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By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News 13 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Hundreds of women accused former US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of abuse. The US justice department will pay $138.7m (£110m) to victims of disgraced national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. In a 2022 lawsuit . . .
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Federal Black Lung Program will host four outreach events in Pennsylvania from April 8-11 for current and former coal miners suffering disabilities related to black lung disease, and their families to assist them in filing or refiling claims for benefits. Administered by the department’s Division of […]
A second-grade classroom at Klatt Elementary School in Anchorage in 2021. (Emily Mesner/ADN archive) JUNEAU — The U.S. Department of Education this week designated Alaska as “a high-risk grantee” because it said the state failed to fairly distribute COVID-19 relief to school districts. The 2021 American Rescue Plan Act . . .
The Pentagon today released its first strategy aimed at enhancing cybersecurity across defense industry stakeholders. The Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Strategy plots a course for increased focus and collaboration between the Defense Department and the U.S. defense industrial base on cybersecurity initiatives amid what officials say are persistent cyberthreats. “Our adversaries understand the strategic […]
Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images/File Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a public rally in Guwahati on April 2, 2023. New Delhi CNN — India’s Ministry of External Affairs summoned a US State Department official after the department called for a fair legal process for opposition leader and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal following . . .
Fact Sheet: Under the Leadership of Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has Delivered for Black People February 2024 HUD has Removed some Systemic Barriers to Homeownership and Supported Approximately a Quarter of a Million Black Homeowners Buy a Home with FHA Mortgages in the Last 3 Years. Since […]
Sophia George, Ph.D., a Sylvester molecular geneticist, and Matthew Schlumbrecht, M.D., M.P.H., a Sylvester researcher and oncologist who studies gynecologic cancer disparities, will lead . . .
CNN — The growing list of Americans in Haiti who have reached out to the US government was nearing 1,000 names on Tuesday, the State Department said, as the Caribbean nation struggles with rampant gang violence, political instability and an escalating humanitarian crisis.
The flight departed from the Northern port city of Cap-Haitien. March 17, 2024, 11:13 PM ET • 3 min read More than 30 U.S. citizens were returned to the United States from Haiti on a flight chartered by the U.S. State Department Sunday, a department spokesperson said. One day after the State Department posted its […]
‘Bearing the Cost’ research shows gender, racial wage gap costs billions annually WASHINGTON – New research released today by the U.S. Department of Labor reveals that Black women lost $42.7 billion in wages compared to white men in 2023, and Hispanic women lost $53.3 billion in wages. These losses are driven entirely by the fact that […]