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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan ?Dreamer? immigration plan proposed by a group of U.S. senators, saying it did not fund his long-touted wall along the border of Mexico and calling it ?a step backward.??The so-called bipartisan DACA deal presented yesterday to myself and a group of Republican Senators and Congressmen was a big step backwards,? Trump wrote in a post on Twitter, ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Guards at several French prisons protested on Friday after a scissors-attack on several colleagues by an Islamist militant facing extradition to the United States over the 2001 attacks once he completes a jail term for al Qaeda killings in Tunisia.The guards demanded the resignation of the prison chief at Vendin-le-Vieil in northern France, where Christian Ganczarski hurt three guards with a ...

KISSIMMEE, Florida - At Leslie Campbell's office in the central Florida city of St. Cloud, the phone will not stop ringing.Director of special programs for the Osceola County School District, Campbell helps enroll students fleeing storm-ravaged Puerto Rico.Her job has been a busy one. Since hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Caribbean in September, over 2,400 new students have arrived in the district. ...

MANILA - Hundreds of thousands of devotees in the Philippines, many of them barefooted, joined a chaotic procession on Tuesday that featured a black statue of Jesus Christ, one of the biggest annual festivals in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.The faithful gathered in downtown Manila to follow a carriage bearing the statue called the Black Nazarene, believed to have healing powers, in a parade that began ...

GENEVA - The United Nations human rights office on Friday rejected as ?racist? and inciting xenophobia the reported remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump describing immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from ?shithole? countries.Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as ?shithole countries,? according to two sources ...

When Mary and Joshua Haun began their relationship in 2013, they were together more than 160 pounds heavier than they are now.The couple, who were married in October 2017, has been committed to the Ketogenic diet for more than a year and said they have inspired numerous friends, co-workers and acquaintances to follow suit.?It must be close to 800 pounds lost now,? Mary, 47, of Cedar Rapids, said about those ...

The Live Healthy Iowa 10-week wellness challenge starts Monday, Jan. 22, and provides participants with a fun opportunity to be active while engaging in a simple and affordable team-based challenge.For a fee, each participant receives access to a personal dashboard to record progress and set and monitor goals, a T-shirt, one-year magazine subscription, and much more. To be a part of the Henry County competition, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Alliant Energy is seeking applications for its 2018 Innovation Scholarships. Twenty-five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the winners.To qualify, applicants must be 24-years-old or younger and a dependent child of a current customer or current customers themselves, of one of Alliant Energy's utility subsidiaries (Interstate Power and Light or Wisconsin Power and Light).Award selection is ...

Henry County Health Center's Diabetes Education Center will offer a free pre-diabetes class on Monday, Jan. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. The class will be conducted in the Diabetes Education Center, located in Suite 25 at HCHC. Directions will be given when you call 319-385-6518 to register. Register by noon on Friday, Jan. 12.If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you should attend this class:Are your ...

By Melissa Boncher, Hy-Vee Dietitian You may have seen them on display in your local Hy-Vee. They're the cookie dough-shaped balls that look too good to be healthy. So, what are they, and should you be eating them? Here's a few things to help you decide.1. Each Energy Bite is developed by Hy-Vee registered dietitians and prepackaged for on-the-go snacks.2. They might taste like peanut butter cookie dough, but ...

LOS ANGELES - At least six people died and thousands fled their homes in Southern California on Tuesday as a powerful rainstorm triggered flash floods and mudslides on slopes where a series of intense wildfires burned off protective vegetation last month.The heavy downpours subsided early Tuesday after prompting evacuation orders for residents along the Pacific coast north of Los Angeles, but forecasters warned ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the validity of a 2014 Tennessee ballot measure that removed the right to an abortion from the state constitution.By a 3-0 vote, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by eight voters to how the state counted ballots in the election, one of Tennessee's costliest. The measure, known as Amendment 1, won 53 percent of the vote.Tuesday's decision by the ...