US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
HOUSTON — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border...
Truck collides with train in Texas, causing large explosion
CAMERON, Texas — A tractor-trailer and a freight train collided Tuesday morning in central Texas, causing a large explosion and fire, authorities said.
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National Spelling Bee to return in mostly virtual format
The Scripps National Spelling Bee will return this year in a mostly virtual format, with the in-person competition limited to a dozen finalists who...
Louisiana challenges California ban on alligator products
NEW ORLEANS — In the Trump administration’s last days, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a change to rules protecting alligators - a...
Nonprofits step up to protect fertility for cancer patients
Roshni Kamta remembers that spring day two years ago when she left for work on her usual crowded New York City subway line, carrying...
Insurers question claims process in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
DOVER, Del. — The judge presiding over the Boys Scout of America bankruptcy is weighing a request by insurance companies for permission to serve...
Officials: 8-year-old Honduran migrant drowned in Rio Grande
MEXICO CITY — A Honduran boy drowned as he attempted to cross the Rio Grande dividing Mexico and the United States, Mexican immigration officials...
Venezuelan migrant dies in frigid waters of Rio Grande
MEXICO CITY — A Venezuelan migrant died while trying to cross the frigid waters of the Rio Grande to reach the United States, Mexico’s...
Audit: FEMA paid for unused rooms for 2017 disaster victims
WASHINGTON — An audit has found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid for unused hotel rooms and may have overpaid room taxes as...
Average US price of gas up 5 cents a gallon to $2.50
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 5 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.50.
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