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Trump’s anti-immigrant comments draw rebuke

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that undocumented immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” using language that is often employed by White supremacists and nativists in comments that have drawn rebuke from one prominent civil rights group. “Nobody has ever seen anything like

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Twenty-Nine Band of Mission Indians donates helmets, uniforms to high school football teams

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians today donated 200 helmets and uniforms to three high school football teams in the Coachella Valley Unified School District. The NFL approved- and used-Riddell SpeedFlex and Shute helmets and uniforms were donated to the football teams from Coachella Valley, Desert Mirage and West Shores high schools, according to

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Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the Islamic Republic said in a report circulated Friday. The

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US is pushing Russia ‘toward using’ nuclear weapons by arming Ukraine, Belarus leader says

By Mariya Knight (CNN) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that by arming Ukraine, the United States is pushing Russia toward using nuclear weapons. “I am getting the impression – I say again that it is my opinion – that Americans are pushing Russians toward using the most terrifying weapon. They arm Volodymyr Oleksandrovych

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Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled. What happens next?

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive. More than 50,000 people – including 17,000 children – had fled by Wednesday morning, after Azerbaijan lifted a 10-month blockade

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