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Here's where US immigrants have come from over time

BusinessInsider.com 

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President Donald Trump's recent executive orders on immigration may have reignited public debate, but Americans have long harbored anti-immigrant sentiments.

One-third of Americans said in a 2016 Pew Research Center survey that immigrants are a "burden on our country because they take our jobs, housing and health care," and 38% say immigration should be decreased.

On the flip side, 59% of Americans say immigrants "strengthen our country because of... Читать дальше...



Report: Tom Brady’s jersey may be on equipment truck

NBCSports.com 

How convenient. Tom Brady’s Super Bowl LI jersey, which someone removed from Brady’s bag after the game, possibly will be found inside an 18-wheel tractor-trailer that is hauling equipment from Houston back to Boston. The information comes from TMZ, which explains that unspecified law-enforcement officials are “hopeful” than the jersey was placed on the equipment truck.…

What Trump's Wall Along the Mexican Border Means for the U.S. Housing Market

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

When Donald Trump announced on the campaign trail that, if elected, he would build a wall along the border of Mexico, many Americans didn't believe it would ever happen. Well, now that's he's commander in chief, he insists he's going to make good on that promise and has already made moves to get the process started.

Navalny promises to run for president in 2018 despite conviction

Russia Beyond the Headlines 

A court in the city of Kirov, located 480 miles northeast of Moscow, ruled on Feb. 8 that Alexey Navalny, an opposition politician and head of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, is guilty of embezzlement and gave him a five-year suspended sentence. This is the second time Navalny has been sentenced on the same charges. The first sentence, also a five-year suspended one, was handed down on July 18, 2013.

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Team: Russian adventurer breaks hot air balloon record

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Andrew V. Pestano
Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Fyodor Konyukhov, a Russian adventurer who is also an Orthodox Church priest, set a world record on Thursday after flying a hot-air balloon for 55 hours.

Penn State puts stop to fraternity parties serving alcohol

TheRepublic.com 

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State has indefinitely halted fraternity and sorority parties where alcohol is available because of a student’s recent death and what the school calls growing allegations of hazing, sexual assault and other misconduct. The university announced Wednesday that Damon Sims, its vice president for student affairs, and the Penn State Interfraternity

Two PDP lawmakers defect to APC

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

Two out of the five lawmakers representing the Peoples Democratic Party in Jigawa state House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress.





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