Author: Cedar Attanasio
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Getting food delivered in New York is simple. For the workers who do it, getting paid is not
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A wage law in New York City meant to protect food delivery workers is getting backlash from app companies like Uber, GrubHub and DoorDash
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Ex-Honduran president defends himself at New York drug trafficking trial
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took the witness stand in his defense at his New York trial, denying that he teamed up with drug dealers to protect them in return for millions of dollars in bribes
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Grand jury indicts man on capital murder for El Paso attack
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EL PASO, Texas • A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder, prosecutors announced. Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, was indicted on one count in connection with the Aug. 3 mass shooting that left 22 dead, District Attorney Jaime Esparza…
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Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico • A new level of despair spread among tens of thousands of migrants waiting on the Mexican border to seek refuge in the U.S. as the Trump administration began enforcing radical new restrictions Thursday on who qualifies for asylum. “The United States is the only option,” Dunea Romero, a 31-year-old Honduran, lamented…
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Thousands attend El Paso memorial for shooting victims
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EL PASO, Texas • Leaders from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border gathered in El Paso Wednesday night to memorialize the 22 people killed this month when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the Texas border city. Thousands of people streamed into the baseball stadium in downtown El Paso with a capacity of…
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Ohio gun reform urged as Texas Democrats balk at Trump visit
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DAYTON, Ohio • Ohio’s Republican governor bucked his party to call for expanded gun laws Tuesday and some Democrats in Texas told President Donald Trump to stay away as both states reeled from a pair of shootings that killed 31 people. A racist screed remained the focus of police investigating the massacre at a Walmart…
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Texas officials say 20 dead, 26 hurt in shooting; authorities investigating whether it was hate crime
Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a shooting Saturday in a busy shopping area in the Texas border town of El Paso, the state’s governor said. Meanwhile, the police chief said among the possibilities being investigated is whether it was a hate crime. Two law enforcement officials who spoke to…
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Planes, buses moving migrants from crowded border shelters
EL PASO, Texas • U.S. authorities have begun flying migrants to less-crowded areas for processing, and asylum-seeking families are being bused north to Colorado to alleviate the strain on overwhelmed shelters along the border in Texas and New Mexico. Several dozen migrants arrived in Denver by bus early Monday as part of the effort to…