USNEWS AND WORLD

When President Biden told a crowd of union workers this year that every American should have a path to a good career — “whether they go to college or not” — Tyler Wissman was listening. A father of one with a high school education, Mr. Wissman said he rarely heard politicians say that people should … Read more

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire on a residential street in Farmington, N.M., on Monday morning, killing three people before the police arrived and killed the suspect, the authorities said. Nine other people, including two officers, were injured. The authorities received several reports of shots fired near North Dustin Avenue and East Navajo Street just before … Read more

TORONTO: There may be more “Chinese police stations” operating in Canada, the public safety minister told a Canadian TV station on Sunday, months after police said they were investigating whether two community centers in Montreal were being used to intimidate or harass Canadians of Chinese origin.“I am confident that the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] have … Read more

Asylum seekers occupying two hotels in the Town of Newburgh, in defiance of an emergency order issued by Orange County, received help Monday from legal organizations and immigrant advocacy groups, an aid worker said. Camille Mackler, the executive director of Immigrant Arc, a legal advocacy network, told Gothamist the new arrivals took part in a … Read more

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After starting the season in Triple-A, former Lake Travis star Brett Baty has been playing third base in 23 games for the New York Mets since his call-up in mid-April. Now according to MLB Pipeline, he’s a top-10 prospect in all of baseball. The prospect analysis division of MLB.com, MLB Pipeline moved … Read more

Monday, May 15, 2023 11:54PM The COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is no longer available in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All remaining doses expired last week, and the CDC directed providers to dispose of any that they had left over. About 19 million people in … Read more

The American Medical Association released a study last week about gun violence in Chicago, with a key finding that is startling: by the age of 40, nearly half of all Chicagoans will witness a shooting. That is almost impossible to conceive of if it is not your reality. If it is your reality — if it … Read more

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court in New Orleans temporarily put on hold Monday a federal judge’s ruling striking down a part of the Affordable Care Act that requires most insurers to cover preventative care including vaccines and screenings for cancer, diabetes and HIV. Without comment, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued … Read more