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Month: August 2022

2 brothers charged with conspiracy in deadly smuggling crash

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two brothers from Mexico are facing federal charges after fleeing from U.S. authorities in July and crashing their vehicle, killing two and injuring 10 others just miles from the international border. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that 21-year-old Jorge Garcia-Rascon and 19-year-old Julio Garcia-Rascon have been

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Pennsylvania governor issues executive order seeking to protect LGBTQ residents from conversion therapy

By Devan Cole, CNN Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor on Tuesday moved to protect LGBTQ residents from conversion therapy, issuing an executive order that compels state agencies to discourage the practice and bans taxpayer funds from being used to support it. “Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it

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Timeline: Liz Cheney’s political career, from Republican scion to champion of democracy

By Christopher Hickey, CNN A resounding defeat in Tuesday’s primary election marked the end of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s time in Congress. Cheney has been one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest and most outspoken critics in the Republican Party. But on Tuesday night, the three-term conservative congresswoman conceded the race to Trump-endorsed attorney Harriet

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