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Murdered Burning Man attendee found with throat slashed: report

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Gruesome new details have emerged about the murder of Russian national Vadim Kruglov, who was found dead last weekend at the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

The 37-year-old, who was originally from Siberia but was living in Washington State, was found lying in a pool of blood on Saturday. Officials said a deputy was “...Read more

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As deportations rise, fees for immigration lawyers are going up

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As detentions spike amid a historic immigration crackdown, so has the price of legal remedies for those facing deportation.

Take a typical marriage-based green card case in Florida. Seven years ago, it might cost immigrants about $4,000 in legal fees. Hiring an immigration attorney to defend against deportation? Back then it could run around $...Read more

After a dog votes in 2 elections, Calif. owner is charged with 5 felonies

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A Costa Mesa, California, woman accused of registering her dog to vote and casting two ballots in the dog’s name has been charged with five felonies, authorities said Friday, Sept. 5.

Laura Lee Yourex, 62, allegedly registered her dog, Maya Jean Yourex, to vote and cast two mail-in ballots – in the 2021 California gubernatorial recall ...Read more

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Hurricane center says Atlantic system's chances to develop have fallen

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The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to track an Atlantic system moving toward the Caribbean but now only forecasts a low chance it could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. outlook, the tropical wave dubbed Invest 91-L in the central tropical Atlantic had just a small area of ...Read more

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Chicago-area Mexican Independence Day events canceled amid looming ICE surge

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Chicago residents have been on edge at the possibility of President Donald Trump deploying federal immigration agents and the National Guard in Chicago this week. Several Mexican-American groups have now canceled or postponed Mexican Independence Day celebrations in response.

Mexican Independence Day falls on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and marks the ...Read more

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Some Georgia Democrats join GOP push for hand-marked paper ballots

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In a rare show of bipartisanship in Georgia elections, a few prominent Democratic lawmakers are supporting a Republican effort to move toward hand-marked paper ballots.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson is the most prominent Georgia Democrat so far to embrace the Republican proposal for a test-run of filling out ballots by hand instead of by machine ...Read more

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Korean officials vow to assist nationals detained in Georgia's Hyundai raid

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Just days after hundreds of Koreans were detained during a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai Metaplant near Savannah, officials in South Korea are vowing to support those in detention.

During an emergency Saturday afternoon meeting in Seoul, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun ordered officials to make “all-out efforts” to resolve the detention of ...Read more

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'In for a fight': Idahoans rally at Statehouse to support transgender rights

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More than 100 people gathered at Idaho Capitol steps on Friday evening for the second annual Boise Trans March to rally for LGBTQ+ rights in Idaho — a state where these groups feel under attack.

Despite facing challenges to get the march off the ground this year, supporters came bearing flags, signs and spirit on the eve of the Boise Pride ...Read more

'Secret policy' alleged in lawsuit accusing ICE of interrogating unaccompanied migrant children

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the agency tasked with caring for unaccompanied migrant children, has allegedly implemented a secret policy in recent months allowing immigration agents and criminal investigators to interrogate those children and their potential U.S.-based sponsors, according to a federal lawsuit filed this week...Read more

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LAPD ends protection of former Vice President Kamala Harris amid criticism over diverting cops, sources say

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The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday discontinued its protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris after heavy criticism within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression, sources told The Times.

LAPD Metropolitan Division officers had been assisting the California Highway Patrol in protecting Harris ...Read more

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Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump's aim at Chicago part of 'nefarious plan' to normalize military in cities

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As Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker awaited an anticipated surge of federal immigration enforcement agents into Chicago, he warned that President Donald Trump was embarking on a “nefarious plan” using fear and intimidation to normalize military activities in the nation’s largest Democratic-led cities.

But the two-term Democratic chief ...Read more

Kentucky's child marriage cases have dropped, but still a problem, advocates say

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Nearly 10,000 Kentucky children got married from 2000 to 2015, before a new law dramatically curtailed the practice.

In 2018, state Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, and advocate Donna Simmons worked together to secure the passage of Senate Bill 48. Since then, cases of child marriage have dropped from about 300 per year to about 20 ...Read more

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US strike on alleged cartel boat shows Rubio's influence growing

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The U.S. strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy toward Latin America led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

It may be just the start.

Tuesday’s attack was the culmination of Trump’s years-long interest in ...Read more

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Top immigration court rules judges can deny bond to millions of immigrants

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A Trump administration policy to deny bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization was upheld by an immigration appellate board Friday, expanding mandatory detention to thousands of people already behind bars and potentially millions more nationwide.

Although the policy is being challenged in federal court, the ...Read more

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Trump nests in a White House and city he's remolding to fit him

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President Donald Trump spent a Saturday afternoon, like many other Americans on a late summer day: venting about setbacks to a backyard landscaping project.

How had a gash, some 75 feet long, appeared in the limestone newly installed in his renovated Rose Garden?

Aides pulled surveillance footage and found the problem. A subcontractor lugging ...Read more

South Korea's top diplomat may travel to US after migrant raid that nabbed hundreds

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South Korea’s top diplomat said he’ll travel to Washington if needed over a U.S. migrant raid at a Hyundai Motor Co. manufacturing complex, confirming that more than 300 among 475 people detained under the operation are its citizens.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun presided over an emergency response meeting in Seoul on Saturday after U.S. ...Read more

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Common artificial sweetener linked to worse cancer treatment outcomes in Pitt study

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Sucralose, a common artificial sweetener, may be preventing the body from responding to cancer immunotherapy, a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh finds.

The results come as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services turns its attention toward ultraprocessed foods, with efforts to ban artificial food dyes and sweeteners. The ...Read more

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Hyundai ICE raid puts spotlight on Visa Waiver Program, Korean travel

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On Thursday, Georgia was the staging ground for the largest single-site immigration raid in the history of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations wing.

In total, the operation at the Hyundai Metaplant campus near Savannah netted 475 arrests of immigrants working in the U.S. without authorization, the majority ...Read more

Hurricane center says Atlantic system's chances to develop have fallen

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The National Hurricane Center on Saturday continued to track an Atlantic system moving toward the Caribbean, but now only forecasts a low chance it could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the tropical wave dubbed Invest 91-L in the central tropical Atlantic had just a small ...Read more

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Trump's veterans housing plan in West LA advances behind a wall of secrecy

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LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a National Center for Warrior Independence to house thousands of veterans in West Los Angeles has gained widespread support, including among his political opposition.

But as a deadline approaches for an action plan to be submitted to the president, supporters of the order have...Read more