MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of people tried for a second day to climb over the fences that separate a Spanish city in North Africa from Morocco, authorities said Thursday. The Spanish government's delegation in Melilla said 1,200 migrants attempted to scale the 6-meter...
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press PRZEMYSL, Poland (AP) — People fleeing the war in Ukraine for the safety of European border towns include citizens of countries in Africa, Asia and the Mideast, people whose lives have been upended along with those of Ukrainians but...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) — Some of the nearly 1 million people who have fled Russia's devastating war in Ukraine in recent days count among society's most vulnerable, unable to make the decision on their own to flee and requiring careful...
Special Update: Humanitarian Crisis in UkraineCrypto and blockchain infrastructure provider Binance has committed US$ 10 million minimum to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine through its Binance Charity Foundation. The donation will be split between major...
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 23, 2022) – Visa, a leading global payments technology company, announced today the launch of Visa Minority Depository Institutions Accelerate, a new program to help reduce economic disparities and expand access and opportunity in communities of...
News about grants, giftsThe Legacy Program of the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee has awarded US$ 2 million in grants to 56 Los Angeles organizations focusing their work on youth development, jobs and economic opportunity, and social justice. Each grant will...
Frank Reich is heading to Los Angeles this week for an important mission. A year after he became head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Reich and his wife, Linda, formed kNot Today, a nonprofit that works to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. Their foundation...
News about grants, giftsThe UMass Chan Medical School received a US$ 15 million donation from alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio. The gift includes US$ 10 million for what will be named the Riccio ALS Accelerator Initiative and US$ 5 million to expand and endow the...
A year before the massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, a security director from the city's Jewish federation came to the house of worship to train its religious school staff and rabbi on how to respond to violent situations. At the time, Stephen Weiss...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed designating critical habitat for a Nevada wildflower it plans to list as endangered amid a conflict over a mine to produce lithium batteries for electric vehicles critical to the Biden administration's...
