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Four wanted child sex offenders arrested by CBP officers in Laredo in 72 hours
“Over the Columbus Day holiday weekend our frontline CBP officers at Laredo Field Office ports of entry maintained their vigilance and apprehended four men wanted on outstanding warrants for alleged sex-related charges involving children,” Laredo OFO Director Donald Kusser said.
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WA Parents upset over two schools pushing controversial video, book related to immigrants
“When I watched the video, they were saying you can’t be American unless you’re native or Mexican,” Bindara said. “It felt very divisive, and I just felt angry. And it was all AI-generated."
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Minor league baseball players in Wisconsin will finally get better pay after law is changed
Wisconsin law still treats the players as hourly workers and makes them eligible for overtime. The change that passed through the Senate ends the overtime requirement.
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Arkansas school stops censoring student evangelism, pledges retraining after Gov. Sanders' threat
Arkansas Connections Academy backs down three hours after Sanders announces investigation, censored student's lawyers say.
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Pritzker: Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard
“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will," Pritzker said. "It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will."
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Church of England names first female archbishop of Canterbury
Mullally was one of three women on the shortlist to replace former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who resigned his post last year over his handling of a physical and sexual abuse scandal.
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Texas AG Paxton launches investigation, orders localities to halt property tax hikes
The letters order the officials of each city to not implement the tax hikes and requests a range of financial information and documents be submitted to his office.
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Conservatives push Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger
In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board Friday, over a dozen groups endorsed the merger, which would link 50,000 route miles and 100 ports across 43 states into a single transcontinental rail system.
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‘Humane' approaches to encampments central to Pittsburgh clean-up success
Program has achieved a 93% reduction in homeless encampments in the city.
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Maine open enrollment policies rank dead last in the nation
Maine scored zero points in every category, alongside Alaska, North Carolina and Maryland.
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Vegas planning new casino to wrap around MLB stadium for city's newest professional sports team
Along Las Vegas Boulevard and on the site of the former mob-era Tropicana casino, the proposed resort casino by Bally’s would wrap around the formerly Oakland Athletics baseball stadium.
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Republicans blast Dems for tanking funding bill again: 'End the political idiocy'
“Four times Senate Democrats have voted to shut down the government,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., posted on X. “They have abandoned their responsibility and chosen politics above the American people.”
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Muslims accused of vandalizing church in Texas argue First Amendment right, so far jurors disagree
The defendants allegedly spray painted “expletive Israel” and affixing pro-Palestinian/Hamas stickers to the exterior of the church.