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US officials describe ‘productive’ meeting with Mexico as Biden feels pressure over migrant crisis

Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said, as Washington seeks help from Mexico City to drive down southern border crossings that have placed increasing pressure on President Joe Biden.

Gas prices will fall in 2024 and Americans will spend $32 billion less on fuel, GasBuddy predicts

Gas prices will fall in 2024 for the second year in a row, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.

DeSantis enlists help to make closing case to Iowans – and to undercut Haley in the Hawkeye State

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is enlisting new help in Iowa as he scrambles to ward off mounting interest in the rival presidential candidacy of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: One of her former constituents.

Texas’ new immigration law sows confusion and uncertainty along the border

A new law that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime is sowing confusion and uncertainty among undocumented migrants and mixed status families along the US-Mexico border, according to immigration advocates.

Black students weigh mentioning race in college admissions essays after SCOTUS affirmative action ruling

Lynijah Russell debated the opening lines of her video application to Brown University for weeks before deciding to be as candid about her identity as possible.

Blinken and Mayorkas to press Mexican counterparts to drive down border crossings as Biden faces increasing pressure

Senior US officials arrived in Mexico Wednesday to seek more help from their counterparts to drive down border crossings as President Joe Biden faces increasing pressure over the handling of the US southern border.

Biden ramps up the pressure on AMLO as border surge inflames a longstanding political problem

President Joe Biden is ramping up the pressure on his Mexican counterpart to help with the untenable situation at the US southern border that’s left officials scrambling to respond to an unprecedented migrant surge and exacerbated one of the president’s longstanding political problems.

Trump and Abbott revive GOP focus on border security in 2024 election

Former President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s contentious new law have reignited Republican efforts to make border security the focus of the 2024 election – elevating the fight over immigration policy to new heights.

Powered by rain, this seed carrier could help reforest the most remote areas

The world’s forests are under threat. As well as being logged for timber and cleared to make way for agriculture, rising global temperatures are causing more intense wildfires.

Biden’s national security adviser says Israel will move to new phase of war focusing on precisely targeting Hamas leadership

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Friday that there will be a transition to another phase of the war that is focused on “more precise ways” of targeting Hamas leadership.

Ellen Holly: Remembering a Luminary in American Television and Theatre

Ellen Holly, a paragon of the arts and a herald of change in American entertainment, has left an indelible mark on the world with her passing at the age of 92.

How the Clean Energy Win in Michigan Provides a Roadmap for Other States

The historic Clean Energy Future Package and Clean Energy and Jobs Act, just recently signed into law by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, will greatly accelerate the state’s transition to the exclusive use of clean power sources like wind and solar.

Scientists uncover a surprising phenomenon in the Himalayas that might be slowing the effects of climate change

Two men plead guilty to harassment charges in Montgomery riverfront brawl

Two men plead guilty to harassment charges in Montgomery., Alabama riverfront brawl

Supreme Court won’t let RFK Jr. intervene in case challenging efforts to combat social media disinformation

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. join a challenge to a case concerning the Biden administration’s communications with social media companies about online posts the government views as disinformation. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito said in a brief dissent that he would have allowed Kennedy to intervene in the case, which the high court will hear this term. Alito noted that Kennedy, a third-party 2024 presidential candidate who espouses conspiracy theories on the campaign trail, has a similar case pending in a lower court that won’t be decided until the case at hand is resolved. “Our democratic form of government is undermined if Government officials prevent a candidate for high office from communicating with voters, and such efforts are especially dangerous when the officials engaging in such conduct are answerable to a rival candidate,” Alito wrote. “I would allow him to intervene to ensure that we can reach the merits of respondents’ claims and to prevent the irreparable loss of his First Amendment rights.” The justices agreed to hear the case, Murthy v. Missouri, in October. In doing so, the court paused rulings from a federal trial court and a conservative appeals court that severely limited the ability of the White House, the surgeon general, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FBI and a top US cybersecurity agency to communicate with social media companies about content related to Covid-19 and elections the government views as misinformation. The case was brought last year by Missouri and Louisiana’s attorneys general, as well as several individual plaintiffs, who alleged that the government’s efforts to combat online misinformation about Covid-19 and US elections amounted to a form of unconstitutional censorship.

Alabama officer on leave after video shows her using stun gun on handcuffed Black man

An officer in a small city in western Alabama was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced showing her using a stun gun on a handcuffed Black man last week. The video, posted by a witness, starts with a White female officer from the Reform Police Department and a Black man handcuffed on the ground on the side of a road on December 2. It is not publicly known what happened before the video started and authorities have not identified the man or the officer involved in the interaction, though both are named in an arrest complaint provided to CNN by the man’s attorney. Attorney Leroy Maxwell, Jr. said the man in the video is his client, 24-year-old Micah Washington. Maxwell said before the video begins, Washington was on the side of the road changing a tire when the officer, identified in the arrest complaint as Dana Elmore, approached him and asked for his identification. Maxwell said after initially telling the officer no, Washington gave it to her but took out his phone and started recording. Maxwell claims that is when the officer first used her stun gun on Washington and then handcuffed him when he was on the ground.

For Too Many Kids Getting Outside Is Easier Said Than Done

Last week, after a restful Thanksgiving, my family made a deliberate choice to #OptOutside on Friday. #OptOutside is a growing movement in which participating organizations and companies close their doors on Black Friday, give their employees a paid day off, and encourage all of us to embrace the serenity of nature instead of succumbing to the frenzy of Black Friday shopping. I’m an outdoors enthusiast, from a long line of outdoors enthusiasts.

Veterans Day Brings Cheers to City Hall

Veterans soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen crowded Houston City Hall Saturday, November 11 including a 105-year-old woman Army Veteran and a 93-year-old widow of a combat veteran to celebrate the day first known as Armistice Day, the 11th Day on the 11th month in 1918 when World War I ended in Flanders Field, France.

A Celebration Of Excellence: The Prestige Weekend In Houston

Leaders Esteem Christian Bible University annual prestige event is expected to expand into a weekend of excellence.

NAREB's 2023 State of Housing In Black America Report Finds Shortage of Housing Inventory Adds to

Among Factors Restricting Black Homeownership are Lower Wealth and Median Incomes, Unfavorable Housing Market Conditions, Shortage of Housing Stock, and Institutional Bias

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