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Month: April 2025

NBA Glance

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Boston 59 20 .747 — x-New York 50 29 .633 9 Toronto 29 50 .367 30 Brooklyn 26 53 .329 33 Philadelphia 23 56 .291 36 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 39 40 .494 — Atlanta 37 42 .468 2 Miami 36

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Costumed revelers dance through the streets of south Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Carnaval de Puebla canceled amid concerns of ICE presence

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An annual festival in Philadelphia dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and history has been cancelled, with organizers citing fear that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement might be present and target attendees. Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, ICE has detained thousands of people, using aggressive methods like the rarely-used Alien

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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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