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UConn’s Alex Karaban earns top academic honor
UConn men’s basketball redshirt senior Alex Karaban has earned a spot on the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ ...
Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy
LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase ...
DHS: Teen charged in I-91 crash that hurt troopers in U.S. ‘illegally.’ GOP leaders condemn CT law
The Department of Homeland Security claimed that the 18-year-old is from Ecuador and entered the United States illegally in ...
Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth
Trump’s bill allocates about $170 billion for border and immigration enforcement, with $4.1 billion for CBP hiring that ...
Average long-term US mortgage rate rises to 6.75%, second straight uptick
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, ...
Urban League declares a ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights in the US in response to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations on Thursday declared a “state of emergency” for ...
Juul can continue selling its tobacco and menthol e-cigarettes, FDA says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, ...
Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary nation
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister – the key negotiator of his country’s deal with ...
Trump administration hands over nation’s Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to ...