When kids are evicted, they often lose both home and school
HOUSTON (AP) — Since her birth 10 years ago, Mackenzie Holmes has rarely called one place home for long. There was the house in Houston owned by her grandmother, Crystal Holmes. Then, after Holmes lost her Southwest Airlines job and the house, there was the trio of...
Hundreds of ongoing screwworm cases in Mexico alarm US
MEXICO CITY (CN) — In her Monday press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will cooperate with calls from the U.S. to contain the rise of the New World screwworm but called some of the demands excessive. Sheinbaum’s response came...
As Gov. Brian Kemp signs Georgia school safety law, supporters look to implementing it
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a law that supporters hope will prevent future school shootings like the one that killed two students and two teachers on Sept. 4 at the Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta. Richard Aspinwall,...
Judge orders former Wisconsin warden to pay $500 fine in inmate’s death
JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in an inmate’s death to pay a $500 fine to resolve the case after concluding he has no criminal record and didn’t realize his guards weren’t following policy....
A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances — a message to the future that would remain...
NJ court questions Catholic diocese’s bid to block seating of grand jury on clergy sex abuse
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy sexual abuse allegations. The high court is considering the...
F-1 visa revocation enjoined
Read the ruling here. Read about another recent development related to foreign students’ visa records here.
Third Circuit says gambling addict claiming exploitation can’t sue MGM
PHILADELPHIA (CN) — Apparently, the house does always win. A Third Circuit panel ruled Monday that hospitality and entertainment conglomerate MGM Resorts cannot be held liable for enticing a self-described “problem gambler” into spending nearly $25 million in online...
Canadians vote in an election dominated by Trump’s trade war and bluster
TORONTO (AP) — Canadians were deciding Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or hand control to the opposition Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre. But the election...