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'HERO Act' veterans services bill approved by Mass. state House
BOSTON — With Memorial Day just around the corner, it seems somewhat fitting that lawmakers finally took up and passed a veteran’s services bill first offered by the governor toward the end of last year.
An Act Honoring, Empowering and Recognizing Our Servicemembers and Veterans, or the HERO Act, was sent to the House ahead of Veteran’s ...Read more
After Times Square controversy, breastfeeding billboards come to Philly
Drivers near Callowhill Street in Philadelphia and on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Plymouth Meeting and Lower Southampton can now see a billboard that was, for a time, deemed too controversial for Times Square.
With pregnant belly out and breasts covered by her cookies, said to stimulate milk production, cookbook author Molly Baz poses with the...Read more
China holds biggest military drills in a year around Taiwan
China held its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan, just days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island’s new president.
The drills on Thursday were intended to “serve as a strong punishment for the separatist acts of ‘Taiwan independence’ forces and a stern warning against the interference and provocation by ...Read more
San Diego County formally asks state to investigate cross-border sewage crisis and its impact on public health
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County is officially calling on state and federal public health agencies to investigate the effects of cross-border pollution on the region.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county's public health director, submitted a "public health request" to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the California Department...Read more
France's Macron touches down in New Caledonia, urges calm
French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in New Caledonia early Thursday and called for a “return to peace, calm and security” after days of violent protests in the Pacific territory sparked by a proposed change to the voting franchise.
“My wish here, with my ministers and the entire government, is to be with the population,” ...Read more
New report finds success in wild horse adoption program, critics disagree
A free-market environmental group has recommended expanding a Bureau of Land Management wild horse and burro adoption program that it says is saving taxpayers millions of dollars a year. A wild horse advocacy group has called the program a failure.
The Property and Environment Research Center issued a report this week that recommended ...Read more
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget won't fund key homeless programs. Democrats want to claw money back
California lawmakers are pushing hard to find ways to restore major homelessness and housing program cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed in his revised budget.
The spending plan he presented earlier in the month would deal with an estimated $45 billion deficit by not adding funding for a major state program to tackle homelessness.
It also cut ...Read more
Brandeis Center files lawsuit alleging 'antisemitic' discrimination, harassment at Harvard
BOSTON — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit against Harvard on Wednesday, alleging the university has not adequately addressed harassment and discrimination on campus they describe as antisemitic.
“As a recipient of federal funding, Harvard is covered by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” the ...Read more
Rutgers faculty defend the university in advance of Thursday's GOP-led congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus
With their president next up to be grilled by a GOP-led congressional committee probing antisemitism on campus, some Rutgers University faculty, including leaders of its union and a group of Jewish professors, are speaking up in defense of the school’s decision to negotiate an agreement with pro-Palestinian encampment protesters.
Jonathan ...Read more
MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students
BOSTON — MIT has updated its website for a “women of color” program after a free speech group filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Cambridge campus for excluding white students.
The MIT program, “The Creative Regal Women of kNowledge” (CRWN), is at the center of the civil rights complaint filed against the university ...Read more
Drexel University to resume normal operations as pro-Palestinian encampment heads into fifth day
PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University will officially resume normal operations Thursday as the campus’ pro-Palestinian encampment heads into its fifth full day, president John Fry wrote in a letter to students and staff Wednesday evening.
“It has been determined that we now have the personnel and systems in place to safely return to normal ...Read more
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TikTok ban is popular with voters as AI stirs privacy fears, poll shows
Many swing-state voters say they are worried that the growing presence of artificial intelligence could one day diminish privacy and hurt job prospects, according to a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll that also found majority support for efforts to ban TikTok.
More ...Read more
Illinois judge temporarily blocks hastily passed election law that favored Democrats in November
A judge in Springfield on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction blocking a law passed by Democrats that would have prevented Republicans from slating candidates for legislative races not filled in the March primary.
Sangamon County Judge Gail Noll issued the order pending a hearing on June 3, which had been the statutory date for filling the ...Read more
California unlikely to get much help from Biden to lower gasoline prices. Here's why
The Biden administration boasted this week that it’s taking strong steps aimed at “helping to lower prices at the pump as Americans hit the road this summer.”
But its action is unlikely to help bring down California gasoline prices, which have consistently been the highest in the nation.
“It doesn’t mean anything for California,” ...Read more
Flag seen flying at Jan. 6 insurrection reportedly spotted at Supreme Court justice's New Jersey vacation home
A controversial flag flown by rioters at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was reportedly displayed at the New Jersey beach vacation home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
An “Appeal to Heaven” flag was spotted at Alito’s Long Beach Island home in July and September last year, according to The New York Times. The banner, also referred ...Read more
San Diego leaders respond to 'promising' and 'troubling' report showing a continued rise in homelessness
SAN DIEGO — Local and federal officials expressed cautious optimism Wednesday about new statistics showing only a small rise in homelessness throughout San Diego County.
The annual point-in-time count found more than 10,600 homeless people in January, a 3% increase from last year. The previous tally recorded a 22% jump.
Yet budget deficits ...Read more
UCI Divest group prompts walkout over treatment, suspensions in encampment protest last week
A couple hundred people gathered at UC Irvine this afternoon, May 22, following the UCI Divest Coalition’s call for a walkout in response to suspensions the group said those arrested in last week’s encampment protest have received.
Leaders of the walkout led the large group that had gathered in Aldrich Park around 12:30 p.m. in a procession...Read more
Michigan GOP expects it will have to 'clarify and correct' fundraising reports
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan GOP Chairman Pete Hoekstra said in a letter to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday that his administration has launched a "comprehensive audit" of the state party's finances and expects it will have to remedy problems with past fundraising disclosures.
"This audit is critical to ensuring the accuracy and ...Read more
Why 'paper or plastic?' may be coming to an end at California grocery stores
For years, “paper or plastic?” has been the question that millions of shoppers hear when they roll up to the checkout counter.
But in California, that universal phrase may soon be going the way of “Yada, yada, yada,” “Heeere’s Johnny!” and “send me a fax.”
On Tuesday, lawmakers in the California state Senate and Assembly ...Read more
Florida's Rick Scott enters race to be next Senate GOP leader
WASHINGTON — Florida’s Rick Scott joined the race to be the Senate’s next Republican leader on Wednesday, telling colleagues in a letter that “we need a dramatic sea change to save our country.”
“I am running for leader because I believe our Conference should be governed to better accomplish what each of us came here to do,” Scott...Read more
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