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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
1 injured after crash on I-25 near Belen
BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – Both directions on Interstate 25 were closed Saturday around Belen while emergency crews responded to a crash. Investigators said that two vehicles collided head-on in the southbound lane, one of which was a semi-truck. Applications open June 1 for New Mexico's 'Teacher Loan Repayment Program' At least one patient was flown to the University of New Mexico Hospital to treat life-threatening injuries. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
GMA Network
27-05-2025
- Sport
- GMA Network
Bella Belen, Mycah Go banner 2025 PVL Rookie Draft applicants
Top collegiate volleyball players Bella Belen and Mycah Go have submitted their names for the 2025 PVL Rookie Draft which will be held on June 8. A total of 60 applicants applied for the draft with Capital1 holding the first overall pick, followed by Galeries Tower, Farm Fresh, NXLED, Zus Coffee, Cignal, Choco Mucho, Chery Tiggo, PLDT, Akari, Petro Gazz, and Creamline in that order. Belen of National University is a three-time UAAP Most Valuable Player and a three-time champion, while Go of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde is NCAA Season 97 Most Valuable Player and is also a two-time champion. Aside from Belen, her NU teammates Erin Pangilinan and Sheena Toring also submitted for the draft. Go, meanwhile, will be joined by other NCAA players like Arellano University's Kristine Adante, Cherry Mae Cuenca, Pauline De Guzman, and Nenita Padua; Letran's Angelique Ledesma and Lea Tapang; EAC's Jhan Pauline Fortuno and Jamaica Villena; JRU's Maliey Amante, Karyla Jasareno, and Jerry Lyn Laurente; Lyceum's Zonxi Jane Dahab and Joan Doguna; San Beda's Jan Gregorio and Reyann Cenete; San Sebastian's Von Dimaculangan; and Perpetual Help's Winnie Bedana. Here is the full list of the applicants: A Draft Combine for the applicants will be held on May 30 to 31 at the Paco Arena in Manila. —JKC, GMA Integrated News
Miami Herald
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Belen Jesuit's Marco Prieguez is the Miami-Dade Boys' Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Belen Jesuit's cross-country and track and field programs have a longstanding tradition of excellence. But over the years, several of the members of each squad show their strength not just when they're putting in the miles, but in the classroom as well. Belen senior Marco Prieguez is another perfect example of this combination. Prieguez has been a standout on the Wolverines' cross-country and track teams throughout his high school career. The highlight came this season, however, as he was finally able to enjoy not just a team state championship in the fall in cross-country, but a state title in track earlier this month. While Prieguez has been impressive when it comes to running, he's even more so academically. And that's a big reason he's this year's Miami Herald Miami-Dade County Boys' Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Prieguez was a first team All-Dade selection in cross-country after finishing fifth individually at the state Class 3A meet with a time of 15:36. His season-best time was also impressive as he ran a time of 15:23. He finished sixth at state in the 1,600 meters in track and field helping Belen win the team title. He did all of this while maintaining an impressive 5.515 grade point average, scoring a 1490 on the SAT and a 34 on the ACT. His stellar academic resume helped him earn an opportunity to attend the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, joining a long line of Wolverines athletes to enroll at Ivy League schools. Prieguez has been part of three consecutive state titles in cross-country since joining the team as a sophomore. An honors student, AP Scholar with Distinction and a member of five National Honor Societies, Prieguez also participated in numerous community service activities including the Fundacion Hermanos De La Calle, which translated to English reads 'Brothers from the Street Foundation' where he continuously prepared and delivered homemade food to the homeless or recently homeless, and created a focus group to discuss issues affecting individuals experiencing homelessness and how to target these issues in everyday life.
