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Jun 28 2023
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Four More Suspects Charged in San Antonio Human Smuggling Event That Killed 53
Federal prosecutors charged four more defendants on suspicion of orchestrating the deadliest human smuggling case in American history, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced On June 27, 2022, first responders in San Antonio found dozens of people dead in a tractor-trailer after human smugglers transported them without air conditioning. 16 victims went to the hospital, where five more
The Texan
Jul 03 2023
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Even Taylor Swift Thought It Was Funny That She Had to Run Offstage
Even the best-laid plans—or highly choreographed sold-out international arena tour stage shows, potato, po-tah-to—of Taylor Alison Swift go awry. In Cincinnati Friday night, at the first of her two shows there on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, Swift had to hustle all 5-foot-11-inches of herself off the stage when a trapdoor that was supposed to lower her into some laundry cart or another
Vanity Fair
Jun 22 2023
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Amazon accused of tricking consumers into Prime subscriptions, making it hard to cancel
Amazon was sued Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly engaging in a yearslong effort to enroll consumers without consent into Amazon Prime and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the agency accused Amazon of using deceptive designs, known as “dark patterns,” to
The Oregonian
Jun 30 2023
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Court Rulings Uphold Abortion Bans in Indiana, North Carolina
A pro-life campaigner displays a plastic doll representing a 12-week-old fetus as she stands outside the Marie Stopes Clinic in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 7, 2016. (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Abortion bans in the states of Indiana and North Carolina will take effect following court rulings on Friday. In Indiana, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s abortion ban doesn’
The Epoch Times
Jun 28 2023
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4 Mexican nationals arrested in 2022 tractor-trailer deaths
SAN ANTONIO >> U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor-trailer in the scorching Texas summer. Authorities said on the anniversary of the June 27, 2022, tragedy that the four Mexican nationals had a planning role in
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Jun 30 2023
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Supreme Court Flexes Conservative Muscles in Term’s Final Days
The US Supreme Court waited until the end of its nine-month term to remind the country just how much muscle its 6-3 conservative majority has. In a trio of rulings Thursday and Friday, the justices outlawed the use of race in college admissions, struck down President Joe Biden’s student-loan relief plan and crafted a First Amendment exception to anti-discrimination laws. The decisions shifted
Bloomberg
Jun 28 2023
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Supreme Court's NC decision likely spells doom for Ohio GOP's case
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a North Carolina case decimated the arguments made by Ohio Republican leaders who were hoping to have their own case taken up by the court. In Moore v. Harper, the six justices in the majority rejected arguments for the independent state legislature theory (ISLT), a centuries-old and repeatedly rejected legal theory that’s been used recently by Republicans across
Raw Story
May 10 2023
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North Dakota to get 5 more federal prosecutors
FARGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota will get five more prosecutors, including three that will be dedicated to prosecuting cases on Native American reservations in the state. The Wednesday, May 10, announcement said the U.S. Department of Justice allocated the additional staff to North Dakota’s federal prosecuting office. One of the five added prosecutors will work against
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Jun 30 2023
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SCOTUS ended the last vestige of 'systemic racism' in America
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the greatest majority opinion ever written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.. That one-time Obamacare savior, who in 2012 rewrote the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate as a “tax” in order to salvage President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy, this time penned a landmark ruling abolishing something the Left has been clamoring to
HotAir
May 13 2023
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Enfield Mom Never Gives Up No Matter What, Makes Them Proud, Kids Say
ENFIELD, CT — Moms do so much for everyone around them. We try to celebrate them all year long, but Mother's Day is a perfect opportunity to shout it from the rooftops and post it on Patch: Mom rocks! Here at Patch, we've launched an initiative to help recognize the awesome moms and mom figures in communities like yours. This submission comes from Mateo, Penelope, and Axle, who nominated
Patch.com