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Month: August 2023

Texas is separating families at the border in apparent ‘harsh and cruel’ shift in policy, immigration attorney says

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border initiative, according to Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid immigration attorney Kristin Etter. “This is just a very harsh and cruel detour from

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Financially struggling university in West Virginia closes down, leaving students scrambling

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — A small West Virginia university will close down after financial struggles, leaving many students frantically searching for another option as the start of the new academic year approaches. On Monday, the board of trustees at Alderson Broaddus University, a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia, voted to close

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife separating after 18 years of marriage

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are separating after 18 years of marriage. The two said in statements posted on Instagram that they made the decision after “many meaningful and difficult conversations.” A statement from the prime minister’s office said they both have signed

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Man accused of firing shots outside Jewish school in Tennessee charged with multiple crimes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man suspected of trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday and firing shots outside the building has been charged with multiple crimes. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that 31-year-old Joel Bowman was charged with criminal attempted second-degree murder, reckless endangerment, possessing

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Una mujer escapó de un “calabozo” improvisado con bloques de hormigón en Oregon. Ahora el FBI cree podría haber más víctimas

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Después de que una mujer escapara del “calabozo” improvisado, hecho con bloques de cemento, en la casa de un hombre en Oregon, el FBI informó que busca a otras posibles víctimas en otros estados. El hombre, identificado como Negasi Zuberi de 29 años, se encuentra bajo custodia federal señalado de secuestro en

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Mexico says the first body has been spotted near a floating barrier in the Rio Grande river

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says the first dead body has been spotted along the floating barriers that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott  installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department said authorities are trying to recover the body. The department said Wednesday that Mexico had warned

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