Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference on September 7, 2022, in Miami, Florida. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Migrants who were flown to Martha's Vineyard filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday. Migrants were made to believe that they would receive refugee benefits upon arrival, lawsuit says. They received "official-looking materials" including a […]
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A bus contractor hired by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to transport migrants to New York signed an agreement not talk to NY officials, complicating volunteer efforts to help: report
One of the migrants. Vanessa Leroy for Insider Texas has bused thousands of migrants to east coast cities over the past few months. A contractor busing the migrants has been banned from speaking with New York City officials, the AP reported. The lack of communication complicates non-profit groups efforts to meet and help those arriving. […]
With BA.5 boosters, Biden officials herald the start of annual COVID shots
Enlarge / Syringes filled with COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on April 06, 2022 in San Rafael, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The updated COVID-19 boosters targeting the BA.4/5 subvariants now rolling out nationwide are meant to head off a surge of the disease this fall and winter—but […]
Officials concerned about ‘violence and disruption’ during midterm elections, says Michigan secretary of state
In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File On Face the Nation, the Michigan Secretary of State said officials are concerned about violence during the midterms. Sec. Jocelyn Benson said "the ongoing spread of misinformation" fuels the potential for violence. Sec. Benson added that […]
Taliban on the cusp of securing wheat, gas, and oil deal with Russia, officials say
Taliban officials attending an international conference in Moscow in October 2021. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Image Taliban-led Afghanistan is set to strike a deal with Moscow soon on imports of oil and gas. The negotiations come as the world increasingly closes itself to Moscow's energy market. With its banks sanctioned, the Taliban said it would […]
Illinois officials are refusing to allow a concert hosted by R. Kelly to take place
Invision/Frank Micelotta via Associated Press Illinois officials are refusing to allow a concert hosted by R. Kelly to take place. The move follows a slew of sexual misconduct allegations against the R&B star, detailed in the six-part Lifetime documentary series, “Surviving R. Kelly.” Kelly has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois […]
Influenza has killed 3 unvaccinated Sask. preschoolers so far this season: public health officials
Health officials are pleading with families to get flu shots, with hospitalization rates for the flu this season highest for children under age nine. Only one in three Saskatchewan toddlers has had the vaccine, the provincial health authority says.
US officials head to China for high-level trade talks next week – Beijing
A team of US negotiators led by Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish will sit down with their Chinese counterparts next week to follow up on agreements reached between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires in December, Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced […]
Children are bearing the brunt of this year’s flu season, health officials say
Many Canadian children are spending the holidays battling the flu and other respiratory illnesses — and an early start to the flu season might be partly to blame, public health officials say. Doctors say it’s not too late to get the flu shot, which they expect to be more effective than last year.