Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accused the Biden administration of recently cutting razor wire that the Lone Star State had installed in Eagle Pass. The comments were made as Texas officials continue to spar with the White House over the migrant crisis at the Southern border. Abbott made the announcement Wednesday …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man who set sail from South Carolina two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull of his sailboat 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and he said he got by rationing his water and praying for help. “Every day I was like, ‘Please …
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A convicted sex offender serving life without parole was recaptured in Texas on Monday after escaping jail with the help of his mother a day earlier, authorities said. Robert Yancy Jr., 39, was captured at 8:05 a.m. in Matagorda County after two civilians recognized him at a park in Palacios, …
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Civil rights groups, including the ACLU, filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas on Tuesday over a new law that gives police the authority to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and allows judges to order them to leave the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union, its Texas …
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SMITHFIELD, Va. – William R. White, a former member of the famed squadron of African-American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 88. White’s son, Brandon White, says White died July 24 at his home in Smithfield. Brandon and his sister, Inetha Holmes, say their father was …
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A seventh suspect has been arrested for his alleged role in the brutal downtown Cincinnati beatdown that left six people injured in late-July. Gregory Wright, 32, is charged with alleged aggravated riot and aggravated robbery, according to the Hamilton County Jail. Wright was booked into jail at approximately 4:30 p.m. …
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A bicyclist in a waterfront Florida town was killed in a hit-and-run crash after a serial traffic offender dragged her for blocks before leaving her to die on the side of the road, police said. Xavier Rigby, 22, was arrested after the Pinellas County Police Department said he fatally struck …
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has “temporarily” suspended operations at a port of entry near El Paso so that the personnel can assist in “processing noncitizens” who have arrived at the border, the agency said. CBP’s El Paso Office of Field Operations announced last week that starting Monday it …
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Dallas Police have released body camera footage of the shootout and arrest of an illegal immigrant who allegedly shot and killed his roommate in broad daylight and injured a police officer. Police say that last Thursday, Officers Derek Williams and Christopher Mazin were driving past a business located at 4847 …
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A search is underway at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado for a man who disappeared during a 28-mile solo trek across mountainous trails and rocky slopes, officials said. Chad Pallansch, 49, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was last heard from around noon Wednesday after setting off from the East Inlet …
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