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WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – Major U.S. cities have experienced a population decline, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Thursday, which the White House touted as the result of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Although the U.S. population grew by 1.8 million people last year, the Census review found an average 0.6% increase in population …
MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had taken control of a new village in its slow advance through eastern Ukraine, Sheviakivka in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Ukraine’s military made no acknowledgement that the village on the Russian border had changed hands. A Ukrainian paratroop unit said it had …
WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration said on Thursday the U.S. Education Department will leave its headquarters in Washington and relocate to a smaller office in the U.S. capital as the government continues efforts to dismantle the agency. “The U.S. Department of Education will move out of the Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters …
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it’s investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women. The investigation will focus on the California Institution for Women in San Bernardino County and the Central California Women’s Facility in Madera County, as well as the Maine Correctional Center …
John Reilly III, the highway superintendent in Chester — a town nearly 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Manhattan — now faces up to 25 years behind bars on the top charge. Sentencing is scheduled for May. Reilly had maintained he was acting in self-defense to protect his family and home when he shot at …
KATHMANDU, March 27 (Reuters) – Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long troubled by fragile governments and weak growth prospects. Shah became prime minister after his three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 182 seats in the …
Hanalei, Hawaii — A helicopter crashed Thursday afternoon off a remote beach of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, killing three people and injuring two, authorities said. The helicopter was carrying a pilot and four passengers when it crashed at Kalalau Beach, the Kauai Fire Department said. The beach is on the Na Pali Coast on …
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of used sneakers arrive each week at a workshop east of Paris, where workers inspect them and ask a simple question: Can a shoe be saved? The nonprofit SneakCœurZ is in the business of sorting the shoes to check which ones can be resold or redistributed, and which have to be …
BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Friday it had initiated two counter-probes into U.S. practices hampering the flow of Chinese products into the United States, in a move suggesting no retaliation from Beijing immediately against recent U.S. probes. The two investigations – to conclude within six months but which could be …
March 27 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military leadership is set for a reshuffle following an annual armed forces parade on Friday, state media reported, in a rare public signaling of transition by the secretive institution that has dominated the Southeast Asian nation. The imminent leadership change comes just days before Myanmar’s newly-convened parliament is due to …