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A new surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border has placed immense pressure on federal resources and tested President Joe Biden’s border policies only months after going into place, prompting fresh criticism from Republicans and concern within the administration over a politically delicate issue.
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Trump is hitting Amazon where it hurts
President Trump is using the bully pulpit to break investors' faith in Jeff Bezos and Amazon. With a series of broadsides against Amazon on Twitter and reports that he is raising the threat of antitrust lawsuits and tighter regulation, Trump has accomplished what Walmart, Target and rivals have failed to do: slow down one of the most successful companies in American history.
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The first thing to know about the possible links between COVID-19 and stroke is simple, say doctors: We just don't know.
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A 2018 exchange between Susan Collins and Jake Tapper on Roe that you need to see
On Friday, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Susan Collins expressed her utter shock and dismay.
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Target expands childcare and paid family leave benefits as retailers battle for talent
America's top retailers are trying to outmatch each other with new employee benefits to attract workers as unemployment hovers near its lowest level in decades.
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Xavier student who underwent 3 open-heart surgeries as child hoping to work in nursing
Lydia Butler underwent three open-heart surgeries before she turned 4. Today, she's a Xavier University nursing student hoping to one day work at Cincinnati Children's, where she spent months getting care as a child.
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ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What’s on the Ballot
With the confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the consensus among many Americans is that the conservative jurist’s appointment portends doom for the Affordable Care Act.
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Join Visit Tampa Bay and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. to preview its 86th Grand Chapter Meeting that will be held in 2023.
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Lone Star College and Partners Receive $651,516 Job-Training Grant
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded Lone Star College in partnership with 801 Ventures-Twelve Stone Transport, BL Technology Inc., BLTI Services, Farouk, McCarthy Holdings Inc., Methodist Hospital Willowbrook, Motiva, Precision Medical Billing, and Watco Companies a $651,516 Skills Development Fund grant. The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast area.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis’ Statement on Supreme Court Overturning Roe V. Wade
Today’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is a betrayal of justice and a violation of our fundamental freedoms. Together, we must push back against reactionary extremists’ attempts to erase progress and push forward toward our vision for a more just and equitable society.
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Commissioner Ellis’ Statement on Outgoing Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria
Ms. Longoria served our democracy and the voters of Harris County with integrity, transparency and innovation. I’m thankful for her service.
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Commissioner Ellis’ Statement on New Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum
Over the past three years, Harris County has transformed the way we manage elections and became a national model for election access. Through innovative changes such as countywide polling places, drive-thru voting, 24-hour voting, new voting machines, and record numbers of polling places, we’ve knocked down barriers to the ballot box, even with COVID and the State’s voter suppression efforts in the backdrop.
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How to talk to kids about a cancer diagnosis, according to experts
In the time Catherine, Princess of Wales, spent away from the public before revealing her cancer diagnosis, one of her biggest priorities was finding the right way to tell her children, she said.
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FDA allows licensed pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's Paxlovid under certain conditions
The US Food and Drug Administration revised the emergency use authorization for Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, on Wednesday to allow state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe the treatment to people who are eligible.
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A married couple was shot and killed at their Seattle-area home by online stalker, police say
A woman and her husband were shot and killed in their Redmond, Washington, home by an online stalker who authorities were attempting to serve with a protection order, police said.
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Anti-terror police join manhunt for Strasbourg gunman
A gunman who opened fire near a Christmas market in Strasbourg shouted the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar," meaning "God is greater," at the time of the attack, French prosecutors said, as anti-terror police joined an international manhunt.
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Speaker Mike Johnson to House GOP: Senate immigration deal ‘absolutely dead,’ members say
Speaker Mike Johnson privately told House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal has “no way forward,” according to lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting Tuesday – the latest blow to a major national security package intended to unlock critical aid to Ukraine as former President Donald Trump urges Republicans to kill it.
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Hong Kong was once a safe haven from China. Now activists are fleeing the city by boat to Taiwan
For Ha Sze-yuen, the sea surrounding Hong Kong is more than just a backdrop for sunsets and beaches.
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Marijuana, hallucinogen use among young adults jump to record-high rates in 2021
Young adults were using marijuana and hallucinogens at record high rates in 2021, new data shows. Vaping also increased significantly among this age group last year, despite leveling off during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fact-checking President Biden's State of the Union speech
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday.
