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WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – As government funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains frozen in Congress, airports are running food drives and accepting donations for security screeners enduring their second stretch without pay in the last six months. Transportation Security Administration officers scrimped and pinched pennies during last year’s 43-day government shutdown, …
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it. “When you look at a child …
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When Paul DeGeorge felt pressure on his chest in the middle of the night, he thought his 4-year-old son was lying on top of him. DeGeorge had fallen asleep on the couch after coming home late from his job as a police officer, and it wouldn’t be unusual for the boy to snuggle up next …
SYDNEY (AP) — Maika Hamano’s first-half strike propelled Japan to the Women’s Asian Cup title with a 1-0 win over Australia on Saturday at Sydney’s Stadium Australia. The 21-year-old Hamano, on loan at Tottenham from Chelsea, took a pass from the left with her back to goal, turned and launched a powerful strike from outside …
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it. “When you look at a child …
The Texas comptroller has accepted several Islamic private schools into the state’s voucher program after the institutions sued to gain admittance. Four Muslim parents and three Islamic private school providers that operate four campuses had sued Texas leaders for excluding the schools while accepting hundreds of other non-Islamic schools. The two federal lawsuits asked the …
A burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous monthly heat records by wide margins. While heat is most acutely felt by people exposed to it, graphics and charts convey the scale of this extreme event. Temperatures in the West remain far above what’s typical for …
HAVANA, March 20 (Reuters) – Residents across the Cuban capital hauled buckets and lined up for water from tanker trucks as a combination of fuel shortages and power grid instability left thousands of taps dry. State water utility Aguas de La Habana confirmed that pumping schedules and supply operations have been disrupted by a lack …
STANLEY, New Mexico, March 21 (Reuters) – As police for the first time search Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch for evidence of any abuse he may have committed at the Old West-themed hideaway, attention has focused on the powerful former politicians in the state who continued to meet and receive campaign donations from Epstein long after he became …