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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

DHS Secretary Mayorkas faces a partisan divide over Title 42 in Capitol Hill hearings

12:50pm April 28, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, where he's facing another heated round of questioning on Title 42.

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Florida is set to dissolve Walt Disney World's special district next summer — but many questions are unanswered about what will happen to the resort's nearly $1 billion in debt.

Disney says Florida would have to pay nearly $1 billion to dissolve special district

12:17pm April 28, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Walt Disney World complex's governing board says that when Florida created its special district, the state pledged not to alter that status unless all its debts are paid off.

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Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on March 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

University of California will waive tuition and fees for many Native American students

11:44am April 28, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall.

(L) Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; (R) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.

Two Democratic progressives plot new ways to fight back against Republican gains

11:34am April 28, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

Reps. Khanna and Raskin say Democrats should reclaim issues of patriotism, stay out of the political correctness business and improve their dialogue on racial divisions to reach out to all Americans.

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Moderna says its vaccine appears to be about 51 percent effective for children ages 6 months to less than 2 years, and 37 percent effective for those ages 2 to less than 6 years.

Moderna asks FDA to authorize first COVID-19 vaccine for very young children

7:00am April 28, 2022

by Rob Stein

The company says a low-dose version of its vaccine triggers an immune response in children ages 6 months to less than 6 years equivalent to what has protected older children and adults.

Plans by Florida Republicans to end Disney World's special status may not be legal

6:28am April 28, 2022

by Greg Allen

A pledge by Florida's governor to end Disney World's status as an independent district may not be easy to carry out. A law may prevent the governor from dissolving the independent district.

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News brief: Russia cuts gas exports, Title 42 hearing, GDP preview

6:14am April 28, 2022

Moscow cut off all energy supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. A federal judge blocks Title 42, a pandemic immigration policy, from being rolled back. New economic data is released Thursday morning.

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Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy ( left) and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch teamed up on a series of landmark legislative health care achievements, such as the Ryan White program on AIDS treatment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the first major federal

Sen. Orrin Hatch's legacy tracks the GOP's evolution on health

5:49am April 28, 2022

by Julie Rovner

The man who forged successful alliances with Democratic health giants, such as Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Waxman, fell back on his deep conservative roots as opposition grew to the Affordable Care Act.

A video aboard the school bus captures the moment a car crashes into the bus during the February incident.

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Albuquerque police release footage of a school bus crash

5:30am April 28, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The crash occurred in February. The school bus was carrying 23 children at the time, according to police.

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The Southwest's spring wildfire season has started earlier than normal

5:13am April 28, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is now the driest it's been in 1,200 years, which has many on edge for another long, destructive summer for wildfires.