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Mexican Official Says Girl With Down Syndrome Among Detainees
U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Wednesday that a girl with Down syndrome was being held separately from her mother, but noted that the decision did not stem from the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” immigration policy.
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Trump July Europe trip to include Putin meeting: Bloomberg
Rachel Maddow shares news from Bloomberg that Donald Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin next month around the time that he is schedule to travel to Europe.
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Businesses have made millions off Trump's child separation policy
President Trump’s controversial child separation policy is being carried out with the help of private businesses who have received millions of dollars in government contracts to help run the shelters where young migrants are being held away from their parents. The government has released few photos of the shelters where the children are being detained and at times declined to allow media and even elected officials access to the facilities.
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The Best Cars You Can't Buy in the US
Some of the greatest cars on earth can't yet be legally registered for the roads in America. Here are some of your favorite. From Road & Track
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ABC News Apologizes After Huge Mistake On Chyron About Paul Manafort
Manafort was jailed last week after authorities arraigned him on a new charge of witness tampering. Prior to his federal hearing on Friday, in which a judge ordered him jailed, Manafort was under house arrest. “We apologize to our viewers and to Mr. Manafort,” the statement read.
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Patrolling the border, where immigrants wait to be caught
Border Patrol agents collect information from detained illegal immigrants south of McAllen, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores for Yahoo News) Approaching the Mexican-American border near McAllen, Texas, the border my own parents crossed before I was born,
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Foster mother describes trauma of migrant children separated from their parents
Christine, a foster mother in Michigan who has been taking in unaccompanied migrant children since 2016, shares her experiences taking care of children who are being separated from their parents at the border.
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All GOP senators want to halt separation of families at border, McConnell says
"The president says we need to act, the Democrats say we need to act, we say we need to act," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
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Best Bites: Tacos 4 Ways
Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your never-ending craving for food content through quick, beautiful videos for the at-home foodie. Check back on Tuesdays and Thursdays for new episodes!Tacos are a delicious and
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Rachel Maddow Struggles To Read Report Of Babies Sent To 'Tender Age' Shelters
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow tried to share a breaking story from The Associated Press during her program on Tuesday evening about so-called tender age shelters, where immigrant babies and young children are being placed after they’re separated from their parents at the U.S. border. “This is incredible,” Maddow said while reading the AP alert. In the midst of her program on Tuesday, the AP reported that Trump administration officials have been sending young children to at least three age-specific shelters as part of the Justice Department’s new “zero tolerance” immigration policy that’s resulted in thousands of kids being separated from their parents.
WorldReutersSouth Sudan president Kiir departs for Ethiopia ahead of peace talks
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir left the capital on Wednesday and headed to Ethiopia ahead of a planned meeting with his rival and rebel leader Riek Machar ahead of planned talks to try to negotiate an end to a five-year-old civil war
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Obama: 'Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms?'
Former President Barack Obama weighed in Wednesday on the Trump administration’s controversial “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of children being separated from their families at the U.S. southern border. “Today is World Refugee Day,” Obama wrote in a Facebook post. Imagine if you’d been born in a country where you grew up fearing for your life, and eventually the lives of your children.
NewsAssociated PressPolice: Bear that mauled searcher likely killed Alaska hiker
Authorities in Alaska's largest city said they believe the same brown bear killed a hiker who had gone missing and attacked a volunteer who was looking for him Wednesday. The hiker, Michael Soltis, had been missing for two days before being found dead close to where the unidentified searcher was mauled. The animal was not immediately found, and authorities asked people to stay away from a wooded area outside Anchorage.
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Black Texas Teenager Brutalized In 2015 Finally Gets Her Pool Party
For Dajerria Becton, Saturday will mark the end of a terrible period in her young life. Dajerria Becton and her guardian, Shashona Becton, sued him, the police department and the city of McKinney for $5 million. Last month the Bectons and other plaintiffs in the case were awarded a $184,850 settlement, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
WorldAFPKilling dogs for meat illegal, rules S. Korean court
A South Korean court has ruled the killing of dogs for meat is illegal, in a landmark decision that animal rights activists said Thursday could pave the way to outlawing eating canines. Care leader Park So-youn said her group was tracking down dog farms and slaughter houses across the country with a view to filing similar complaints against them to judicial authorities.
