Cities sorely need money to handle immigration surges. They got less from Congress.

In the event that Catholic Charities of San Antonio does not get additional government financing in the near future for the purpose of providing assistance to asylum-seekers, the organization will be forced to close its Migrant Resource Center during the evening and nighttime hours. This may result in busloads of recently arrived immigrants being left…

The Biden administration closes the ‘gun show loophole’ to reduce gun violence.

On Thursday, the administration of Vice President Joe Biden took a step toward passing a rule that would require those who sell firearms at gun shows and online to conduct background checks on the individuals who may be interested in purchasing that firearm. Through the implementation of a more stringent definition of what it means…

Before a crucial trilateral summit, the White House expresses worry over China’s South China Sea actions.

in a time when President Joe Biden is getting ready to bring two Asian friends closer together in a historic meeting on Thursday, a senior administration official stated that the White House is highly concerned about China’s actions in the South China Sea. Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be welcomed to the White House…

Republican officials are initiating fresh legal actions regarding the regulations for the 2024 election, specifically targeting the voting methods they wish their followers to employ.

Republican leaders are urging their followers to vote by mail in the upcoming significant presidential election, despite their party’s efforts to pass laws and file lawsuits that would impede the counting of such votes. The Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party have filed a lawsuit against the state of Mississippi in order to…

The hospital has discharged the first patient who received a kidney transplant from a pig while still alive.

On Wednesday, two weeks after his operation, Rick Slayman, who is the world’s first living recipient of a genetically altered pig kidney transplant, was released from the hospital, according to a statement released by Massachusetts General Hospital. According to a statement made by the hospital on X, which was then known as Twitter, “He is…

Research links accelerated aging to cancer in younger persons.

“We all know cancer is an aging disease. However, it is really coming to a younger population. So whether we can use the well-developed concept of biological aging to apply that to the younger generation is a really untouched area,” said Dr. Yin Cao, an associate professor of surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine…

No conventional test detects pancreatic cancer early. Scientists want to fix that.

There are mammograms that can detect breast cancer at an earlier stage. There are colonoscopies that can detect colon cancer at an earlier stage. The early detection of pancreatic cancer, which occurs before the cancer cells have spread and when surgery is more likely to be beneficial, is not now possible by the use of…

New EPA restrictions for 200 US chemical makers target ‘cancer alleys’

Ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,3 butadiene, and ethylene dichloride are some of the airborne pollutants that are released by more than 200 manufacturing sites in the United States. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established new regulations to protect areas that are located in close proximity to these businesses. According to research…

Biden administration establishes first national drinking water regulation to limit ‘forever chemicals’

In the United States, approximately half of the drinking water is contaminated with potentially hazardous “forever chemicals,” and the administration of Vice President Joe Biden has finalized the first national standard to limit these chemicals. According to the statements of a few environmentalists, the new regulation is a “huge breakthrough” and a “historic” shift that…