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Cornell Hires New Farm Business Management Specialist
The Post-Journal - New York
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Kate McDonald Polakiewicz has joined Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program as its farm business management specialist. She will be offering programming in financial management, production...
Who is Katie Abraham, the Illinois native at the center of the latest DHS deportation campaign?
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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September 8, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday said it is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled...
UK car exports to US rebound on trade deal: industry
The Sun Daily
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August 28, 2025
UNITED NATIONS: A group of seven countries including the United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to strengthen the multinational force tapped to combat gang violence in Haiti, according to a letter seen by AFP. The letter also...
Puerto Rico’s Government Paid Millions to Container Inspection Company in Potentially Illegal Disbursements
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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August 26, 2025
The Puerto Rican government has paid out more than $50 million to S2 Services Puerto Rico LLC, the company in charge of inspecting containers at the San Juan port, even though its contract with the Ports Authority expired in September 2021,...
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Frontier moves into routes run by struggling Spirit after merger between the two companies collapses
The Independent
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August 27, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Frontier adds two new international destinations from DFW Airport. Here’s where
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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September 8, 2025
Frontier Airlines is again beefing up its schedule from DFW International Airport, adding two new international routes ahead of the 2025 holiday travel season. The Denver-based carrier will begin flying weekly to La Aurora International Airport in...
Guatemala port resumes operations after a 2-day blockade
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 21, 2025
The days were tough (starting Monday afternoon and evening), with long talks with groups of workers, not just unions but also representatives from different areas, and we reached lines for improvement, described the president of the entity’s Board...
Georgia Ports state economic impact jumps 7 percent in 2024
Fresh Fruit Portal
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August 27, 2025
Through a press release, Georgia Ports announced its activity now supports 650,965 full- and part-time jobs across the Peach State. Compared to the same period last year, this raises the number to 41,770 jobs, according to an economic impact study...
Three retailers, 3 distinct front-loading strategies: What these plans say about their businesses
CNBC
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August 27, 2025
The inside of one of Five Below's existing locations. Five Below When it comes to managing the impact of tariffs, retailers don't have a one size fits all solution. An analysis of U.S. container data for retailers Abercrombie & Fitch, Best Buy and...
Suspected killer of missing Maryland woman held without bail
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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The man accused of killing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson of Prince George's County, Maryland, was denied bail on Monday. Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, of Guatemala, is charged with first and second-degree murder. Thompson was reported missing on August...
Un cónsul honorario de Guatemala fortalecería los lazos y el comercio internacional de Utah
KUER - Utah
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August 26, 2025
You can find an English-language version of the story here. — Se está preparando un cónsul honorario de Guatemala para Utah. Utah tiene tres consulados completos que brindan ayuda legal y administrativa a ciudadanos, y 28 cónsules honorarios o...
Illegal alien murders black teenager, throws her body off bridge into a river near Annapolis: police
The Post Millenial
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September 8, 2025
Hugo Hernandez-Mendez has been charged with second-degree murder. A 35-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been charged with killing a 19-year-old Maryland woman and dumping her body off a bridge near Annapolis, Maryland. DaCara Thompson...
‘Severe trade shock’: Donald Trump’s tariffs to hit 66% of India’s exports to US; China, Vietnam set to gain
The Times of India
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GTRI believes that the US tariffs implementation represents a substantial trade challenge for India's economy. (AI image) The Donald Trump administration’s move to impose 50% tariffs on India effective August 27, will pose a significant export...
DHS launches ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ unveiling plans for mass deportation arrests in Chicago
The Independent
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September 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Hispanic Heritage Month 2025
Al Dia News
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Every year, from September 15 to October 15, the United States dresses in pride and color to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month, an exceptional opportunity to recognize the countless contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities to the nation....
On The Kill Floor: How Migrants Are Exploited For Profit
Colorado Times Recorder
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September 8, 2025
by Ted Genoways, Esther Honig and Bryan Chou, High Country News September 1, 2025 This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, non-profit news organization. Around 7 a.m. on Dec. 12,...
Central America: Panama will have the Highest Economic Growth
Newsroom Panama
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August 25, 2025
Panama is emerging as the second fastest-growing country in Latin America, surpassed only by Argentina, and surpassing large economies such as Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the...
Foreign Affairs Engages Guatemala on Budna Case
The Reporter Belize
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August 25, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has issued a statement on the ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the transfer of Belizean national Joseph Budna to the Republic of Guatemala. The Ministry said it is working...
'The bottom line is, Katie was killed by a drunk driver'
The News Gazette - Illinois
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To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To pitch a 'My Turn' guest column, email jdalessio@news-gazette.com. CHICAGO — Federal authorities say that an immigration crackdown in Chicago is being done in honor of a 20-year-old Glenview woman...
Local forest governance helps jaguars and forests flourish in Guatemala
Mongabay
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August 25, 2025
Thirteen communities with concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve are working with Guatemala’s protected areas authorities to conserve the forests and wildlife on their lands. Community members use drones, camera traps, phone apps and satellite...