A delegation of White House officials and lawmakers visited Carrizo Springs, Texas, on Wednesday to see an influx facility designed to accommodate unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border — and for the first time, allowed independent media access. This facility and other shelters overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services are equipped to
Continue ReadingThe Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General found that former Auditor General of the Navy Ronnie J. Booth “engaged in a pervasive and egregious pattern of sexual harassment toward multiple female employees over a period of more than 20 years,” a release of the investigation’s findings states. The report “substantiated the allegations” that
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Las autoridades de Chile informaron este martes que investigan la situación de un menor de edad alojado en una residencia del Servicio Nacional de Menores (Sename), luego de que se viralizara en redes sociales un video en el que se escuchan gritos de auxilio y llantos en el que se exclaman palabras
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El hombre encontrado muerto en un canal del Valle de Coachella en Thermal a principios de esta semana fue identificado como Erasmo Gonzales Barrios, de 52 años, residente de Coachella. El cuerpo de Gonzales Barrio fue encontrado en el canal cerca de Airport Boulevard y Buchanan Road en Thermal el lunes aproximadamente a las 4:26
Continue ReadingA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. For President Biden, Thursday is question time. The president will be grilled by the press for the first time since he took office in January. The session will generate heat and light and hopefully lots
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El presidente Joe Biden designó el miércoles a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para encabezar las gestiones del gobierno en torno al aumento de la llegada de migrantes en la frontera con México. Biden hizo el anuncio al reunirse en la Casa Blanca con Harris y con el secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos Xavier Becerra,
Continue ReadingFootage from the January 6 riot at the US Capitol shows a close ally of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene inside the building. CNN previously reported that Anthony Aguero, a conservative live-streamer, activist and associate of Greene, said on video following the riot that he had been among those who entered the building. At
Continue ReadingA coalition of 14 major national media outlets, including CNN, is asking a federal court to make public police body camera and other close-up footage of rioters attacking Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and other police with bear spray outside the US Capitol on January 6. The 10 video clips, shown by the Justice Department
Continue Reading The man found dead in the Coachella Valley canal in Thermal earlier this week has been identified as Erasmo Gonzales Barrios, 52, a resident of Coachella. Gonzales Barrio’s body was found in the canal near Airport Boulevard and Buchanan Road in Thermal on Monday at approximately 4:26 p.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s
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Una persona en libertad condicional que desfalcó más de $ 400,000 mientras trabajaba en un centro de tratamiento de adicciones en Rancho Mirage se declaró culpable hoy de varios cargos por delitos graves y fue inmediatamente sentenciado a más de seis años en una prisión estatal. Kelly Michelle Barnes, de 42 años, se declaró culpable
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Un ciclista adolescente fue trasladado al hospital luego de ser atropellado por un vehículo en Indio el miércoles por la noche. La colisión ocurrió en Avenue 46 y Jasmin Lane alrededor de las 6:14 p.m. Ben Guitron, del Departamento de Policía de Indio, dijo que el adolescente sufrió lesiones no mortales. El adolescente fue trasladado
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Click here for updates on this story ROCHESTER, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 46-year-old man has been arrested after several videos of him allegedly sexually assaulting numerous victims were found on his laptop and cellphone. Police responded to a complaint of sexual assault in Rochester on Feb. 28. According to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, a
Continue Reading A probationer who embezzled more than $400,000 while employed at an addiction treatment center in Rancho Mirage pleaded guilty today to several felony charges and was immediately sentenced to more than six years in state prison. Kelly Michelle Barnes, 42, entered guilty pleas in four separate criminal cases at the Larson Justice Center in Indio
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Stella Kim came to the United States from South Korea more than four decades ago. She’s the longtime owner of two Palm Desert restaurants, including Musashi on Highway 111. That’s where she said a group of women customers Monday night became disgruntled, then racist and hateful. “She picked on my English,” Kim said. “They were
Continue ReadingMichigan Republicans on Wednesday introduced a package of election bills that would bring a raft of voting restrictions to the state, the latest example of GOP lawmakers working to change election laws in a battleground state following the 2020 election. Described by Republicans as an effort to modernize and secure the state’s elections, the bills
Continue Reading North Korea launched two ballistic missiles on Thursday, a senior US official told CNN citing an intelligence assessment — the second such launch in less than a week. It is not known yet whether the missiles were short, medium or long range, such as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The US military and intelligence community
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Britney Spears’ attorney is requesting the judge overseeing her court ordered conservatorship, remove her father, Jamie Spears, as the conservator of her person, and permanently replace him with Jodi Montgomery. The request came in the form of a petition Samuel D. Ingham III filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday evening. Jamie Spears has been
Continue Reading A man armed with a rifle entered an Atlanta Publix Supermarket Wednesday in Midtown at Atlantic Station, a commercial and residential area in the city, police said. A witness saw the man entering “the location openly carrying a rifle and entered the bathroom” and alerted the store management and then notified police, according to a
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon on Wednesday approved a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children at two Texas military bases. At Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, children will stay in a vacant dormitory, and at Fort Bliss, temporary housing will be constructed on an empty plot of land, Pentagon spokesman
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Drug giant AstraZeneca updated its data on how well its coronavirus vaccine works, saying late Wednesday the vaccine showed 76% efficacy against symptomatic coronavirus disease and 100% efficacy against severe or critical disease or the need for hospitalization. The vaccine was 85% effective in preventing symptoms in volunteers 65 and older, the company said. The
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