Author name: Maria Elena Catajan

HOUSTON (AP) — The deadly and widespread winter storm paralyzing much of the American East with ice, snow and cold is also taking a multi-billion dollar bite out of the U.S. economy, experts figure. But how much? Economists and meteorologists are trying to get a handle on the disruption costs of winter weather disasters, which aren’t as …

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Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-year-old mother of three. Others were fabricated to falsely show the face of the officer …

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S. Hundreds of people protesting the shooting of Renee …

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The city council adopted resolution no. 594, series of 2024, granting authority to Mayor Benjamin Magalong, representing the city government, to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-RFO-CAR), Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center-CAR (ATI-RTC-CAR), and other member institutions, for the establishment of an “Agriculture and …

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