3 minutes reading time Katie Squires | Special to the USA TODAY Network Just last year, the for-profit Princeton Care Center closed abruptly and chaotically around the clock, disrupting the lives of 72 residents and their families, leaving them homeless and, in some cases, traumatized. Although the closure had been planned months in advance, residents […]
Find a better choice Subject: “Courage or cowardice? America needs elected officials who will stand up for themselves in difficult situations,” by Alan W. Steelman, Sunday Opinion. This well-written opinion piece reminded us of many who served our government with principle and strength of conscience to stand up for a cause higher than their own […]
CO2 CREDITS … Nominations sought for Council membership PUBLISHED ON 13 August 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on August 13 that it intends to establish a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Advisory Council and a Third-Party Verifier Advisory Council (informally known as the Growing Climate Solutions Act Advisory Council). (Jacob Tosch, Porter County […]
CARACAS, Venezuela — The last time anyone heard from Edni López was on Sunday. The 33-year-old political scientist and award-winning poet was preparing to board a flight to Argentina to visit a friend when she texted her from the airport saying there was something wrong with her passport. “Immigration has confiscated my passport because it […]
More than 85 families living in a demolished apartment building in Aurora were ordered to leave their homes Tuesday morning by the city, but one of the former tenants of Fitzsimons Place has sued the property’s owners and managers. Javier Hidalgo filed the lawsuit Monday to force landlords to provide housing for him and other […]
The financial burdens caused by the refugee crisis continue unabated. According to city data, New York City has likely spent more than $5 billion on migrant services—including nearly $2 billion just to house the many new arrivals streaming into the Big Apple. The staggering numbers, listed in the city’s online asylum-seeker funding tracker, show that […]
ALBANY — Nearly 100 nurses protested outside the state Supreme Court Tuesday ahead of oral arguments in a lawsuit accusing the state Department of Labor of wrongfully closing investigations into victims’ complaints of wage theft. In the state, nurses earn an average of just over $16 an hour. But immigrants working in this industry face […]
ALBANY — Nearly 100 nurses protested outside the state Supreme Court Tuesday ahead of oral arguments in a lawsuit accusing the state Department of Labor of wrongfully closing investigations into victims’ complaints of wage theft. In the state, nurses earn an average of just over $16 an hour. But immigrants working in this industry face […]
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The High Light Smoke Shop on East 23rd Street in Manhattan was closed late Tuesday morning. Online search results show the shop is permanently closed. But local officials claim that this is not the case. “Even though the gate is down now, it was open. And it’s still open,” said Manhattan Party Representative Harvey Epstein. […]
More than 500 flights were delayed at Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon as the forecast predicted tornadoes, hail and severe thunderstorms for the metropolitan area and eastern plains. According to FlightAware, there were 543 delayed and 14 canceled flights at DIA as of 5:45 p.m. Arriving flights were delayed an average of 1 hour and […]
