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Atlanta CNN — Audrey Collins looks longingly up the hill towards her grandmother’s grave. The pathway to get there is impassible for the 71-year-old, who would need to climb over fallen trees and overgrown vines to reach the headstone, which itself may not even be visible in the forest’s current condition.
MEXICO CITY — After years of bowing to U.S. pressure to help slow migration, Mexico is drawing the line at a Texas law that would give the state a dramatically bigger role in border enforcement, including the right to deport undocumented migrants. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has denounced the measure . . .
By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington 8 March 2024 Updated 5 hours ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, TikTok has few supporters on Capitol Hill – and may have lost some this week US congressional offices have told the BBC they are being deluged with calls from TikTok users about legislation that could see […]
The United States made a second round of airdrops of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the Biden administration continued its efforts to prevent a greater humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian territory. U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropped 36,800 ready-to-eat meals, in a joint operation with the Jordanian Air Force, “to provide […]
11:21 a.m. ET, February 29, 2024 US, Mexico and Guatemala pledge to deepen cooperation on illegal migration during talks in Washington From CNN’s Jennifer Hansler In this January 2022 photo, migrants wanting to reach the US, mostly Hondurans and Nicaraguans, cross from Honduras to Guatemala. Wendell Escoto/AFP/Getty Images The United States, Mexico and Guatemala on […]
Overview: After trading Angela Hucles from the Boston Breakers five years ago, U.S. women’s national coach Pia Sundhage admitted she didn’t have the heart to cut the forward from the national team. Angela Hucles scored four goals, second only to Brazil’s Cristiane, in the 2008 women’s Olympic soccer tournament. (Photo special to FrontRowSoccer.com) Since February […]
OMAHA — A North Omaha landmark, built more than a century ago, is part of a national wave of religious buildings that will share $4 million awarded last week under a program to protect the legacy of America’s Black churches. The former Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3105 N. 24th St., is to benefit from a […]
Eleven days ago, Sen. Lindsay Graham arrived for a private meeting in a lavish tent with ruby red rugs and low burgundy cushions in the western Saudi Arabian oasis town of Al Ula, home to ancient Nabatean ruins. The tent is guarded by layers of Saudi security that protect the nearby winter camp of Crown […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a legal effort to stop Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP. In a Thursday ruling, three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans denied the […]
In the past two weeks, American forces have killed Houthi militants in the Red Sea and a senior official in an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq, as well as striking Hizbollah targets in Iraq. The Houthis have mounted repeated attacks in the Red Sea, prompting shipping companies to avoid the vital sea lane. Washington’s close ally […]