In a reversal, the Trump administration has exempted foreign physicians from a visa application freeze that was pushing many out of jobs in underserved areas.
Curtis Jones
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Entertainment
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ director’s Oscar found after airline dispute
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” filmmaker Pavel “Pasha” Talankin will soon be reunited with his Oscar statuette after it went missing amid his recent travels. A spokesperson for European airline Lufthansa …
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Health
California's rule to add folic acid brings a Hispanic staple into the regulatory fold
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn January, California became the first U.S. state to require food makers to add folic acid to products like tortillas because of the high rate of neural tube defects in …
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National
Politics chat: Trump on Iran's proposal to end war, SCOTUS weakens Voting Rights Act
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump says he’s reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war, and the U.S. Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Life Style
Build a newspaper kite and fly it at Clockshop’s Kite Festival in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter more than two decades working as a journalist, I’ve heard a lot of ways that people reuse their newspapers: lining a pet’s cage or litter box; cleaning a grill; …
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A shrinking number of seats will determine control of the U.S. House after Republicans and Democrats spent much of the last year redrawing congressional maps to erase swing districts. Even …
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npr
Civil rights groups in the South respond to Supreme Court’s blow to voting rights
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWe gauge reaction in the Deep South to the Supreme Court ruling that could upend Black representation in Congress.
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Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday expressed reservations about the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. “If this whole case is based on a picture in the sand …
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nytimes
Blanche Says Others Who Post ‘86 47’ Message Won’t Be Charged Like Comey
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe acting attorney general said such messages were “posted constantly” and said the Justice Department had gathered other evidence against the former F.B.I. director, but declined to describe it.
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bbc sport
Ed Still: Watford head coach sacked after less that three months in charge
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThis has been inevitable for quite a few weeks, and the announcement comes as no surprise. No matter what would have happened against Coventry yesterday (and it was another abject …