Chicago Tribune
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Chicago's Venezuelan migrants face uncertainty after Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protected status
When Ana Gil heard the news that the Supreme Court Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections for thousands of recent Venezuelan migrants, she cried. The move means 350,000 Venezuelans in the United States, including some of the estimated 50,000 who arrived in Chicago over the last several years, could be deported. How or where? That is unknown, Gil said. She is co-founder of the Venezuelan Alliance in Chicago. Over the last decade, Gil has worked with other immigration advocates to provide resources and legal advice for migrants who have arrived here from Venezuela. Most, she said, have fled political turmoil and extreme poverty. Temporary Protected Status, a humanitarian protection granted to nationals from countries facing extraordinary conditions such as war and disaster, provided room for families and individuals to start anew by providing them a work permit and protection from deportation. For the Venezuelan community in Chicago, the news has turned hope into heartbreak. Maria Belen arrived in Chicago from Venezuela under humanitarian parole in December 2022. Shortly after, she applied for TPS, which was essential for her and her family to establish themselves in the city. It is the sole protection she had from deportation. 'Now I have nothing,' Belen said Monday. Belen said she and her family have made Chicago their home. She is an assistant teacher at a CPS school, thanks to her education degree from Venezuela. Her husband works for an IT company, and their daughter is finishing her general education before pursuing a career in engineering at Wilbur Wright College. 'But right now, we really don't know anything. We don't know what's going to happen, where are we going to go or how,' Belen said. 'When we came here we had a clear goal: work and do well for society. We paid our taxes, we were doing everything right as dictated by the law and we are still getting kicked out.' At the center of the chaos, Gil said, is fear and uncertainty. Some migrants have requested information on how to migrate to another country while others are choosing to wait for advocates to act on their behalf and find a way to defend their status. 'I'm so sad. I still can't believe we have reached this point,' Gil said. 'But we will keep fighting against this. We've done it before' The court's order, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status for the Venezuelans that would have otherwise expired last month, The Associated Press reported. The justices provided no rationale, which is common in emergency appeals. The complex economic and political crisis in Venezuela has driven more than 7.7 million people to leave the South American nation since 2013. Venezuela's most recent economic troubles pushed year-over-year inflation in April to 172%. The latest chapter even prompted President Nicolás Maduro to declare an 'economic emergency' last month. Maduro, whose reelection last year to a third term has been condemned internationally as illegitimate, also has cracked down on political opponents. In the dispute over TPS, the administration has moved aggressively to withdraw various protections that have allowed immigrants to remain in the country, including ending the temporary status for a total of 600,000 Venezuelans and 500,000 Haitians. That status is granted in 18-month increments. Venezuela was first designated for TPS in 2021; Haiti, in 2010. The new decision from the Supreme Court only impacts 2023 designation of TPS for Venezuelans. Haiti's determination is still under review but not impacted by this specific decision. Any Venezuelan who was granted status under the 2021 designation is not affected and continues to have status until Sept. 10. The justices left open the possibility that individual Venezuelan citizens could bring their own challenges against efforts by Kristi Noem, secretary of Homeland Security, to terminate their work permits or to remove them from the United States, according to SCOUTUSblog. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated that she would have denied the government's request and left the lower court's ruling in place while litigation continues. That's what gives Gil hope. She said that it is too early to have a strategy on how to move forward, but said that the Venezuelan Alliance in Chicago is working hand in hand with the National TPS Alliance and other local organizations. 