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Some of Donald Trump's Hispanic backers distanced themselves from the Republican nominee on Thursday for standing by a hardline approach to illegal immigration in a key speech after indicating for weeks that he may soften his approach. Trump tried to clarify confusion about immigration, his signature policy issue, in a speech on Wednesday.
The Port Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday announced the completion of a $2.1 billion, 50-foot harbor deepening project for the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Main Navigation Channel Deepening Program, which began construction in 2004, will allow larger ships to access the Port's container terminals, including Port Newark, GCT Bayonne and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal.
The gubernatorial campaign of former Goldman Sachs executive and U.S. ambassador to Germany Phil Murphy is asking state election officials to investigate Mayor Steve Fulop, alleging Fulop is financing a gubernatorial campaign of his own with funds intended for his mayoral re-election "in clear defiance of New Jersey law." Fulop is widely believed to be gunning for the Democratic nomination for governor next year but he has not declared his candidacy.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will continue an effort to peel away minority support from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday, visiting a church and touring neighborhoods in the largely black city of Detroit. The former businessman and reality TV star will be accompanied by Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful who grew up there, and will give an interview for a Christian television program.
In an effort to flip the script and court African American voters, Republican nominee Donald Trump is trying to broaden his appeal by attending Saturday service at a black church in Detroit. While some welcome his presence, many prominent African American pastors in the community are less enthused and more skeptical of his intentions.
The parents of hundreds of infants and toddlers will be able to receive child care services after the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was awarded a grant of about $7 million from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the office of U.S. Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, announced the grant Wednesday afternoon.
Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, center, is embraced by Texas A&M University Provost Karan Watson, behind, as he talks with City of McAllen Mayor Jim Darling following the ground breaking ceremony for the Tres Lagos development Tuesday March 8, 2016 in McAllen. photo by Nathan Lambrecht/nlambrecht@themonitor.com Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, center, is embraced by Texas A&M University Provost Karan Watson, behind, as he talks with City of McAllen Mayor Jim Darling following the ground breaking ceremony for the Tres Lagos development Tuesday March 8, 2016 in McAllen.
Vice President Joe Biden put his working class folksiness to work for presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in northeastern Ohio on Thursday, delivering blow after blow to Republican nominee Donald Trump. "This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth that now he's choking on because his foot's in his mouth along with his spoon!" Biden began the day in Warren, Ohio, arguing that Trump simply "doesn't understand" the realities of working and middle class people.
And knowing Donald Trump has connected with a lot of blue collar workers, Hillary Clinton's campaign dispatched him to Ohio Thursday to rally auto workers from the GM Lordstown and Parma plants along with other supporters. Thursday night in Parma, Biden was more than an hour late to the scheduled event , partly because he stopped to sample goodies at Rudy's Bakery, which is owned by Ukrainian immigrants.
Some of the construction around the Peace Bridge will finally come to an end. The State announced on Thursday that the new Porter Avenue ramp leading to the bridge is scheduled to open on Tuesday.
JULY 30: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand embraces End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, a survivor of sexual assult at the University of North Carolina, during a news conference about new legislation aimed at curbing sexual assults on college and university campuses at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. With strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill would require schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys about campus assaults and impose significant financial burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the law's requirements.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced Wednesday Nevada is a finalist to host the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory. "Nevada will be the perfect location a Zfor the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory.
S&P Global Ratings warned on Thursday that the Chicago public school system's B-plus credit rating could fall deeper into the junk level due to its "extremely weak" cash position. "Unless achieves what we view as a credible and sustainable long-term solution to its financial pressures while continuing to demonstrate that it can fund its cash-flow needs, further downgrades are possible," the credit rating agency said in a statement.
A massive explosion erupted at a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned launch of a communications satellite. The mishap dealt a severe blow to SpaceX, still scrambling to catch up with satellite deliveries following a launch accident last year.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has restated a policy that bans the raising of Confederate flags on permanent poles in federal cemeteries, affecting dozens of burial grounds across the nation - especially in the Deep South - and further contributing to the slow death of the 19th century symbols in modern American life.
Chicago recorded its deadliest month in two decades in August, part of a sharp rise in gun violence in the nation's third-largest city this year. Chicago police said Thursday that 90 people were killed last month, a 66 percent increase over August 2015.
Mr. Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, made the joke to New York Times writer Mark Leibovich in response to Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffering a dislocated knee during practice Tuesday.
Three summers ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel dropped a proverbial bomb on the residents of the city's South and West sides: the Chicago Board of Education voted to close more than 50 of the city's public schools. The move, as expected, sparked outrage, however, the city moved forward with the plan to close many of the schools.
Four states trimmed their obesity rates, but two saw gains and the rest remained stable, according to a new report . The states that reduced their obesity rate from 2014 to 2015 were Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio, according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.