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Millions of migrants and hundreds of staff impacted by US and other aid cuts, UN agency says
BARCELONA, Spain — The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an “unprecedented” 30% cut in funding led […]
Georgia governor names labor commissioner and vaults first Hispanic woman into statewide office
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday Bárbara Rivera Holmes, the head of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, as the state’s next labor commissioner. Rivera Holmes replaces Bruce […]
Electric vehicle owners don’t buy gas. States look for other ways to pay for roads and bridges.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house. The Portland, Oregon, resident could […]
US immigration flights set off terrified international searches for missing loved ones
MIAMI — Franco Caraballo called his wife Friday night, crying and panicked. Hours earlier, the 26-year-old barber and dozens of other Venezuelan migrants held at a federal detention facility in […]
Sexual misconduct allegations in UN missions topped 100 in 2024, UN says
UNITED NATIONS — Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in U.N. peacekeeping and political missions topped 100 for the third time in the last 10 years in 2024, according to […]
Dust storms rage across New Mexico as transit authorities close major highways
SANTA FE, N.M. — Dust storms raged across New Mexico on Tuesday, snarling highway traffic as the National Weather Service pushed an emergency alert to cellphones that warned of zero-visibility […]
Appeals court hears arguments over Trump’s bid to fire 2 board members
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department attorney on Tuesday urged an appeals court to suspend judicial orders favoring two board members who were fired by President Donald Trump from their respective […]
Pentagon aims to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations
A senior defense official says that roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department WASHINGTON — Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut […]
Alabama police officer’s murder trial will proceed, court rules
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The immunity hearing for an Alabama police officer charged with murder will proceed in March, a criminal appeals court ruled, after finding no evidence to support the […]