America

A federal appeals court has agreed to rehear a case that could determine the fate of more than 300,000 immigrants living in the U.S. legally on humanitarian grounds. Immigrant advocates are calling last week’s decision by the 9th Circuit…
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A new Gallup poll shows that Americans’ satisfaction with the level of immigration into the United States has fallen to its lowest point in a decade. About 63% of the respondents said they were dissatisfied with immigration. The poll was…
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The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday. "In the case of Russia's actions in Ukraine…
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As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself. This week a St. Louis judge overturned Johnson’s murder…
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US President Joe Biden is gearing up to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a speech in neighboring Poland on Tuesday, where he will reiterate the US commitment to support the defense of Ukraine 'for as long as it…
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A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi, a local sheriff said, leaving investigators searching for clues to what motivated the…
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After days of speculation about the origins of the unidentified flying objects that U.S. fighter jets shot down over Alaska and Canada last week, an Illinois-based club for balloon hobbyists might have an answer. The Northern Illinois…
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Nearly 50 lawmakers from both major political parties of the United States on Friday attended the start of Europe's premier annual security conference to affirm bipartisan support for U.S. aid to Ukraine. Four delegations of Democratic…
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Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. Aid efforts ramp up in aftermath of earthquakes  As hopes fade for finding survivors under the…
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The United States struck additional key blows against the Islamic State terror group, removing a couple of senior leaders from the battlefield in two separate nighttime helicopter raids in northeastern Syria. U.S. Central Command…
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