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Biden Administration Seeks A Contractor For A Migrant Facility At Guantanamo

Sep 23, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security insists there are no plans to transfer Haitian migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Guantanamo. But the base has been used to house Haitian refugees before.

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The environmental legacy of this year's huge wildfire near Lake Tahoe; the rural front lines of the pandemic; rescuing homeless youth

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Business

A "For Sale by Owner" sign is posted in front of property in Monterey Park, Calif., in April 2020.

Black And Latino Homeowners Are About Twice As Likely As Whites To Get Low Appraisals

Sep 23, 2021

A new analysis by Freddie Mac has found that only 7.4% of appraisals in majority-white census tracts came in below contract price, compared with 12.5% for Black areas and 15.4% for Latino ones.

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Health

Julian Hernandez, 12 (right), is in seventh grade at Hillside School in Illinois. He says he feels much safer being back in school knowing that people who are sick with COVID-19 are being identified by the school's weekly testing program.

How Some Schools Are Using Weekly Testing To Keep Kids In Class — And COVID Out

Sep 23, 2021

Many K-12 school districts are tapping federal funds to pay for regular surveillance testing of students. It's an effective pandemic tactic, when used alongside mask-wearing and other precautions.

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Business

U.S. Businesses In China Confident Despite Pandemic And Stagnant Bilateral Relations

Sep 22, 2021

U.S. firms are confident about prospects in China despite a global coronavirus pandemic and stagnant bilateral relations, according to a new survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

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Asia

Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno gestures after declaring his bid to run for president in a speech at a public school in the slum area near the place where he grew up in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Sept. 22, 2021.

He Scrounged For Food As A Boy. Now, He Hopes To Be Next President Of The Philippines

Sep 22, 2021

Isko Moreno, the celebrity mayor of Manila City, has launched a bid to succeed Rodrigo Duterte. At 46 years old, the former actor would represent generational change for the nation of 109 million.

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The Coronavirus Crisis

Anti-vaccine mandate protesters rally outside the front doors of the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles Thursday Sept. 9, 2021.

Nurses Are In Short Supply. Employers Worry Vaccine Mandate Could Make It Worse

Sep 23, 2021

President Biden has ordered more than 17 million health care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Some health care employers fear losing large numbers of workers who don't want the shots.

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Business

In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Amazon workers move containers to delivery trucks at an Amazon warehouse facility in Goodyear, Ariz.

A New Law in California Aims To Protect Workers At Retail Warehouses Like Amazon's

Sep 23, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 701 on Wednesday. It aims to address the impact of speed quotas on warehouse worker injuries and health.

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Politics

An election worker shows ballots to representatives of then-President Donald Trump during a recount on Nov. 20, 2020, in Madison, Wis. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania have begun new investigations into the 2020 election.

Republican-Led Election Reviews Take Shape In Pennsylvania And Wisconsin

Sep 23, 2021

Leaders of the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin reviews had visited the widely discredited Arizona election review and now are helming similar GOP-led investigations in their home states.