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Month: June 2023

US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants were being targeted there for extortion. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred former Italian leader, dies at 86

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday. He was 86. Supporters applauded as his body arrived at his villa outside Milan from the city’s San Raffaele Hospital,

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Boston MedFlight paramedics, nurses, pilots reunite with the families they’ve helped

By Ted Wayman Click here for updates on this story     BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Every year, approximately 6,500 people need help from Boston MedFlight, which provides emergency medical transport by jet, helicopter or ambulance. On Sunday, many of those patients had the opportunity to reunite with the organization’s paramedics, nurses and pilots — under happier

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Albuquerque Police shut down cockfighting ring

By Hamilton Kahn Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — An illegal cock-fighting operation was shut down Sunday by officers from the Albuquerque Police Department’s Southeast Area Command. The activity was happening at a residence on Utah Street SE when officers arrived, an APD news release said. Approximately 20 people

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Sacramento photographer documents war in Ukraine, shares 1,000 photos in midtown exhibit

By Lee Anne Denyer Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — “The First Year” – a photography and artifact exhibit documenting the war in Ukraine – was held at CLARA Auditorium in midtown Saturday and Sunday. The exhibit featured more than 1,000 photographs taken by photographer Alina Tyulyu of Sacramento. Tyulyu

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