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Nationwide — Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, is running for Georgia governor, aiming to become the state’s first Black and female leader. She highlights crisis leadership experience and pushes affordability and Medicaid expansion. Bottoms pointed to her time as mayor of Atlanta, saying it prepared her to handle major challenges. In an interview […]

By Jacqueline Charles Roads lined with looted and charred buildings, gun smoke hanging in the air and the presence of heavily armed men and boys are stark reminders of the relentless violence consuming Haiti’s volatile capital. For humanitarian workers and medical providers inside Cité Soleil, the sprawling seaside slum long synonymous with poverty and gang warfare,

WLRN Public Media | By Mohamed Alkawaja   Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says a planned general election for August will almost certainly be postponed because of the continuing gang violence overwhelming the troubled Caribbean nation. “It is clear that the security conditions are not met at the level for us to have elections in

By Jacqueline Charles A new wave of violence by armed groups fighting for territorial control in Haiti has left at least eight people dead in the Lower Artibonite region north of the capital over the weekend, and forced the evacuation of neighborhoods along with one of the few operational hospitals in Port-au-Prince. The French medical charity

Nationwide — As graduation approaches, all 135 seniors at Southland College Prep Charter High School are preparing to cross the stage with more than diplomas. They are also leaving with college acceptance letters from across the country and a combined $54 million in merit- and need-based scholarships. The milestone marks the 13th consecutive year that 100 percent of

By Kanishka Singh Reuters WASHINGTON – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar during a January town hall in which the Democratic lawmaker condemned Republican President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the U.S. Justice Department said. “Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, pleaded guilty today to one count of Assaulting a United States Officer in

By Joshua McElwee Reuters VATICAN CITY – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to the Vatican on Thursday for a potentially fraught encounter with Pope Leo as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio’s convoy drove through the central Roman boulevard leading to the