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MEXICO CITY, April 1 (Reuters) – Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente will leave his post due to health reasons, local media outlets reported on Wednesday. Roberto Velasco, currently the head of the North America department at the foreign ministry, is set to take his place, the reports said. De la Fuente went …
DETROIT (AP) — A fire on Wednesday caused the evacuation of a historic building owned by Wayne State University in Detroit. Video from TV stations showed thick rolling clouds of black smoke near the top of the 14-story Maccabees Building, a nearly century-old building designed by Albert Kahn, along Woodward Avenue, just north of downtown. …
A federal judge in Tyler dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, dealing a blow to the Trump administration and other conservatives who have worked to eliminate the decades-old law barring nonprofits from supporting political office seekers. Several Texas churches and national Christian …
The State Department announced Wednesday that it is modifying the Foreign Service Officer Test to reflect the foreign policy goals of the Trump administration and meet “the challenges of the 21st century.” Under the new guidance, the exam is now revised to emphasize “merit in the selection process” by eliminating questions “intended to test alignment …
April 1 (Reuters) – Local officials in upstate New York on Wednesday ruled the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar as a homicide, after he had gone missing for several days upon being released from jail and into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol. Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, was found dead …
It’s like shooting a bullet with another bullet. Except the two — one the size of a trailer and the other as tall as the Empire State Building — are thousands of miles apart and moving at 7,000 miles an hour. It’s a gamble of millions of dollars and the professional reputation of the Long …
President Trump’s comments to reporters on Tuesday that he expects the U.S. to end its war with Iran in two or three weeks is buoying investors by easing global oil prices and boosting stocks. Yet such optimism is certain to fade quickly unless Iran agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz soon, according to economists, …
New DNA testing has definitively linked the unsolved death of a Utah teenager in 1974 to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, the local sheriff’s office said Wednesday. Laura Ann Aime, 17, went missing Halloween night 51 years ago after she left a party alone to go to a convenience store. About a month later, …
BALTIMORE (AP) — The first game-ending call by a so-called robot umpire gave Albert Suárez his first major league save in nine years, ending the Baltimore Orioles’ 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. A 1-2 fastball on the upper, outside corner to Evan Carter was called a ball by plate umpire Manny Gonzalez …
Full arguments: Supreme Court weighs Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court heard arguments over President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. Mr. Trump was in the courtroom, which marks the first time a sitting president attended a hearing before the highest court in the nation.