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Massachusetts bill would give workers a heads up before ICE audits
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (388+ words) A bill is making its way through the Massachusetts State House that would require employers to notify workers ahead of an I-9 audit, allowing any hired illegal immigrants the chance to avoid federal probes into employment eligibility and their individual immigration…...
Massachusetts shipping facility at center of federal investigation into $400K lobster heist
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (365+ words) A Massachusetts shipping facility is reportedly at the center of a federal investigation into an alleged heist of a $400,000 shipment of live lobster bound for Costco locations in Minnesota and Chicago. That's according to the CEO of an Indiana-based freight…...
Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement
1+ week, 2+ day ago (664+ words) The river's future was the center of discussions this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, where water leaders from California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming gathered alongside federal and tribal…...
Graham: Organized crime has a new face in illicit trade
1+ week, 4+ day ago (596+ words) National law enforcement and local retail groups want Americans to understand that the problem of illicit trade " counterfeiting, organized retail crime and human trafficking " is bigger and more dangerous than most people realize. How big? Illegal trade is a $2.2 trillion…...
Grand Canyon reopens South Rim hotels after water-line is repaired
1+ week, 5+ day ago (266+ words) Hotels are reopening on the Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim on Wednesday after the park halted overnight accommodations for over a week due to water-line breaks, the park said Monday. The park will resume overnight stays at El Tovar,…...
Rams aplastan 45-17 a los Cardinals y siguen empatados en la cima de la NFC Oeste
2+ week, 6+ day ago (176+ words) Los Rams (10-3) anotaron 35 puntos sin respuesta para recuperarse de la derrota de la semana pasada llena de p'rdidas de bal'n ante los Panthers y ganar por s'ptima vez en ocho juegos. Est'n empatados con los Seahawks en la cima de…...
A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (817+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press Today, the Rio Grande-Bravo water basin is in crisis. Without rapid and large-scale action on both sides of the border, the researchers warn that unsustainable use threatens water security for millions of people who…...
Grijalva will be sworn in as the House’s newest member, paving the way for an Epstein files vote
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (567+ words) By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MATT BROWN, Associated Press Grijalva's swearing-in is expected to be among the first actions by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who had previously declined to seat her until the chamber reconvened following a deal to end…...
Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland found dead of apparent suicide at 24 after evading officers, police say
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (153+ words) Police in a Dallas suburb say 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident on foot. Frisco police said…...
How Americans feel about changing the clocks, according to a new AP-NORC poll
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (926+ words) By DEEPTI HAJELA and LINLEY SANDERS Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while 47% are opposed and 40% are…...