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What then-Bishop Prevost did for victims: money, psychologists, medicine...
The Ugaz Project is a theatrical play based on real events. It tells the story of a journalist’s fight to expose sexual and financial abuse within a powerful institution in Peru known as the Sodalitium of Christian Life. The journalist is Paola...

San Fernando Valley teen last seen with soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, medical examiner says
13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez, a Sun Valley Magnet School student who was reported missing and eventually found dead in April, died of acute alcohol poisoning, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed on Monday, June 30....

Donald Trump remakes American diplomacy in Florida’s image
From Panama to Singapore, President Donald Trump is deploying an unprecedented number of Floridians to represent the United States as he transforms the country’s approach to diplomacy. One out of every three nominees to ambassador-level positions...

Trump admin “disappeared” a gay stylist for propaganda. He hasn’t been heard from since
He wept and prayed as the guard shaved his head, calling for his mother and proclaiming his innocence. Just a few months earlier, Andry José Hernández Romero had applied for asylum, citing the conditions he faced as a gay man and political...

Health minister highlights population and health crisis in National Assembly
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for National Health Syed Mustafa Kamal delivered a hard-hitting speech in the National Assembly on Thursday during the budget session, raising alarm over Pakistan’s skyrocketing population growth and its devastating...

‘Diary’ passage could easily apply to current actions
While Donald Trump was running for president, immigration was one of his main topics at all of his rallies. He would falsely claim that some countries were emptying their jails and psychiatric hospitals and sending them north across our boarders...
A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless
Whenever Ray finds a working internet connection, his first instinct is to contact his wife and tell her that he's safe — for now. Ray, who is in his late 20s, was born in a refugee camp in Nepal and came to the U.S. as a kid. He was recently...

Salvadoran journalist detained by US immigration agents: CPJ
A Salvadoran journalist who was arrested by local police while covering anti-Donald Trump protests in Atlanta has been held by immigration officers, a media advocacy group has said. Mario Guevara, who has a significant following for his online...

Joe Rogan turns on Trump in latest scathing attack as he drops bombshell accusation
Joe Rogan has accused Donald Trump of bombing Iran to distract from the controversy surrounding his administration's handling of documents related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in his latest scathing attack on the president. Large...

Strategic Decisions for Regional Health Mark Close of PAHO's 176th Executive Committee Meeting
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2025 (PAHO) – After four days of deliberations, the 176th session of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Executive Committee concluded yesterday. Representatives from nine Member States adopted fundamental...

Arizona holds primaries to fill late congressman’s seat
(The Center Square) – Arizona is holding Democratic and Republican primaries on Tuesday to determine the two candidates who will compete to fill the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s congressional seat. In March, the Democratic congressman died from...

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Parasites Drive Drug Costs Ever Higher
President Donald Trump is right. Too many pharmaceuticals are too damn high, especially compared to the flea-market prices that foreign patients pay for the same drugs. Dr. Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow with the Pacific Research Institute,...

The Latest: Key Medicaid provision in Trump’s big bill found to violate Senate rules
The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish...

Portugal’s Atlântico Sul Chamber Leads Delegation to Explore Salvadoran Business Opportunities.
El Salvador continues to position itself as a reliable destination for foreign investment. On Tuesday, Investment Secretary Miguel Kattan and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Adriana Mira welcomed a delegation of Portuguese entrepreneurs from the...

Trump Is Testing the Limits of Our Democracy—Will We Hold Firm?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to strip Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship is a “test.” Kids do it all the time. Throw a tantrum in the store demanding cookies and if the parents don’t remove them from the store right away, every visit will...

Opinion: What Happened to All the Human Bird Flu Cases?
From the outset of the Trump administration, bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has flown rather conspicuously — and in fact quite mysteriously — under the radar. So much so that this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...

Trump says he hopes spending bill can pass by July 4 after key Medicaid provision found to violate Senate rules
Former top aide to Jill Biden is subpoenaed by House Oversight panel — 8:59 p.m. By the Associated Press Republicans issued the subpoena to Anthony Bernal, a senior aide to the former first lady, as part of their rapidly expanding investigation...

A&B leads hemispheric dialogue on mental health at OAS
By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Regional leaders gathered in Antigua and Barbuda yesterday to confront what Prime Minister Gaston Browne described as “a grave crisis long hidden in plain sight” during a landmark side event at the 55th...

The Authoritarian Test: From Rosie to Retes, Who’s Next?
Each escalation — from ICE kidnappings to threats against critics — is a measure of how much authoritarianism we’ll tolerate before we push back. Trump’s threat to strip Rosie O’Donnell of her citizenship is a “test.” Kids do it all the time....

US aid cuts curb journalists' access to vital health data in Africa
Scientists and researchers working in global health have called for the restoration of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, which tracks health-related data in over 90 low- and middle-income countries. In its 40-year history, the...