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US-based Haitians are buoyed but wary after a judge stops Trump from ending their protections
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Roudechel Charpentier moved to Springfield in 2023 to escape the violence in his native Haiti, enrolled in college and got a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant.
He's been losing sleep over the Trump administration's push to end the temporary protected status, or TPS, that allows him and roughl ... (full story)
Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mai Vang wouldn't be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college.
Now a member of the Sacramento City Counci ... (full story)
Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week he will move to close Washington’s Kennedy Center performing arts center for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to upturn the storied venue since returning to the White House.
Trump’s announcement on social media follows a wav ... (full story)
US sending ICE unit to Winter Olympics for security, prompting concern and confusion in Italy
MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail for the U.S. delegation during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency that has dominated headlines for leading the Trump ... (full story)
Not ready for robots in homes? The maker of a friendly new humanoid thinks it might change your mind
NEW YORK (AP) — As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tesla.
Sprout's charm i ... (full story)