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Retired Cop Reunites With Family of State Trooper He Delivered 27 Years Ago
It was the traffic stop of Trooper Michael Patterson's career when he pulled over retired police officer Matthew Bailly for having tinted windows. Inside Edition’s cameras were rolling as Bailly later reunited with Patterson’s mother, who was in labor as Bailly responded to her home nearly 30 years ago.
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Today Is the Longest Day of the Year. Here's What to Know About the 2018 Summer Solstice
The summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year, officially starts Thursday morning in the Northern Hemisphere. During the summer solstice, the sun appears to stand still as it reaches its highest point, before moving off toward the horizon. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2018 summer solstice, including what it means and how Stonehenge is connected to the annual event.
WorldAssociated PressRemains of Civil War soldiers found in pit of severed limbs
Researchers have discovered the remains of two Civil War soldiers buried among a batch of severed limbs on a northern Virginia battlefield. The National Park Service on Wednesday announced the discoveries at Manassas National Battlefield Park. The park service says it's the first time that a surgeon's pit at a Civil War battlefield has been excavated and studied.
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These Are The Immigration Bills Lawmakers Are Set To Vote On This Week
Lawmakers are expected to vote on two immigration bills in the House this week ― and while neither has garnered Democrats’ support, Republicans may be able to pass one anyway. House members plan to vote Thursday on two broad packages meant to address a range of immigration issues. A bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is considered to be a more hard-line, anti-immigration measure, and one pushed by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been sold as a “compromise” between moderate and conservative Republicans.
WorldReutersIsraeli PM Netanyahu's wife charged with fraud over catered meals
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, was charged on Thursday with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds in ordering catered meals at their official residence, the Justice Ministry said. The indictment charged that Netanyahu, along with a government employee, fraudulently obtained more than $100,000 for hundreds of meals supplied by restaurants, bypassing regulations prohibiting the practice if a cook is employed at the home. Sara Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing.
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Obama cyber chief confirms 'stand down' order against Russian cyberattacks in summer 2016
The Obama White House’s chief cyber official testified Wednesday that proposals he was developing to counter Russia’s attack on the U.S. presidential election were put on a “back burner” after he was ordered to “stand down” his efforts in the summer of 2016. The comments by Michael Daniel, who served as White House “cyber security coordinator” between 2012 and January of last year, provided his first public confirmation of a much-discussed passage in the book, “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump,” co-written by this reporter and David Corn, that detailed his thwarted efforts to respond to the Russian attack.
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Trump Administration Holding Babies And Toddlers In Multiple 'Tender Age' Shelters: AP
A fourth shelter, which could house up to 240 children, is reportedly being planned for Houston. CNN reported last week that a mother from Honduras said her breastfeeding baby was taken from her by federal agents while she was awaiting prosecution at an immigrant detention center.
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XXXTentacion death: Riot police disperse crowds as hundreds gather in Los Angeles to mourn rapper's death
Hundreds of people gathered in Los Angeles to mourn the death the rapper XXXTentacion, prompting riot police to fire nonlethal rounds into the crowd after declaring it an unlawful assembly. Between 300 and 500 fans of the 20-year-old artist from Florida, who was shot dead during an apparent robbery at a motorbike dealership in Miami on Monday, descended on Fairfax District on Tuesday night, dancing in the streets, lighting candles and blocking traffic.
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Holocaust Survivors Condemn Family Separations At The Border
For some World War II survivors, known as the “hidden children of the Holocaust,” the reports have stirred traumatic memories. In a video released by the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday, Rachelle and Jack Goldstein ― two Holocaust survivors who were separated from their parents as young children during the war ― urge U.S. leaders to change course. “It’s cruel. It’s bad, and I think it sets us back in the eyes of the rest of the world that we allowed this to happen,” says Jack Goldstein, who was 9 when his family sent him to live in a Catholic convent to escape Nazi persecution.
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Trump supporters glad at Trump's tough stand on immigration
Families along the Texas border spoke to ABC News about the President's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
