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The Trump administration announced this week that some children of U.S. service members who were born abroad will no longer receive automatic citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed the change Wednesday in a policy alert titled Defining “Residence” in Statutory Provisions Related to Citizenship. The agency states that it “no longer considers children of U.S. […]
A New York State law decriminalizing marijuana, which was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo last month, will take effect starting today, CBS New York reports. This new law will expunge the records of statewide residents with low-level marijuana convictions, which applies to a total of nearly 25,000 individuals with almost 14,000 people in the five […]
The wife, child and mother-in-law of Tampa Bay Rays prospect Blake Bivens were killed in an apparent triple homicide. Police believe the killer was Bivens’ brother-in-law, who was arrested hours later. Just an awful tragedy: The wife and child of Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, were among three […]
Meek Mill‘s controversial, years-long Philadelphia case has reached a conclusion. Per a report from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Meek and prosecutors have reached a deal on the 2007 case in which Meek pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge. All other charges, meanwhile, have been dropped. In a statement, Meek expressed gratitude to have finally reached the […]
An Oklahoma judge has ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay more than $572 million for the role they played in Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic, which officials say has killed over 6,000 Oklahomans over nearly 20 years. The state’s Attorney General, Mike Hunter, stated that Johnson & Johnson, as well as their pharmaceutical subsidiary (Janssen) pushed […]
A Los Angeles County deputy lied about a sniper shooting him and will lose his job. Last week, the deputy claimed in a report he’d been shot by a hidden attacker from an apartment complex, setting off a manhunt in northern Los Angeles County, Buzzfeed News reports. However, a press conference on Saturday revealed that […]
Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged $5 million to the emergency Amazon Forest Fund created by Earth Alliance, an organization he formed with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth last month. That financial commitment will be used towards providing “critical resources for indigenous communities and other local partners working to protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon […]
President Trump has on more than one occasion asked national security and Homeland security officials to look into using nukes to prevent hurricanes from making it to the U.S., according to a report from Axios writers Jonathan Swan and Margaret Telev. The report was based on comments from “sources who have heard the president’s private remarks […]
Illinois officials have launched an investigation into the first U.S. death linked to vaping. On Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed that a patient who had recently vaped died this month after contracting a severe respiratory illness. The news was announced amid growing reports of health issues among those who have used e-cigarettes and/or vapes. “The […]
You may want to purchase some earplugs after this. On Tuesday morning, a 41-year-old Missouri woman woke up with a bizarre sensation in her left ear. Susie Torres told KSHB that she heard a “swooshing” noise and assumed it was clogged water, so she went to a local clinic to have it checked out. After a […]
