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As Little Haiti continues to change, its cultural center gets a new leader
MIAMI — The very first thing Qunyatta Warren did as the new executive director of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex was create a list.
He wanted to know the problems with the facility. He wanted to know the best programming for the community. He wanted to know the type of training his staff needed. Ultimately, he just wanted to know what he ...Read more

Top Georgia judges seek big pay raises from lawmakers in 2024
ATLANTA — Top state judges urged Capitol budget writers last week to back a plan to tie their pay to that of their federal colleagues, giving them a big salary boost well above what other state employees have received in recent years.
The judges say the salaries of members of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and superior courts often can�...Read more

NYC Council says $1.2B in new revenue can curb Mayor Adams' city service cuts
NEW YORK — The City Council says the city can stave off some of Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed cuts in municipal services — in which libraries, sanitation and public safety services are on the chopping block — with $1.2 billion in additional revenue it projects in this year’s city budget, according to a report it plans to release Sunday. ...Read more

Senate talks to unlock Ukraine, Israel aid face 'pretty big' gap
Senate negotiators said differences persist over U.S.-Mexico border policy, stalling long-term legislation to fund the U.S. government with lawmakers set to leave Washington at the end of the week.
At stake in the impasse between Republicans and Democrats is further U.S. military aid to countries including Ukraine, which President Joe Biden’s...Read more

Putin, Netanyahu talk amid rising tensions over Israel-Hamas war
Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at length on Sunday as tensions between the two leaders mount over the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s growing ties with Iran.
In a 50-minute call, Netanyahu “strongly criticized the dangerous cooperation between Russia and Iran” and “expressed his displeasure” with Moscow taking sides against...Read more

Winter weather arrives as NYC migrant crisis worsens: 'It's going to get ugly'
NEW YORK — In a defining image of New York’s migrant crisis, scores of asylum seekers slept on the pavement outside the migrant processing center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown last summer. When the temperatures plunge this winter, any similar breakdowns could prove much more dire.
As the city’s asylum seeker challenge deepens, the ...Read more

China, Philippines vessels face off in second day of clashes
Chinese and Philippine vessels faced off in multiple clashes in the South China Sea over the weekend as tensions continued to escalate between the two countries over maritime territory.
The Philippines’ sea task force said its vessels were damaged after being “directly targeted” with a water cannon on Sunday by a Chinese coast guard ship ...Read more

Milei is sworn in as Argentina braces for his shock therapy
Javier Milei took office as Argentina’s president Sunday, promising to eradicate inflation and rescue the nation’s troubled economy with a shock-therapy program based on drastic cuts to public spending.
The libertarian leader, who beat out Argentina’s traditional political coalitions to win an election run-off last month, took the oath ...Read more
Egypt heads to polls with El-Sisi set for new term amid crisis
Egyptians began voting Sunday in a three-day-long election, with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi all but certain to win a third term even as the North African nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in years.
Polls opened at 9 a.m. local time and El-Sisi was shown on Egyptian TV casting his ballot around then. Government officials have ...Read more

Newsom administration advances delta tunnel project despite environmental opposition
In the face of heavy opposition from environmental groups, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration are pushing forward with a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — a project the governor says is vital to modernizing the state’s aging water system.
State officials ...Read more

The twisted path of Jerrid Powell, from jock to accused L.A. serial killer
LOS ANGELES — In the days after Thanksgiving, authorities say, Jerrid Joseph Powell was cruising around Los Angeles in a $60,000 BMW shooting homeless people, striking three times in a four-day span.
The first to die was 37-year-old Jose Bolanos, who was sleeping on a couch in an alley in Vermont Vista around 3 a.m. Nov. 26. Twenty-four hours...Read more

Doctors on (video) call: Rural medics get long-distance help in treating man gored by bison
GANN VALLEY, S.D. — Rural medics who rescued rancher Jim Lutter after he was gored by a bison didn’t have much experience handling such severe wounds.
But the medics did have a doctor looking over their shoulders inside the ambulance as they rushed Lutter to a hospital.
The emergency medicine physician sat 140 miles away in a Sioux Falls, ...Read more

The future of nuclear energy will be decided in Idaho
The global resurgence for nuclear energy starts in the barren, high desert of Idaho.
Almost every nuclear plant in the world today can trace its lineage back to Idaho National Laboratory’s sprawling 890-square-mile complex. Researchers there were the first to generate electricity from splitting the atom back in 1951, and countless scientists...Read more

What to know about home care services
Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they need often isn’t easy. There are severe shortages of home health aides in many parts of the country. Hiring them is costly. And most middle-class people will have to pay for home care themselves if it’s needed for the long haul.
Here’s ...Read more
Annastacia Palaszczuk resigns as premier of Queensland state
Annastacia Palaszczuk is resigning as premier of Australia’s Queensland state after serving in the role since 2015.
“Now is the time for me to find out what life has to offer,” Palaszczuk said at a televised news conference Sunday. “Queensland is in good shape, which is why now it is time for me to leave.”
Palaszczuk, who was sworn ...Read more

'Preventable deaths': KC mayor tackles drug crisis with first-ever 'Fentanyl Summit'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mayor Quinton Lucas held a “Fentanyl Summit” Friday afternoon at the Kansas City Health Department to raise awareness on the city’s fentanyl and opioid crisis.
Health officials, law enforcement and families had a public discussion to tackle the epidemic of opioid and fentanyl related-deaths.
During a news conference ...Read more

Flood watch in effect for NYC as all 5 boroughs brace for powerful weekend storm
NEW YORK — A flood watch is in effect across the New York City area from Sunday afternoon into early Monday morning, as forecasters say a powerful storm could dump up to 3 inches of rain in the region.
Most of the rain will fall during a 12-hour period starting in the early evening on Sunday, officials with the National Weather Service in New...Read more

Councilman wins seat by 1 ballot because opponent didn't vote
Washington state councilman Ryan Roth won his “wild” election by a single ballot after his opponent failed to vote.
It took nearly a month for election officials to figure out who won the Nov. 7 election in Rainier, Washington. But when the votes were officially tallied, Roth, who mailed in his ballot, was declared the victor by a count of ...Read more
Storms moving across Kentucky Saturday bring reports of possible tornado damage
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Parts of Kentucky remained under a tornado watch Saturday night after a suspected tornado left damage in at least one Western Kentucky county Saturday afternoon.
Lexington and much of Central Kentucky was included in a Hazardous Weather Outlook statement issued by the National Weather Service in Louisville late Saturday ...Read more

Penn president Liz Magill has resigned after congressional testimony backlash and following days of intense pressure
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill has resigned amid growing bipartisan backlash against her congressional committee testimony on antisemitism earlier this week and a semester marked by near-weekly protests, complaints by deep-pocketed donors, and widespread accusations of mismanagement since a controversial ...Read more
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