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Haiti’s premier to resign once transitional council created and interim leader named, official says
By The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Caribbean leaders said late Monday that they “acknowledge the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry” once a transitional presidential council is created and an interim premier named. The announcement was made by Guyana President Irfaan Ali, who held an urgent meeting earlier Monday in Jamaica with officials including U.S. Secretary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US pledges an additional $100M for a multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force mission to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country’s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million in humanitarian aid and the creation of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US pledges an additional $100M for multinational force awaiting deployment to violence-hit Haiti
By The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force mission to Haiti following a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica to halt the country’s violent crisis. Blinken also announced another $33 million in humanitarian aid and the creation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!3 children and 2 adults die after school bus collides with semi in Illinois, authorities say
By The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Authorities in western Illinois said five people, including three children, were killed Monday when a school bus and semitruck crashed on a highway. The bus was traveling eastbound on Illinois Route 24 when it crossed the center line into the westbound lanes and into the path of the semi-truck. Both vehicles ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sexual orientation, gender ID can be talked about in Florida classrooms under lawsuit settlement
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it’s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The settlement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump wants New York hush money trial delayed until Supreme Court rules on immunity claims
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to adjourn the New York criminal trial indefinitely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump wants New York hush-money trial delayed until Supreme Court rules on immunity claims
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump is seeking to delay his March 25 hush money trial until the Supreme Court rules on the presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases. The Republican former president’s lawyers on Monday asked Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan to adjourn the New York criminal trial indefinitely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing Secretary Fudge resigning. Biden hails her dedication to boosting supply of affordable homes
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.” A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!HUD Secretary Fudge announces resignation in late March
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.” A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI again searches California federal women’s prison plagued by sexual abuse
By Michael R. Sisak And Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press on March 11th, 2024
Federal investigators on Monday were again searching a troubled women’s prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that led to previous charges against a former warden and other employees. More than a dozen FBI agents were at the Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin, a person ... Read More »
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