Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to release some migrant families in detention to accommodate the arrival of migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border, according to two Homeland Security officials.
As one Virginia school district prepares to reopen, educators and families balance Covid precautions and normal instruction
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Rose Moore stands in front of a classroom, training a teacher about technology and safety for in-person learning. It's the 44th time the assistant principal at Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has d...
3 officers were hurt in an explosion in Wichita while searching a vacant home, officials say
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Three Wichita, Kansas, police officers were injured in a possible explosion Saturday while responding to a call at a vacant home, authorities said. "Just after 4:00 officers were dispatched to check a vacant residen...
Keep your eye on Kentucky’s voting plans
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Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. He is the author of "Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting." Find him at www...
Biden administration plans to open another tent facility for migrants on the Texas border
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The Biden administration is planning to open another facility in Del Rio, Texas, to expand processing capacity for children and families arriving at the US-Mexico border, a Department of Homeland Security official c...
Republican legislators around the country seek to strip governors and officials of emergency election powers
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Republican legislators around the country are moving aggressively to strip governors and other officials of their power to change election rules -- after states made it easier to vote last year during the coronaviru...
US officials ask China not to subject staff to Covid-19 anal swab tests
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Shanghai, China US officials in China have asked local authorities to refrain from subjecting US staff in the country to Covid-19 anal swabs, according to a US diplomat based in China. On Thursday, China responded to...
Six Flags plans to open all of its amusement parks for 2021 season
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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation says it is planning to open all 26 of its amusement parks and water parks for the 2021 season, including five that were not able to operate last year because of the coronavirus pa...
High-profile elections officials leave posts after a tumultuous 2020
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A cluster of election officials around the country have lost or left their jobs in recent weeks, as the fallout from the tumultuous 2020 election season continues. The exits come as experts say a wave of departures ...
‘A chronicle of scandal foretold’: Vaccine furor highlights long history of misconduct by elected officials in Peru
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It's been only three months since former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra was impeached by his country's Congress and removed from office over corruption allegations which he has repeatedly denied. Yet there he wa...
DeSantis defends controversial vaccine deal with developer — and threatens to pull vaccines if officials don’t like it
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Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to move a pop-up vaccination clinic that his state has set up in an affluent community in Manatee County after he was confronted with allegations of political fa...
Peru’s foreign minister resigns in furor over secret vaccination of government officials
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Peru's foreign minister has stepped down amid a furor over government officials being vaccinated against the coronavirus, even before the country began rolling out doses to health care workers. President Francisco S...
Minneapolis officials seek input on a memorial for the intersection where George Floyd was killed
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The city of Minneapolis will send a survey to community members to determine how to best memorialize George Floyd at the intersection where he was killed by police, officials said Friday. "The killing of George Floy...