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Nancy Pelosi Invited To The Border

MCALLEN, TX—Wives of the Texas Border Patrol sent Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, a letter inviting her to the Rio Grande Valley to see what border patrol agents encounter on a daily basis. Fox News Insider interviewed Jill Demanski who penned the letter and Renae Perez to examine conditions at the border.  The women spoke about the dangerous jobs...

Job Increases Surpass Expectations

UNITED STATES—The first monthly Employment Situation Report of 2019 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate an all time high for job increases. A report on The White House website indicates that the jobs in the United States are on the rise. The nonfarm payroll employment for January 2019 increased by 304,000 jobs passing market expectations by 165,000 and above...

Team USA ‘Cruises’ To Easy Victory In Rio Opener

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL—The United States Men's Basketball team dismantled Team China, 119-62 on Saturday. Kevin Durant was spectacular with 25 points as USA rolled to victory in their opening game of the Rio Summer Olympics. The game was over before it really began, with the United States jumping out to a 30-10 lead after the first quarter. DeMarcus Cousins...

Protests Erupt In Poland Amid Abortion Law In Poland

POLAND—On Wednesday, October 28, tens of thousands of women took to the streets in Polish cities to protest a high court’s ruling to ban nearly all abortions. It marked the sixth straight day of protests in Poland. Abortion is only legal in Poland if the pregnancy endangers the life or health of the mother or is the result of rape...

YouTube Headquarters Shooting

SAN BRUNO—At least three people are injured after a woman opened fire at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno on Tuesday, April 3 at 12:46 p.m. Authorities have identified the shooter as Nasim Aghdam, 39, who died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The San Bruno Police Department indicated in a press release they received numerous...

BART Receives 10,000 Masks From China’s Shanghai Metro

SAN FRANCISCO—Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) received 10,000 disposable face masks from Shanghai Metro on Tuesday, June 9. On Wednesday, June 10, BART indicated that those masks will be used for their workers and customers via Twitter. Shanghai Metro is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, China, which opened in May 1993. It is the second biggest metro system by...

UC Berkeley, UCSF Ranked Top Public Universities In U.S.

UNITED STATES—UC Berkeley is the #1 public university in the nation, with UC San Francisco ranked close behind at #6, according to the Center for World University (CWUR) 2015 Rankings. The annual list ranks the top 1000 universities in the world, and is "the only global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige...

Bombing At Ariana Grande Concert Leaves 22 Dead

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM—An explosion transpired at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, United Kingdom on Monday, May 22, leaving 22 people confirmed dead and more than 59 people injured just before 10:35 p.m. A majority of those injured including women and children. It has been reported that the bomb used in the attack may have contained nails, and the explosion...

U.S. Secretary Of State Speaks With Aliyev, Pashinyan On Artsakh Ceasefire

UNITED STATES—On Tuesday, October 27, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect the U.S.-negotiated cease-fire in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Pompeo separately spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, urging each to respect their commitments to cease hostilities. He stressed that “there is no military solution to this conflict.” The cease-fire,...

World Health Organization Advocates SF HIV Antiretroviral Treatment

Discussing HIV in Social Development Strategy at King Narai Hospital for the getting to Zero initiative. Photo by: Luc Stevens ‏@LucStevensBKK via Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO—The World Health Organization announced that they are using San Francisco as a model for how the world should handle the antiretroviral drug treatment process as soon as patients test positive, as opposed to waiting for the decline of the body’s immune system to begin treatment. In 2010 and 2013, San Francisco endorsed using the method of “test and treat,” which...