arizona on President Trump’s first full day in office
Deportations have been happening regularly at the DeConcini Port of Entry since June, and Trump now promises to remove ‘millions’ By: Adam Klepp Posted 5:33 PM, Jan 21, 2025 To watch video report, Click Here. NOGALES, AZ — With all of their belongings in red bags, people were deported through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales,…
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Biden forgives student loans for 150,000 borrowers, bringing total to 5 million
By Kanishka Singh January 13, 2025 2:20 PM CST WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration would cancel student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, targeting those who attended schools that defrauded students, those with permanent disabilities and public service workers. Biden said the total number of Americans who have…
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US settles anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian bias complaint against Emory University
By Kanishka Singh January 16, 2025 5:23 PM CST WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department on Thursday noted concerns, opens new tab about discrimination against Muslim, Arab and Palestinian students at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and reached a settlement, opens new tab with the institution to resolve the issue. The university agreed to revise its nondiscrimination…
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Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack
By SEAN MURPHY Updated 4:31 PM CST, January 10, 2025 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of the worst…
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Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOCELYN GECKER of The Associated Press, WILLIESHA MORRIS of AL.com, and KEVIN RICHERT of Idaho Education News Updated 9:44 AM CST, January 9, 2025 Nearly a decade ago, intense protests over racial injustice rocked the University of Missouri’s flagship campus, leading to the resignation of two top administrators. The university then hired…
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WA pharmacists turn to telehealth to prescribe abortion medication
The pilot program aims to expand access amid a national push by the Heritage Foundation to ban the distribution of mifepristone and misoprostol by mail. by Kelcie Moseley-Morris January 17, 2025 A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt…
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