'It is extremely expensive to find a way to stay in the country legally individually, but as a group, we can do more,' Gil said. The Supreme Court's decision does not end the litigation, which will continue in the court of appeals, said Helena Olea, deputy director of Alianza Americas. The Chicago-based organization works to provide resources to asylum-seeking migrants and other immigrants. 'However, by lifting the stay on the termination of TPS for Venezuela, the final ruling — which could side with the plaintiffs — will arrive too late. Without TPS, many Venezuelans could be deported, could decide to travel to other countries or could be arbitrarily labeled as members of the Tren de Aragua or as enemy combatants and sent to El Salvador. All of these are devastating alternatives that put deserving individuals at imminent risk of human rights violations,' Olea said. As legal advocates push for federal intervention, community leaders are calling on local residents to stand in solidarity. 'Today the Supreme Court allowed Trump and the Department of Homeland Security to once again sow panic and confusion among our communities,' said Dulce Ortiz, executive director of Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, board president of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). 'Over the last three years, many ICIRR member organizations across the state worked to welcome new arrivals, many of whom are from Venezuela and seeking safety and opportunity in a new home. Some arrived on their own, and others as part of a political stunt that attempted to use immigrants as a weapon against welcoming communities. Regardless of how they arrived in Illinois, all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,' Ortiz said. In the Chicago area, roughly 9,000 Venezuelan migrants are estimated to have TPS, according to the Venezuelan Alliance and the The Resurrection Project, which have held legal clinics to provide free counsel for migrants. Chicago has helped thousands of Venezuelan migrants to settle in the city after a tumultuous start when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent busloads of migrants to Chicago over the past couple of years. Many Venezuelans have filled key roles in industries facing labor shortages — including health care, construction and caregiving. With TPS ending, employers and communities alike worry about the impact. 'Venezuelan migrants have become an integral part of our communities. They are our neighbors, co-workers, caregivers, and should be recognized for their societal contributions,' said Olea. 'It must not be forgotten, there is ongoing political repression, economic collapse, widespread human rights violations, and a humanitarian crisis — marked by food and medicine shortages — that make Venezuela unsafe for return, warranting continued TPS protection,' Olea said. The Resurrection Project and other immigrant legal clinics say they are being flooded with calls from panicked families. 'Today's decision will harm hundreds of thousands of immigrants, their families and their communities,' said Erendira Rendón, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project. 'TRP remains committed to working toward a future where all people in the U.S. are afforded an opportunity to achieve the American Dream.' TRP will continue to provide legal guidance to those who have TPS by appointment through their legal clinic. State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, head of the state's House Immigration Committee and a Democrat who represents portions of Aurora, North Aurora and Batavia, told the Tribune Monday the decision is 'terrible' and 'disappointing.' Many of these Venezuelan families, she said, were approved to stay in the country because going back to Venezuela meant returning to a dangerous situation. That federal approval allowed them to work and start a life for the past several years. 'I think it leaves families uncertain about their future in this country,' said Hernandez. 'These are people who were being retaliated against in their home country, so they can't go back to their home country. So now we are leaving families to go through the trauma again, potentially going back.' The decision, she said, also makes it more difficult for the state to fight federal immigration policies, but in the meantime, 'we need to just protect the people we have right now.'Despite the uncertainty Belen said she remains hopeful. 'Everything happens very fast. We thought we would lose TPS in April. We didn't. Now we're back to this, but we don't know what can happen next,' Belen said. Though the uncertainty sometimes feels debilitating, she said that she and her family are committed to staying together. If she must leave the United States, she will be devastated. Returning to Venezuela is not an option because 'there's nothing there for us.' 'Maybe a different country,' she said.
