Saturday, November 16, 2024

ARTICLES BY PETER ORSI

Cookies, hot cocoa, pick-me-up notes: 'Sparks' of kindness

A tin of cookies is left on the running board of an ambulance outside a nursing home with a note for the emergency workers who operate it: “You’re AMAZING! Yes, you!”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

A desk of their own to ease remote learning for kids in need

As remote schooling surged during the pandemic, parents across the country realized that many kids didn’t have desks at home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Mexico's president in no hurry to confront virus outbreak

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Many countries in Latin America have taken aggressive measures to deal with the coronavirus such as closing their borders, dock and airports to foreigners, declaring states of emergencies and ordering business shutdowns.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mexico's president in no hurry to confront virus outbreak

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Many countries in Latin America have taken aggressive measures to deal with the coronavirus such as closing their borders, dock and airports to foreigners, declaring states of emergencies and ordering business shutdowns.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mexico's president in no hurry to confront virus outbreak

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Many countries in Latin America have taken aggressive measures to deal with the coronavirus such as closing their borders, dock and airports to foreigners, declaring states of emergencies and ordering business shutdowns.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A snapshot of Mexico's cartel landscape amid rising violence

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another year, another homicide total unseen before in Mexico’s modern history as the country struggles to check rising violence.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A snapshot of Mexico's cartel landscape amid rising violence

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another year, another homicide total unseen before in Mexico’s modern history as the country struggles to check rising violence.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A snapshot of Mexico's cartel landscape amid rising violence

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another year, another homicide total unseen before in Mexico’s modern history as the country struggles to check rising violence.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mexico City subway trains collide, killing 1, injuring 41

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A two-train subway collision in Mexico City killed a male passenger, injured 41 people and disrupted service Wednesday on the bustling metro system serving this megalopolis of over 20 million people.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mexico: Thousands stay in to protest violence against women

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Untold thousands of women across Mexico stayed home from work and school Monday as part of a strike billed as “A Day Without Women,” a day after an unprecedented number of them filled the streets to protest rampant and rising gender violence on International Women's Day.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Trump allies in Americas block Africans' path to US asylum

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United States. He's getting plenty of help from allies in the Americas.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

California chefs encourage fresh dining in Cuba

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

No cigar: Embargo on Cuba turns 50

HAVANA - When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

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