by Dalia Faheid | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Every eight days, Gloria Romero’s 23-year-old son drives her half an hour away to the University of South Florida, then lines up among 700 cars and waits until a Feeding Tampa Bay volunteer places a box full of potatoes, onions, oranges and carrots in the...
by Alicia Diaz | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm that Americans’ growing enthusiasm for telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic has led to a worrying parallel: a “dramatic increase” in telehealth related fraud. The health department’s...
by Karli Goldenberg | Feb 21, 2021 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — A string of executive orders and immigration policy proposals championed by the Biden administration could change the lives of the over 900,000 immigrants in Maryland, but experts say that fear and distrust of the government may persist. Nearly one-fifth...
by Katie Livingstone | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — With left-wing politician Albin Kurti elected prime minister of Kosovo last weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden has congratulated the heads of state of both Kosovo and Serbia for their independence days in letters revealing how his approach to the...
by Augusta Saraiva | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Colombia is moving to legalize some 800,000 undocumented Venezuelan immigrants, offering them 10-year residence permits and access to formal employment and social benefits. Over time, the Temporary Protection Statute could benefit up to 1.7 million...
by Augusta Saraiva | Feb 17, 2021 | Coronavirus, Education, Featured, Immigration
The day before the University of South Florida’s virtual commencement in December, senior Lucca Salgueiro decided to postpone his graduation. The plan was for the student to attend the online ceremony from his hometown of São Paulo, Brazil, where he had been...
