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During the month-long break that Congress takes in August, its members are expected to go back home to find out what the people in their states are concerned about. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin spent part of this weekend meeting children at Boys and Girls Club on the Viterbo University campus in La Crosse.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent detains juvenile immigrants without proper documents near the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 10, 2015, at La Grulla, Texas. The number of unaccompanied minors and families crossing the border from Central America has surged in recent months.
Children are not only expensive - they can turn the financial lives of many mothers, especially single moms, upside down, complicating financial planning or making it harder to keep up with the bills that go along with parenting. Washington, D.C.-based author Kimberly Palmer said she began wondering why men get magazines and books on investing and getting rich while women are targeted for lectures on pinching pennies at the grocery store and saving $10 on their next sweater purchase.
In the interconnected world of today, communicating with one another has never been easier. The internet has spurred progress and development the world over.
Kenny Baker, actor behind R2-D2, dies - The 3ft 8in actor, who starred in six Star Wars films as well as Time Bandits and Flash Gordon, was 83 - The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 83 after a long illness. - Kenny Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall
Let's hope the District 51 school board exercises better judgment about what constitutes healthy beverages than the state board of education did Wednesday. Meeting in Grand Junction, the state board voted 4-3 to end a seven-year ban on diet sodas in Colorado high schools, effectively putting the onus on individual school districts to decide whether to allow such drinks.
At a time when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised that, if elected, "We're going to have a big, beautiful wall" dividing Mexico from the United States, a Jewish summer camp in Colorado is building a bridge between itself and a synagogue in Mexico City. This year, after several years of planning, more than 20 Jewish Mexican campers, three counselors and Rabbi Leonel Levy from Comunidad Bet-El de Mxico attended Ramah in the Rockies for two weeks, from July 20 to Aug. 2. Bet-El is a Conservative synagogue in Mexico City's upscale yet diverse Polanco district, and Camp Ramah is a network of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative movement.
As school bus No. 45 rolled up to one of its stops at Panella Park in northeast Stockton early Tuesday, a handful of young, glassy-eyed students were greeted by a warm presence.
When the veterans who fought and sacrificed for this nation return home, they sometimes face a difficult transition back to civilian life. Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project has worked tirelessly to help these warriors live successful, independent, and healthy lives.
A five-year-old boy's life was changed forever Monday, when he was shot in the leg and watched his mother , Korryn Gaines, die in an armed standoff with Baltimore County police over outstanding traffic violations. Gaines barricaded herself in her apartment in Randallstown, MD, holding five-year-old Kodi and a shotgun.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency has a page on its official website titled, "Secure Locations FAQ" which is essentially a guide teaching illegal immigrants how to avoid deportation.
People hug outside Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Wash., during a vigil for those who were slain Saturday, July 30, 2016. On Sunday, hundreds gathered at the Mukilteo Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints to mourn the early deaths of three 19-year-olds.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made an impassioned case for Hillary Clinton on Monday, hailing her as a tenacious fighter on behalf of working people while dismissing presidential rival Donald Trump as someone who "cares about himself every minute of every day." Warren, a favorite among liberals, told the Democratic National Convention that the party must unite around Clinton after a divisive primary with Bernie Sanders.
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Al Franken advised the parents in the audience at the Democratic National Convention on Monday to ignore their children because working to get Hillary Clinton elected is more important. Addressing the people in the arena, the former Saturday Night Live writer Franken said, "Now, many of you have jobs, many of you have families.
Munich maniac was 'mentally ill loner obsessed with shooting sprees': Iranian-German killer, 18, had 300 rounds of ammunition as he went on murderous rampage which ended with nine dead EXCLUSIVE - 'He always said he would kill us': Classmate reveals Munich loner was 'mobbed' during seven years of bullying at school... and promised revenge on his tormentors one day Munich maniac had a book called 'Why Kids Kill' in his rucksack when he went on murder spree and was obsessed with German teenager who shot dead 15 classmates seven years ago The gunman v 'balcony man': the shocking moment Munich killer argued with brave onlooker in 90-second rant before firing four shots and calmly walking away First pictures of Munich's young victims as grieving father holds photo of his son, 21, while laying flowers at massacre site Armed police raid apartment of teenage Iranian McDonald's killer just two ... (more)
Clinton names Tim Kaine, the 58-year-old senator and ex-governor from crucial swing state Virginia, as vice presidential running mate Kids slaughtered in Munich McDonald's: Iranian killer, 18, 'used Facebook to lure children to restaurant' where he murdered the first of his nine victims before shooting himself dead 'This cannot continue': Donald Trump says terrorism threatens our way of life and must be stopped from coming to American shores following Munich shooting Terrifying price of Merkel's decision: From teenage refugee's axe attack on German train passengers to the Munich massacre - her grand immigration plan isn't looking so grand these days, writes SUE REID 'I was bullied for seven years... now I have a gun': Munich mall shooter responds to 'mad Turk' taunts from onlookers by insisting he is a working-class German out for revenge 'Me and my family - we were saved': American ... (more)
We've been following the campaign ad blitz in the race for Pennsylvania's junior senate seat pretty closely. There was the pro-Sen. Pat Toomey ad from a conservative independent group with an atrocious depiction of a cheesesteak, and there was the anti-Toomey ad from a liberal group that had a litter box in it for some reason.
Susan Pinker is a psychologist and author of The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make us Healthier and Happier. It's notoriously hard to predict the future.
The former prosecutor essentially blamed Black fathers for failing to teach their children to respect law enforcement, according to The Washington Post : " If I were a black father, and I was concerned with the safety of my child, really concerned about it and not in a politically activist sense, I would say, 'Be very respectful of the police ,'" Giuliani said during an appearance on CBS's Face the Nation . " Most of them are good.
In this May 12, 2014 file photo, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner in New York. were killed by police officers than black people in the first half of 2016.