Report shows where green card applicants wait the longest

Report shows where green card applicants wait the longest

A new analysis of the U.S. employment-based immigration system estimates that some applicants for permanent residency face waits stretching decades into the future, with professionals from India projected to encounter the longest delays because of visa backlogs and statutory limits on the number of green cards available each year. The analysis, published by the National…

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Sean Parnell calls Pentagon leak a “crime” amid readiness warnings

Sean Parnell calls Pentagon leak a “crime” amid readiness warnings

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell is blasting the release of a classified military assessment, escalating a political and national‑security fight over the U.S. war in Iran. The clash comes as new reporting from The Washington Post revealed top commanders warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonged operations in the Middle East are straining the force.…

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Venice Film Festival Changes Course & Reinstates Jury Press Conference

Venice Film Festival Changes Course & Reinstates Jury Press Conference

Good news. The Venice Film Festival has reinstated its jury press conference, overturning an unusual move to scrap the traditional opening event this year. The festival responded to Deadline’s inquiry on Sunday by confirming that the press conference was now on. A day earlier, the A-list festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, had told Deadline…

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SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America.’ Also, still exists

SoCal-based Mapquest takes stand against Trump’s ‘Lake America.’ Also, still exists

Within days of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Google Maps quietly fell in line. Searches for the international boundary water in Google Maps now direct U.S. users to a renamed “Lake America.” While the president’s preferred name for the smallest Great Lake isn’t yet reflected on Apple Maps, it…

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Low-Slung Jeans Are Back—These Comfy Denim Deals Are Perfect for Fall

Low-Slung Jeans Are Back—These Comfy Denim Deals Are Perfect for Fall

Don’t reach for those skinny jeans just yet. Instead, loose-fitting, low-slung jeans are the denim trend that’s going strong for fall.  Expect ’90s-inspired silhouettes, like wide- and straight-leg fits with elongated puddle hems and baggy waists that sit lower on the hips.  As a former high-rise jean lover myself, I’ve been completely taken by loose,…

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Kacey Musgraves Continues Boston Show Amid Onstage Fire

Kacey Musgraves Continues Boston Show Amid Onstage Fire

Kacey Musgraves managed to keep her cool as a small fire broke out on stage at her latest Middle of Nowhere Tour stop. On Saturday, the 8x Grammy winner continued her set as the blaze burned far above her head, seemingly after ignited by pyrotechnics during Musgraves’ “Golden Hour” performance. “That looks bad,” she said…

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Massive mystery island surfaces in B.C. reservoir, then disappears

Massive mystery island surfaces in B.C. reservoir, then disappears

A massive, forested island roughly the size of two NFL football fields broke loose in northern British Columbia and drifted into open water before seemingly disappearing from satellite view, utility officials said. The sudden movement of the roughly 9,800-square-meter landmass on the Williston Reservoir, impounded behind the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968, has created new…

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Billie Eilish’s Brother FINNEAS Marries Claudia Sulewski in Gorgeous Montecito Wedding

Billie Eilish’s Brother FINNEAS Marries Claudia Sulewski in Gorgeous Montecito Wedding

Billie Eilish’s Brother FINNEAS Engaged to Claudia Sulewski After 7 Years of Dating UPDATE: FINNEAS and Claudia Sulewski are happier than ever. Indeed, Grammy-winning producer—best known for his collaborations with sister Billie Eilish—married the CYKLAR Skincare founder in a star-studded ceremony in Montecito, Calif., on Aug. 29, according to Vogue. The couple—who started dating in…

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