Woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder of Rihanna and to assaulting the superstar’s family
Read full article: Woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder of Rihanna and to assaulting the superstar’s familyA woman has pleaded not guilty to firing shots at Rihanna’s home while the singer and her family were there.
Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired
Read full article: Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder firedAuthorities say a Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder and other felonies over gunshots fired at Rihanna's Los Angeles home last weekend.
This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk
Read full article: This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at riskLucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.
A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her
Read full article: A judge resisted Trump’s order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired herThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has fired New York administrative judge Karen Ortiz, who has openly criticized the agency’s compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order defining male and female as “immutable” sexes.
Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directives
Read full article: Civil rights agency moves to fire judge fighting Trump directivesThe federal agency tasked with protecting workers’ civil rights has moved to terminate a New York administrative judge who has resisted compliance with President Donald Trump’s directives for the agency.
Family says ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who's seeking asylum
Read full article: Family says ICE agents smashed car window in seizing Guatemalan man who's seeking asylumA Massachusetts family is demanding answers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, complaining its agents smashed a car window and detained a man who was in the process of applying for asylum.
Morning 4: Family members charged in connection to Dee Warner’s death due in court -- and other news
Read full article: Morning 4: Family members charged in connection to Dee Warner’s death due in court -- and other newsMorning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.
Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’
Read full article: Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats.
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Venezuelans overjoyed by US temporary residency opportunity
Read full article: Venezuelans overjoyed by US temporary residency opportunityBut their life may change drastically this year after the decision of President Joe Biden’s administration to offer temporary legal residency to several hundred thousand Venezuelans who fled their country’s humanitarian crisis. “As long as someone does not have a significant criminal record, it’s a pretty straightforward application, and I would expect nearly all to be approved,” Kagan said referring to the temporary protected status program. Gustavo Acosta cheered loudly upon learning that the Biden government had ordered temporary protected status for Venezuelans. Republicans in recent days had urged the Biden administration to formalize Trump’s executive order, but the temporary protected status issued Monday provides immigrants a more formal status that cannot be as easily reversed. “I feel happy, not only for me but for all the Venezuelans who are here.”___Garcia Cano reported from Mexico City.

In one Ohio county, 10 people died of overdoses within 26 hours
Read full article: In one Ohio county, 10 people died of overdoses within 26 hoursWJLA via CNNCOLUMBUS, Ohio - One Ohio county had an "unusually high number" of overdose deaths in a little over a day, the county's coroner said. "As of about 10 am this morning we have had 10 people die of overdoses in about 26 hours," Franklin County Coroner Dr. Anahi Ortiz said on Facebook Sunday. The last peak of overdoses that the coroner's office posted about was in August 12, when six people died in less than 24 hours. That same year, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a national alert that said "drug incidents and overdoses related to fentanyl are occurring at an alarming rate." In 2017, Franklin County set up a 3-year Opiate Action Plan to combat the opiate epidemic in the state.