Miami Herald
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Reagan boys' volleyball perseveres to advance to first ever regional final
It was a year ago at this time that Yeison Gonzalez helped the Mater Lakes boys volleyball program break through and make its first ever trip to state. After transferring to Ronald Reagan High last summer, Gonzalez, now a senior wanted to do the same for the Bison's boys program. On Friday night, after putting together by far the best season in program history and securing the No. 1 seed in Region 4-2A, it looked like that dream might come crashing down. But Gonzalez refused to let it happen. Hosting No. 4 seed and an upset-minded Belen Jesuit team that was much better than its 13-15 record indicated, Gonzalez, along with his fellow outside hitter Diego Cobena, prevailed in a five-set marathon match, 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 22-25, 25-13, 15-13) to win a Region 4-2A semifinal at the Reagan gym. Reagan, after winning its opening set, had lost all the momentum as the fired up Wolverines, with their small but fired-up contingent of fans cheering them on, won the next two to go up 2-1 before the Bison rallied to win the final two sets and advance. Now 23-4, Reagan broke new ground with the win advancing to its first-ever regional final. What could have been a rematch with Gonzalez's former team didn't transpire, though, as No. 3 seed Varela also broke new ground, knocking off No. 2 Mater Lakes in the opposite semi and advancing to its first-ever regional final. The two teams will square off in the Region 4-2A final in Reagan's gym on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with a first-ever state final four berth for both teams on the line. Gonzalez dominated all players on the floor as he finished with 31 kills. But if he was Batman, Cobena was his Robin as he had his own big night finishing with 16 kills. 'So after that third set, it really became a mental struggle with the team and all we had to do talked about it in the huddle, about what was going on out on the court and what was going wrong,' Gonzalez said. 'The mentality we needed to get instead of the one that we had. It was let's not fight to make a play, let's fight to get the very next point and not think beyond that. I think that really helped us get the momentum going back in our direction again.' Even though the first set score was close, Reagan led the entire way before a late Belen charge closed the gap. That late surge would turn the tide in the Wolverines' favor. Led by outside hitter Max Klemick and Billy Essig who had a devastating serve, Belen jumped out to early lead in the second set and led the entire way. Reagan took a small early lead in the third but Klemick, Essig and Luke Diaz led the way back for another 25-22 win. 'It's very difficult to stay focused because there's a lot of pressure knowing this very well could've been my last high school game,' Gonzalez said. 'So that was my mentality. I had to work through not worrying about coming back to win the match, just winning the next point that I was in.' Reagan jumped out to a quick lead in the fourth set and never looked back, winning 25-13 and carried that momentum in the final set, leading 9-6 at one point. But Belen kept fighting and a pair of Klemick kills spurned a 6-2 run and 12-11 lead. But 'Batman and Robin' wouldn't been denied as they each recorded two kills over the next five points, Cobena the last one for the game-winner. 'He's brought so much to our program,' said Reagan assistant coach Joshua Garavito of Gonzalez. 'I'm sure it was a very tough decision for him to transfer over and people were always chirping to him about he had made the wrong decision and stuff like that. But he never let it get to his head and stayed strong throughout the process. 'We really built a family here and I think that's what kept him as happy and as strong as he's been.' Said Gonzalez: 'I helped make history last year at Mater Lakes and now I want to help make history here. I love the faculty and staff here, it's been an honor to help this program to success and now we need to get one more and get this thing to state.' MORE RESULTS Region 4-3A semifinal - Columbus d. Cypress Bay 33-31, 25-19, 19-25, 25-18: Lucas Riva had 22 kills, four blocks and eight digs to lead the Explorers while Charlie Friguls had 52 assists. Matias Claure had 10 kills and five blocks. Columbus (26-3) hosts Southwest on Tuesday in the regional finals at 7. Region 4-3A semifinal - Southwest d. Miami High 25-21, 25-12, 18-25, 25-20. Region 3-2A semifinal - St. Thomas Aquinas d. Dr. Joaquin Garcia 25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 15-13: The Raiders (16-8) travel to top-seed Riviera Beach Suncoast on Tuesday night at 7. Region 3-2A semifinal - Riviera Beach Suncoast d. Archbishop McCarthy 25-13, 25-11, 25-16 Region 4-2A semifinal - Varela d. Mater Lakes 25-23, 22-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-9 Region 2-1A semifinal - Cardinal Gibbons d. Palm Beach Atlantic Christian 25-20, 25-15, 25-18: The Chiefs (17-10) will travel to West Palm Beach to face Kings Academy on Tuesday at 7. Region 3-1A semifinal - JC Bermudez d. Monsignor Pace 25-21, 28-26, 20-25, 18-25, 18-16: The Thunder (13-3) will host Divine Savior on Tuesday at Doral Legacy Park. Region 3-1A semifinal - Divine Savior d. Downtown Doral, 25-11, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23 Region 4-1A semifinal - True North d. Sunset 25-19, 26-24, 25-21: The Titans (17-11) host La Salle on Tuesday. Region 4-1A semifinal - La Salle d. Somerset South Homestead 3-2
