By MICHAEL CASEY and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP food aid program despite the government shutdown. Related … Continued
By ARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and JOHN MYERS JR., Associated Press SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. … Continued
By ALI SWENSON and OBED LAMY, Associated Press MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) — Bill Swick has a rare degenerative brain disease that inhibits his mobility and speech. Instead of the hassle of traveling an hour to a clinic in downtown Chicago … Continued
St. Paul voters heading to the polls Nov. 4 will see a ballot question on an operating levy for St. Paul Public Schools that would increase the district’s per-pupil revenue. Here’s what that means, why it’s on the ballot and … Continued
Chinda Gregor’s first memory is of the jungles in her native Cambodia where she hid with her mother from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, which seized power as the American war in neighboring Vietnam entered its final days in 1975. … Continued