Afghan interpreter granted asylum years after fleeing to Arizona as refugee Zabi worked with the U.S. Marines from 2010 to 2014 as an interpreter. In August 2021, his work with the Marines made him a target of the Taliban. 05/3/2024 - 2:06 pm | View Link
No Place To Go: A Majority Of People At Some Local Homeless Shelters Are New Asylum Seekers A longtime Boyle Heights homeless shelter says about 90% of its occupants these days are new asylum seekers who’ve wound up unsheltered. As new migrants land on the street and in shelters, city ... 05/2/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
Report: ‘Fundamental’ asylum rights denied by CBP One app A new report by the nonprofit group Human Rights Watch accuses the Biden administration of “metering” by requiring migrants to apply for interviews via the CBP One app in order to claim asylum in the ... 05/1/2024 - 2:09 pm | View Link
Houston — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come.
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“This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.