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Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today’s catastrophe is worse
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip | Blink and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under […]
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened […]
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Read more FRIDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Colorado Dems say bills focused on countering federal ‘attacks’ and actions Read more GOP gubernatorial candidates clash on budget, election security in debate
FRIDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more Colorado Dems say bills focused on countering federal ‘attacks’ and actions Read more GOP gubernatorial candidates clash on budget, election security in debate Read more Colorado education bills pass, addressing school safety and civil rights issues
Colorado Dems say bills focused on countering federal ‘attacks’ and actions
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | For the second year, the Democratic-controlled Colorado Legislature played defense against actions coming down from the federal government and the Trump administration. “The world around us shaped, at times, what our agenda might have looked like,” House Speaker Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat, told reporters […]
GOP gubernatorial candidates clash on budget, election security in debate
This story was first published at CPR News. DENVER | Republican gubernatorial candidates state Rep. Scott Bottoms and state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer faced off Thursday in their first televised debate ahead of the June 30 primary election. During the hour-long live broadcast sponsored by CPR News, Denver7 and The Denver Post, the candidates made their […]
Colorado education bills pass, addressing school safety and civil rights issues
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Colorado lawmakers avoided cuts to the core of public education funding this legislative session despite facing a significant budget shortfall. But with more financial challenges likely in the years ahead, it’s now on voters to decide whether public schools deserve more dollars than the status quo. […]
Trump and Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilizing US-China relations as differences persist
BEIJING | U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress in stabilizing U.S.-China relations even as deep differences persist between the world’s two biggest powers on Iran, Taiwan and more. Following the trip, Trump said he had not yet made a determination on whether a […]
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access […]
A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
PORT ISABEL, Texas | Until recently, young children ran in and out of their public housing homes in this Gulf Coast town, playing on sun-dappled lawns as mothers looked over their shoulders for the school bus to drop off their older kids. Suddenly, couches, dressers and refrigerators started appearing curbside for movers or garbage collectors. […]