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Month: April 2025

Most of the families applying for Alabama’s new school vouchers have kids in non-public schools

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — More than half of families who applied for Alabama’s new school voucher program have children attending a private school or are home schooling, numbers that buoy school choice advocates who say the flood of applications proves the approach is what parents want Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s

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A US flag flutters outside the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building on February 20. Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff on April 8 that she is leaving the agency.

Acting IRS commissioner resigning after agency reaches data-sharing deal with immigration authorities

By Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Melanie Krause informed her staff Tuesday she is leaving the agency amid internal chaos and the exodus of several senior IRS officials, according to two current IRS employees and one former IRS employee. Krause’s decision to accept the agency’s deferred resignation offer comes on

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Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil talks to the press during the press briefing organized by Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus in June 2024.

Louisiana immigration judge will determine by the end of this week whether to release Mahmoud Khalil, his attorney says

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana immigration judge on Tuesday said she will decide by the end of this week whether to continue to hold Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil in custody or release him. Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist, was taken into custody by federal agents last month outside of his Columbia

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Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral

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Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral

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Congo repatriates 3 Americans who had faced death sentences over a failed coup plot

By CHINEDU ASADU and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The three Americans convicted of participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, Congo’s presidency said Tuesday. The three will serve out their sentences

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Marcelo Elizondo: “Lo que estamos viendo con los aranceles de Trump es una noticia en desarrollo”

CNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Marcelo Elizondo, especialista en negocios internacionales y presidente del Comité Argentino en la International Chamber of Commerce, analizó este martes en CNN Economía y Actualidad con Hernán Harris el impacto global de la política arancelaria impulsada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos y sus consecuencias para la economía

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Exjugador de la MLB Octavio Dotel muere tras el derrumbe del techo de una discoteca, dice funcionario dominicano

Por Jessica Hasbun y Michael Rios, CNN El exjugador de las MLB Octavio Dotel se encontraba entre las decenas de personas que murieron tras el derrumbe del techo de una discoteca en República Dominicana el martes, según su fundación y un funcionario dominicano. Dotel falleció camino al hospital tras ser rescatado con vida de los

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