The Agriculture Department said on Tuesday that low-income women and children eligible for a food aid program would receive more cash for purchases of fruits and vegetables, with less assistance available for milk. The final rule by the department puts the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, a federally funded program known…
Two people were arrested and charged with the murders of two children whose remains were discovered encased in concrete and inside a suitcase in Colorado, the authorities announced. Corena Rose Minjarez and Jesus Dominguez were each charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse on Friday, the Pueblo Police Department announced. The charges come…
The remains of a child were found encased in concrete in a storage unit in Pueblo, Colo., last month, and the police said Thursday that they were searching for two other children last seen in 2018 as part of the homicide investigation. The grisly discovery was made on the morning of Jan. 10 at a…
One year into his first term in Congress, Senator Eric Schmitt, Republican of Missouri, has sought to find his lane while learning how multilayered relationships in Washington can be. Mr. Schmitt, a towering figure at 6-foot-6, is a hard-right conservative and staunch defender of former President Donald J. Trump. He introduced 11 bills his first…
It’s been called affirmative action for the rich: Harvard’s special admissions treatment for students whose parents are alumni, or whose relatives donated money. And in a complaint filed on Monday, a legal activist group demanded that the federal government put an end to it, arguing that fairness was even more imperative after the Supreme Court…
President Biden made a forceful case on Friday for stronger gun laws, saying American children caught up in school shootings are suffering from the same trauma as soldiers in war. Speaking at a firearms safety summit in West Hartford, Conn., attended by victims of gun violence, Mr. Biden marked one year since the passage of…
Two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two boys and a teenager in Lebanon, Pa., on Tuesday night, the authorities said on Thursday. The boys, who were 8 and 9, were outside playing with their kitten when the shooting occurred, Pier Hess Graf, the Lebanon County, Pa., district attorney, said…
When a gunman opened fire in two classrooms in Uvalde, Texas, 19 children died. Two fourth graders wounded in the massacre are still trying to recover. April 17, 2023 UVALDE, Texas — The better part of a year had elapsed since a gunman entered the classroom where Noah Orona and Mayah Zamora were fourth-grade students…
A 42-year-old man fatally shot his wife, their five children and his mother-in-law inside their home in rural Utah before he shot and killed himself, officials said on Thursday. Police officers discovered the eight bodies inside the home in Enoch City, nearly 250 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, while conducting a “welfare check” on…
LaVonte’e Williams couldn’t read yet, but he loved the Bible. His grandfather even called him Preacher. In August, a day after his baptism, he accidentally shot himself at a park and died at just 5 years old. Juan Carlos Robles-Corona Jr. had mastered viral TikTok dances. He would perform them at an Auntie Anne’s, where…