The Labor Department will operate federal workforce education programs under the supervision of Education Department officials as the Trump administration works to eliminate the latter agency. Source link
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Your 1st look at Biidaasige Park in Toronto’s redeveloped Port Lands
Proof that public pressure (sometimes) pays off Take a walk around the new Port Lands park Toronto’s waterfront is home to a new park, now situated at the mouth of the Don…
Man drowns while saving people from rip current in South Carolina
A man who intervened to save people stuck in a rip current off Pawleys Island, South Carolina, died after getting stuck himself. Source link
At least 60 people killed after fire breaks out in eastern Iraq shopping mall
A fire at a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Iraq’s interior ministry said in a statement that…
Border bitterness is devastating cross-border tourism. But one Canadian city is bucking the trend
Those who travel by car between the U.S. and Canada at crossings like the Peace Bridge have grown accustomed to long wait times over the years, but drivers headed in either direction…
U.S.-backed aid group in Gaza says agitators behind stampede that killed 20
A stampede at a U.S.-backed aid distribution center in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 20 people waiting for food. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said 19 of the victims were…
At least 19 killed in stampede at Gaza food distribution site
At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by…
Measles outbreak can be traced to Trudeau politicizing COVID vaccines, Tory MP claims
OTTAWA — An Alberta Conservative MP said she thinks the measles outbreak in her province can be traced back to the COVID pandemic and loss of trust in vaccines due to the…
Former Sen. Joe Manchin says U.S. better wake up and reduce rare earth reliance on China
Former Sen. Joe Manchin III said Tuesday the U.S. must find new ways to increase production of rare earths, warning China is consolidating its monopoly on the global market for critical minerals…
Andrea Gibson, queer poet whose work unflinchingly probed life and mortality, dead at 49
Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their experience with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49. Gibson’s death was announced…