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Joy and skepticism among immigrants after judge restores DACA. Many rush to apply

MIAMI — A smorgasbord of emotions flooded Grisell Mendoza when her mom’s barrage of texts popped up on her phone Friday night. “There was hope. Joy. Skepticism,” the 19-year-old said between tears. “I hope this time it’s for real.” The text broke the news that a federal judge had just ordered the Department of Homeland […]

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Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner reportedly buy $30 million plot of land in Florida

MIAMI — Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump appear to be moving to Miami-Dade County. The daughter and son-in-law of President Donald Trump have purchased a plot of land in tony Indian Creek Village. The news was first reported by the New York Post’s Page Six, which said the acquisition is “believed to be” of a

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Roald Dahl’s Family Apologizes For Author’s Antisemitic Comments

The family of Roald Dahl has apologized for the author’s antisemitism, which hurt his reputation during his lifetime and continues to taint interpretations of his work after his death, through a statement on the website that was recently discovered and publicized but has been up for an indefinite amount of time. “The Dahl family and

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Georgia senators urged to quarantine after Giuliani’s COVID-19 diagnosis

ATLANTA — Upon learning Sunday that Rudy Giuliani tested positive for COVID-19, Georgia senators who attended a seven-hour hearing last week with President Donald Trump’s personal attorney were urged to self-quarantine. Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, a Gainesville Republican who did not attend the hearing, said state senators who participated in the Senate Judiciary

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‘Essential’ lawmakers begin session in Sacramento as COVID-19 cases among employees continue

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California lawmakers head to Sacramento Monday to kick off the 2021-2022 session during a massive COVID-19 surge, multiple recent cases among Capitol community employees underscore the challenges facing the Legislature ahead of its second pandemic year. The state has reached a critical point in its fight against the coronavirus. Hospital and

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Philadelphia’s retired archbishop says Biden should be denied Communion over his abortion stance

PHILADELPHIA — Former Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput said late last week that President-elect Joe Biden should be banned from receiving Communion because of his support for abortion rights, fueling an ongoing debate among Catholic leaders in the United States over how to relate to the nation’s second Catholic president. Chaput, who led Philadelphia’s diocese from

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Robert B. Reich: Biden and his team must tackle structural inequality

“It’s time we address the structural inequalities in our economy that the pandemic has laid bare,” President-elect Joe Biden said last week as he introduced his economic team. It’s a good team. They’re competent and they care, in sharp contrast to Donald Trump’s goon squad. Many of them were in the trenches with Biden and

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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Biden’s win in Georgia

ATLANTA — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit Monday that relied on conspiracy theories to try to invalidate Georgia’s election results, which showed Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten dismissed the lawsuit, which was bought by former Trump attorney Sidney Powell in an attempt to decertify Georgia’s election.

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Convert’s nightmarish three-year quest for citizenship continues

An Orthodox convert with a criminal past in Baltimore’s drug gangs who turned his life around, married in Israel, and applied for citizenship under the Law of Return two and a half years ago, continues to face a nightmarish bureaucratic struggle in his effort to settle in the Jewish state.Despite being a committed member of

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Middle East, USA

US Supreme Court moves up deadline in congressman’s bid to upend Pa. election results

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court moved up a key deadline Sunday for Pennsylvania officials to respond to a last-minute bid by one of Trump’s top boosters in Congress to decertify the state’s elections results. Previously, Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., who oversees emergency matters arising out of Pennsylvania for the court, had given

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US Supreme Court hears case on art trove bought by Nazi Germany

Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court will hear Monday a case involving an important medieval art collection that Nazi Germany acquired from Jewish dealers. The clash centers on gold crosses, jewels and other religious works from the 11th to the 14th centuries that are now on exhibit in a museum in Berlin. “This case

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