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Trump executive orders aimed at health equity, DEI worry Philadelphia health researchers

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At Bryn Mawr College, Cindy Sousa researches how trauma, violence, and climate change affect low-income communities, immigrants, and refugees, with the goal of improving health care and social supports in underserved communities.

But Sousa is worried about the future of her work following a flurry of executive orders that she and many of her ...Read more

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Treatment for HIV, AIDS in Haiti hit by U.S. foreign aid halt despite waivers from Rubio

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When growing gang violence and the kidnappings of health care workers forced Haiti’s leading organization in the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related illnesses to relocate operations from its main site in Port-au-Prince last year, infectious-disease doctors at the health service and research group faced a daunting problem.

As they tried to call ...Read more

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CDC leaders told to rank thousands of workers amid layoff fears

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Senior leaders at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to rank thousands of probationary employees based on how essential they are to operations as fears of mass layoffs ripple through the federal government.

About 2,800 probationary and full-time equivalent employees are potentially at risk, according to a person ...Read more

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Judge in Seattle accuses Trump of trying to change the Constitution

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A federal judge in Seattle has once again blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship — the guarantee embedded in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that every person born in the U.S. is an American citizen.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour was withering Thursday in his criticism of President ...Read more

7-year-old girl succumbs to injuries after racing accident at Orlando Speed World, Florida Highway Patrol reports

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A 7-year-old girl died Tuesday night after a racing accident at the Orlando Speed World Dragway days earlier, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

Elienisse Zoe Díaz Rodriguez passed away after she was taken Sunday to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, according to a spokesperson for FHP.

A GoFundMe set up ...Read more

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Trump fires head of Federal Election Commission, but she won't leave

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WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission posted a letter from President Donald Trump informing her that she’d been fired, but she’s refusing to leave.

“Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair,” Ellen Weintraub, a frequent critic of Trump, wrote on the social media ...Read more

Alaska rescue crews searching for overdue Bering Air plane with 10 aboard

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Searchers are looking for a Bering Air plane that was reported missing Thursday on its way from Unalakleet to Nome with 10 people aboard, Alaska State Troopers said.

The Bering Air Caravan, which is carrying nine passengers and a pilot, was reported overdue at 4 p.m. Thursday, troopers said in an online statement.

Clint ...Read more

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Trump buyout at 50,000 takers as focus shifts to poor performers

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s offer for federal employees to resign from their posts has already been accepted by more than 50,000 workers, according to a person familiar with the effort.

Now the administration is signaling a tougher posture in its bid to shrink the government’s workforce, asking federal agencies to draw up lists ...Read more

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Mayor Adams directs NYC agencies to let ICE search schools, other locations if staff feels 'threatened'

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NEW YORK — All New York City agencies, including public schools and the shelter system, can let federal authorities searching for undocumented immigrants onto their property without warrants if city personnel “reasonably feel threatened” by their presence, according to a new policy rolled out by Mayor Adams.

The new policy, which comes as...Read more

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Mayor Adams directs NYC agencies to let ICE search schools, other locations if staff feels 'threatened'

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NEW YORK — All New York City agencies, including public schools and the shelter system, can let federal authorities searching for undocumented immigrants onto their property without warrants if city personnel “reasonably feel threatened” by their presence, according to a new policy rolled out by Mayor Eric Adams.

The new policy, which ...Read more

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Neighbors, advocates reel in aftermath of Denver-area ICE raids: 'These last 30 hours have been devastating'

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DENVER — The day after Denver and Aurora were struck by immigration raids, residents and advocates were left processing what had happened to potentially dozens of their neighbors as federal law enforcement officials remained silent about how many people they detained.

Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday...Read more

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Jury finds Tampa dog park shooter not guilty

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TAMPA, Fla. — The man accused of murder in the shooting death of a gay man at a Tampa dog park last year was acquitted Thursday.

After deliberating for about 2 1/2 hours, a six-person jury found that Gerald Declan Radford did not commit second-degree murder when he shot John Walter Lay at the West Dog Park last year.

Prosecutors had also ...Read more

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All major wreckage from midair collision near Reagan airport removed, military says

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All the major pieces of the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk army helicopter that crashed over the Potomac River last week have been removed as of Thursday, according to military officials.

The Baltimore District of the Army Corps of Engineers, along with the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage ...Read more

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FCC investigating San Francisco radio station that shared location of undercover ICE agents

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The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into KCBS Radio after the San Francisco station broadcast information on the live locations of undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in San Jose, California.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told Fox News that the commission had sent a formal letter of inquiry to ...Read more

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Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director

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WASHINGTON — Russell Vought, a hard-charging fiscal and social conservative with a passion for downsizing government, became President Donald Trump’s budget director for the second time Thursday when the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed him on a party-line vote.

While the 53-47 outcome was never in real doubt — no Republican ever ...Read more

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Trump's order forces Minnesota State High School League to reexamine policy on transgender athletes in girls sports

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Minnesota high school sports leaders are once again confronted with the question of whether transgender student-athletes should be eligible to compete in girls sports.

Leaders of the nonprofit organization that oversees high school athletics in the state are uncertain how President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people ...Read more

Maryland's health secretary is resigning; Moore names Biden official Meena Seshamani as nominee

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Maryland Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott will leave her role at the end of February after a tumultuous two years and will be replaced by a former Medicare official from President Joe Biden’s administration, Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.

The state’s health agency had faced tough questions and federal lawsuits related to its handling of ...Read more

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FAA slows Reagan Airport's flight arrival rate to ease controller stress

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WASHINGTON — U.S. aviation safety regulators are slowing the rate of aircraft arrivals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to help ease the strain on air traffic controllers in the aftermath of a deadly midair collision last week.

The Federal Aviation Administration notified airlines of the planned change in an email sent Wednesday ...Read more

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No tea leaves from silent Madigan jury as deliberations head into 8th day

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CHICAGO — Jurors in the landmark corruption trial of Michael Madigan on Thursday concluded their seventh day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. And for the second day running, they maintained total silence, sending no questions or other communications to the judge.

Deliberations began Jan. 29 and as of Thursday have lasted for about...Read more

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GOP bills would end gender transition care in Kentucky prisons, codify 'Women's Bill of Rights'

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky Republican has filed a bill barring state correctional facilities from paying for and providing hormone therapy to transgender inmates.

Majority Whip Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green, filed Senate Bill 2 Thursday to “prohibit the funding of cross-sex hormones and also transgender surgery for our inmates.”

The bill...Read more