Border App Hailed as Migrant Arrests Dip in Hot June
The hot summer months in the southeast have seen a precipitous drop in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border from May to June, and Customs and Border Protection officials are hailing the CBP One application.
Alabama lawmakers rush to draw new congressional map to create 2nd majority-Black district
Federal judges that ordered Alabama to draw new congressional lines said the state should have a second district where Black voters are the majority “or something quite close to it” and have an opportunity to elect a representative of their choice. What exactly that map should look like is in dispute as lawmakers rush to […]
AL lawmakers seek to strip funding from state department after it hosted an LGBTQ+ history lecture
Some Alabama lawmakers are seeking to remove $5 million in funding from the Alabama Department of Archives and History after it hosted a June lecture focused on LGBTQ+ history. The lunchtime lecture at the Alabama Department of Archives and History titled “Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History” discussed topics ranging from the state’s first Pride […]
Federal judge upholds Oregon gun control law described as ‘nation’s most extreme’
A federal judge in Oregon upheld a state restriction on gun ownership that many have called the most stringent in the country. The Friday ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut found that Oregon’s law is in line with the Second Amendment because it is in keeping with a U.S. tradition of “regulating uniquely […]
Ex-Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt appointed to Southwest Airlines board of directors
Southwest Airlines has added former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, to its board of directors. AMERICAN AIRLINES’ NEW DALLAS-FORT WORTH LEASE INCLUDES $1.6B FOR 6TH TERMINAL Blunt, 73, spent 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Senate from 2011 until leaving office in January as the fourth-ranking […]
Russian warplane crashes into sea during training mission; pilot safely evacuated
A Russian warplane crashed into the sea on Monday during a training mission in southern Russia and its pilot bailed out to safety, Russian authorities said. The regional administration of the Krasnodar region said that the Su-25 ground attack jet crashed into the Sea of Azov. It said that pilot ejected and was evacuated by […]
Armed separatists kill 10 civilians in attack in northwest Cameroon
Armed separatists wearing military uniforms killed 10 civilians and wounded three in an attack at a crowded intersection in Cameroon’s volatile northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. The killings took place on Sunday in Bamenda, the region’s capital, according to the governor, Debben Tchoffo. The victims included a couple of newlyweds, he said. Eight […]
Moldovan police launch homicide investigation after fatal shooting of opposition leader
Moldova’s national police force has opened a homicide investigation after an opposition leader in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria was found fatally shot at his home, authorities said Monday. The police force said it was taking “all appropriate investigative measures regarding the crime of murder” in the violent death of Oleg Khorzhan, 47, the […]
Man killed, woman critically injured in ‘very brutal’ gondola accident at popular Canadian resort: police
A man was killed and a woman is fighting for her life in the hospital following a gondola-related accident at a resort in Canada on Sunday. Authorities said the two were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola at the Mont-Tremblant resort near Montreal, Quebec, when a piece of equipment struck the car, according to The […]
American woman fined for trying to bribe German passport officer with $100
An American woman was fined after attempting to bribe a police officer at the Munich airport’s passport control over the weekend, according to German federal police. The 70-year-old was traveling from Athens to Washington with a stopover in Munich when she attempted to go through passport control without presenting a valid ID, police said. When […]
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