Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/17/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/17/2024 - 2:00am
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/17/2024 - 1:00am
WASHINGTON — Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt’s efforts to pass legislation that would block Medicaid funding from going to states that ban in vitro fertilization were unsuccessful Wednesday when Democrats blocked the bill from advancing.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 6:00am
NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 5:00am
With the deadline quickly approaching for him to qualify for the June CNN presidential debate, RFK Jr. has yet to meet the commonsense qualifications that CNN has set for participants. Which is at it should be. He doesn't belong on the stage. His candidacy is at best a distraction and at worst a spoiler. What it most certainly is not is a serious bid for the presidency.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 3:00am
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden's ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and jurors saw photos of the president's son bare-chested in a bubble bath and heard about his visit to a strip club.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 2:00am
OMAHA --- A Republican candidate for Douglas County board who lost the May 14 primary election by 30 percentage points has requested a recount at his own cost.
That could be the first such request in more than two decades, county election officials said Wednesday.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 1:00am
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — As young soldiers, they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to battle the Nazis. On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans in a parade of wheelchairs joined a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same beaches where they landed exactly 80 years ago on D-Day.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 6:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.
Broken apart by strong winds and heavy seas just over a week after it became operational, the project faces criticism that it hasn’t lived up to its initial billing or its $320 million price tag.