Frank Mooney
In Florida, Operation Tidal Wave, which held more than 1,000 migrants for five days, was called the “new normal.” And not just for Florida, but for the whole country. At a news conference in Tampa on May 12, Larry Keefe, executive director of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, said that within the next 60 … Read more
MEXICO CITY — The family of a 2-year-old U.S. citizen who was sent to Honduras along with her mother was told on Tuesday by their lawyers that they would no longer be suing the Trump government. The girl, one of three U.S.-born children deported with their Honduran-born moms, was at the centre of one of … Read more
A surprising amount of money could be put back into your family’s budget through one chance, even if you didn’t make that much in 2024. The Child Tax Credit is a little-known benefit that could help parents who are trying to find a way to pay their bills or just make ends meet. You can … Read more
More than 600,000 Americans are now qualified for a new round of stimulus payments. The proposed payments could be as high as $3,892, which would come in the form of a single check that you don’t have to repay to the government and can use for anything you want. Since it began more than 40 … Read more
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income families buy food. In Texas, Florida, the rest of the 50 states, Washington, DC, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands, the most a family of eight can get in May 2025 is $1,756. Different states have different requirements for who can apply, how to apply, and when to … Read more
It was just approved that eligible American families, especially those who live in a certain state, will get a package of tax breaks and extra money. The “Empire State’s” FY 2026 state budget, which was passed in April 2025, includes policies that are meant to make taxes easier for people to pay. Concerns about the … Read more
The New York Police Department said that a fight over a bus seat turned deadly over Mother’s Day weekend and killed a father of three girls. Several local news sites, citing the NYPD, said that the fatal stabbing victim was identified as 41-year-old Alvin Francis of Queens, New York. Todman-Francis told the New York Daily … Read more
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has stopped a program that was going to stop the number of geese in the area by capturing and blasting them to death. In a letter sent to Democratic lawmakers on May 9, M. Scott Bowen, director of the state office, told them about the decision. In April, Sen. … Read more
Police say a man killed his family with a gun, called 911, and then killed himself Monday morning. The bodies of a couple and their two young children were found in a house in northwest Montana. Kalispell is a city of just under 30,000 people that is in the shadow of Glacier National Park. Police … Read more
The wreckage of the house was where the bodies of a man and a woman were found. Their names have not been released. The Gloucester County prosecutor’s office told WPVI in Philadelphia that the deaths are “suspicious,” but they wouldn’t say more. Authorities say the huge explosion and fire in New Jersey on Sunday that … Read more