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Month: July 2023

Rescue crews continue search for 2 children swept away by Pennsylvania floodwater that killed their mother

WFMZ, UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Crews in Pennsylvania are still searching for two children who were swept away over the weekend by turbulent floodwaters that killed their mother as a violent storm slammed the region. Matilda “Mattie” Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother, Conrad

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Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says

By Rachel Clarke, Ashley Killough, Sarah Moon and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department are

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ACLU suing Riverside County over alleged unresponsiveness to public records requests

The ACLU announced a lawsuit today against Riverside County for alleged unresponsiveness to public records act requests concerning how legal counsel is made available to cash-strapped residents countywide, but the county attributed the problem to miscommunication, and a resolution was already in the works.    According to the ACLU Foundation, in 2021, the organization’s Northern

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