Pete Buttigieg will begin airing a new television ad in South Carolina on Friday night that attacks Sen. Bernie Sanders by name over his “Medicare for All” health care plan. The ad, which will run for a week ahead of the South Carolina primary later this month, is the first time Buttigieg has put money…… MORE
A handful of students, teachers, advocacy groups and parents sued the State of California two years ago, alleging the state deprived students from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to learn basic reading and writing skills. On Thursday, a judge approved a settlement that says the state has to pay $53 million to improve literacy across schools…… MORE
They are members of an unnecessarily large fraternity. There’s Charles Johnson, the father of two whose wife died in Los Angeles during childbirth in 2016. He has turned his anger into advocacy. And Darin Horath, who lost his fiancée and their newborn daughter in September in rural Indiana. For him, the emotions are still raw.…… MORE
A 5-4 Supreme Court is allowing a rule that would make it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use public benefits like food stamps and housing vouchers to go into effect in every state. Last month, a 5-4 court greenlighted the so-called “public charge” rule across the country except for Illinois,…… MORE
The Mexican national accused of being a Russian agent in the United States was ordered to remain in custody by a federal judge during a hearing Friday in Miami. Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, 34, was wearing a tan jumpsuit and was shackled by hands and feet during the proceeding. He had a scruffy beard and…… MORE
Nevada Democrats head to their precincts Saturday under nationwide scrutiny to participate in the second presidential contest this year using a caucus system. After issues with an app and a communications breakdown led to a meltdown during the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, the Silver State is determined to run and report results properly from…… MORE
White supremacists are officially more of a threat to New Jersey than both ISIS and al Qaeda, according to state security officials. In the state’s annual Terrorism Threat Assessment report, released Friday, the state raised the threat level for white supremacist extremists to “high” — the topmost category for threat levels for any extremist group…… MORE
The Department of Homeland Security announced this week that it will waive several contracting laws, an unprecedented step that is intended to speed up wall construction on the US-Mexico border. DHS, for the first time, is using its authority granted by Congress to bypass a handful of federal procurement laws, including ones that encourage open…… MORE
A student working on his doctorate at a New York university was found dead by his roommate earlier this month five hours after the student made an “unintelligible” 911 call for help, according to a police official. First responders couldn’t find Yeming Shen because his 911 call February 10 was not understandable and it was…… MORE
Pop star Grimes wants her future little one to chart their own path in this world. On a YouTube live stream on Friday in support of her new album, “Miss Anthropocene,” the singer said she decided not to share her baby’s gender thus far because “I feel like their privacy should be protected.” “I don’t…… MORE
