The cash-strapped federal government had loaned money to the states to help pay for long extensions in unemployment benefits. But it will not waive the interest that states owe … and expects to collect $20 million in interest payments from the Commonwealth. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie
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From NPR News- Licensed Undocumented Immigrants May Lead To Safer Roads, Connecticut Finds May 24, 2019Allowing undocumented immigrants in Connecticut to obtain driver's licenses may have reduced hit-and-run crashes in the state. Eight other states are considering similar laws.
- OPINION: Why Ditching Processed Foods Won't Be Easy — The Barriers To Cooking From Scratch May 24, 2019Though a new study shows that eating unprocessed food is healthier, home-cooked meals require resources that food experts take for granted, such as money and time, the authors of a new book argue.
- Julián Castro Wants To Redefine Which Immigrants Have 'Merit' May 24, 2019The Democratic presidential candidate wants to decriminalize border crossing and argues that President Trump's proposed "merit-based" immigration system "says that only certain people have merit."
- U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May To Step Down June 7 May 24, 2019May had been under intense pressure from lawmakers to step down after her plans for Brexit were repeatedly rejected. Conservative lawmakers will now begin to consider her replacement.
- American Man Achieves Dream By Reaching Mount Everest Summit, Then Dies May 23, 2019Donald Lynn Cash of Utah achieved his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. A traffic jam on Mount Everest may have impeded efforts to carry him down the mountain before he died.
- Licensed Undocumented Immigrants May Lead To Safer Roads, Connecticut Finds May 24, 2019
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- UK set for new PM as Theresa May quits May 24, 2019An emotional Theresa May confirms she will step down as Tory leader on 7 June, saying she has done all she can and a new prime minister will have to deliver Brexit.
- Sheffield 'serious incident': Six children hurt in Shiregreen May 24, 2019Two people are arrested amid "reports of concerns for safety" at a Sheffield house.
- Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding near summit May 24, 2019Seven have died climbing the world's highest peak in a week - more than for the whole of last year.
- Harvey Weinstein 'to settle with accusers for $44m' May 24, 2019The film producer reached a deal with women who say he sexually abused them, his lawyers tell media.
- Surgeons warn of serious hand injuries from dog leads and collars May 24, 2019A Cornwall dog owner had the skin torn off her middle finger by a lead wound tightly round her hand.
- UK set for new PM as Theresa May quits May 24, 2019
