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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — 22-year-old Michelle Carranza didn’t want to be one of the transgender women murdered in her native Honduras.”They don’t accept us there. They kill us, they discriminate against us, they rape us,” Carranza told NBC News and MSNBC, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. A year and a half ago, she fled Honduras with two friends, Greta Mazariegos, 29, and her brother Isaac, 20, who are also part of the LGBTQ+ community.Michelle Carranza and Andres Gonzalez / NBC News”Living in Honduras and being part of the LGBT community is synonymous with survival,” Greta Mazariegos said.…

An Ohio police officer accused of shooting and killing a pregnant woman has been charged with murder, according to court documents.Brendon Township Police Officer Connor Grubb allegedly shot and killed Takiya Young, 21, in a grocery store parking lot last August after confronting her for suspected shoplifting. After being asked multiple times by Grubb and another officer to exit her vehicle, Young slowly accelerated her car toward the officer, who was struck, police said.Grubb was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of murder, four counts of assault and two counts of manslaughter, according to online records filed Tuesday.Body…

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Small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. are pessimistic about their prospects, but not as pessimistic as they were two years ago. The National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index rose 2.2 points last month to 93.7, the highest level since February 2022, the organization said in a press release on Tuesday (Aug. 13). Still, the index has remained below its 50-year average of 98 for 31 consecutive months, and small business owners continue to feel pressure from inflation, the report said. A quarter of business owners cite inflation as their biggest problem, up 4 percentage points…

Strong playoff performances by the New York Knicks and New York Rangers near the end of the 2024 fiscal year have helped boost both teams’ parent companies’ revenues to record highs and swelled the coffers of Madison Square Garden Sports. MSGS reported revenues of $227 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, ending June 30, up $100 million from the same period last year. This was driven by the Knicks’ advancement to the Eastern Conference Semifinals and the Rangers’ advancement to the Eastern Conference Finals. This season marked the first time since 2013 that both MSG teams advanced to…

Published: August 13, 2024, 10:00 AM EDTPublished: August 13, 2024Updated: August 13, 2024, 11:05 AM EDT Image from iStock.Chester County’s luxury home market has seen strong gains, with several ZIP codes seeing the most sales of any home market in the Mid-Atlantic. Chester County is one of the areas seeing increased demand, bidding wars and fast sales in the Philadelphia area’s luxury housing market, writes Michael Bond of the Philadelphia Inquirer. A 3,000-square-foot home in Berwyn was recently on the market for $925,000 but ultimately sold for more than $1.1 million. According to Sue Fitzgerald, principal agent and team leader…

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, Donald Trump and other senior GOP leaders have repeatedly called for the Biden administration to revoke the visas of foreign nationals in the U.S. who openly support Hamas or other U.S. designated terrorist organizations. Last month, one of the 20 promises in the preamble of the platform adopted at the Republican National Convention was to “deport pro-Hamas radicals and make our college campuses safe and patriotic again.” But protest organizers contend that Trump and other Republicans are ignoring a key fact. The overwhelming majority of demonstrators are U.S. citizens who, under the…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – When was the last time you checked to make sure your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System was up to date? If it’s been a while, it’s very important that you take the time to log into DEERS and review or update your information. “DEERS plays a vital role in the administration and management of military health care benefits, supporting the needs of service members, veterans and their families,” said Regina Julien, deputy assistant secretary for medical operations at the Defense Health Agency. “It is essential that beneficiaries can update their information in DEERS…

The University of California, San Francisco has received a groundbreaking gift from the CrankStart Foundation to launch a workforce development program that will train nearly 2,000 San Franciscans for careers in healthcare over the next five years. The $14 million gift will support partnerships with local nonprofits to train area residents for high-paying jobs at UCSF, including medical practice coordinators, medical assistants and radiology technicians. The UCSF Career Pathways Initiative provides career advancement opportunities for individuals from historically underinvested communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the unemployed, underemployed and transitional youth ages 18-24. It is also open to…

Are you a Stanley fan or an Owara fan? Either way, everyone is jumping on the water bottle trend and buying up their favorite bottle style. Owala is releasing a new color drop called Riptide for $33. The bottle will be released on Tuesday, August 13th (August 13th, 2024) at 12pm EST. The bottle is a new 24oz FreeSip bottle with a muted blue and gray color scheme. When it comes to hydration, everyone should have choices, which is why the FreeSip is designed to give you flexibility. Anyone can hold the bottle upright and drink from the built-in straw,…