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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas speaks during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on April 10, 2024.…

A former Pennsylvania nurse who admitted that she administered excessive doses of insulin to nearly two dozen patients, 17 of whom died, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to murder and other charges.The former nurse, Heather Pressdee, 41, administered high doses of insulin to 22 patients at five rehabilitation…

Arizona lawmakers seemed poised on Wednesday to repeal an abortion ban that first became law when Abraham Lincoln was president and a half-century before women won the right to vote.The expected vote in the Arizona State Senate could be the culmination of a fevered effort to repeal the law that has made abortion a central focus of Arizona’s…

3:59 p.m. ET, April 30, 2024 A history of student protest movements in the US…

The college encampments in the Boston area and across New England are part of a national wave of student protests against the Israel-Hamas war.Some demonstrators have said they don’t plan to break down the encampments until their school leaders meet their demands to condemn the rising death toll in Gaza and, in some cases, divest from financial…

SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma have flattened buildings across one rural town, killing at least four people, causing widespread power outages and leaving a trail of destruction, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Sunday.Nearly 30,000 people remained without power after tornadoes began late…

CNN  —  Destructive tornadoes gutted homes as they plowed through Nebraska and Iowa, and the “dangerous” weather threat escalated significantly on Saturday as tornado-spawning storms posed a risk from Michigan to Texas.…

The top Biden official overseeing federal college financial aid has resigned, the Education Department said Friday, capping off a year of turmoil for students and universities. Richard Cordray, the chief operating officer for Federal Student Aid, will step down at the end of June, officials said. The former head of the Consumer Financial…

Under low gray clouds on a chilly spring morning, mourners gathered Thursday at Washington National Cathedral to remember the lives of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza this month.Outside the main doors of the gothic structure, a bagpiper played as an estimated 560 guests entered, including…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has called on Columbia University’s president to resign for failing to quickly dismantle pro-Palestinian encampments on campus grounds amid Israel’s war against Hamas and its mounting civilian casualties.“What we’re seeing on these college campuses across the country is disgusting and unacceptable,” Johnson…