Border Patrol agents in Texas picked up three convicted child sex offenders among groups of illegal immigrants in just two days — the latest sign of the potential dangers posed by the migrant surge at the southern border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that Border Patrol in Brownsville apprehended a group of nine illegal immigrants […]
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[LLODO] San Antonio police officer shot in hand; 2 suspects dead, third injured
A San Antonio, Texas, police officer was shot in the hand Friday before he killed two suspects and injured a third during a gunfire exchange, authorities said. Police Chief William McManus said the officer’s body camera footage did not have any audio but showed him pulling over a truck with three people inside around 11:30 a.m. for an unknown reason. As he […]
[LLODO] Abbott tells ‘The Story’ Biden admin ‘standing by’ while Texans are ‘terrorized’ by drug cartels
The Biden administration is “standing by while people in South Texas are terrorized” by Mexican drug cartels, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott told “The Story” Friday. On Thursday, Abbott implored President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. “The cartels work internationally in Mexico as well as the United States terrorizing […]
[LLODO] Kamala Harris has gone 24 days without a news conference since being tapped for border crisis role
Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration faced more accusations Friday that they’ve been sitting on the sidelines instead of taking action on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis. Friday was the 24th day that Harris went without facing reporters at a news conference regarding her appointment last month as President Biden’s manager of his administration’s […]
[LLODO] Florida Keys to see release of first genetically modified mosquitoes
In an effort to fight insect-borne viruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-based biotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitec’s male mosquitoes […]
[LLODO] Expedition 64 crew members return from International Space Station
After 185 days aboard the International Space Station, two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut returned to Earth early Saturday morning. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Roscosmos’ Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 12:55 a.m. EDT after departing the station in the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft at 9:34 p.m. EDT. NASA, INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMERS ANNOUNCE […]
[LLODO] Houston facility for migrant girls 13-17 abruptly shuttered amid crowding concerns, employee death: reports
About 450 unaccompanied migrant girls, ages 13 to 17, were abruptly moved out of a U.S. housing facility in Houston on Saturday — less than three weeks after it opened. Authorities have been mostly tight-lipped about the closure, reports say — but an advocate for immigrants claims it was because of some type of incident there Friday […]
[LLODO] Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests: no use of force, no seizing cameras
Credentialed members of the press can no longer be subject to Minnesota State Patrol dispersal orders, and troopers will halt the practice of photographing them before letting them go while covering protests and have been prohibited from taking other actions against the media. “A free press is foundational to our democracy, and the ability of […]
[LLODO] ‘It hurts us all’: Vigil held for employees slain during FedEx shooting
Mourners held a vigil for the eight FedEx workers slain Thursday — allegedly by a former co-worker — as Indianapolis reels from the nation’s latest mass shooting. About 50 people mourners attended the vigil at Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, according to The Indianapolis Star. Savana DeLao and Michelle Parks would have been working at the facility Thursday night under normal circumstances, […]
[LLODO] Ohio shooting at victim’s vigil leaves at least 1 dead, others wounded: reports
A vigil for a shooting victim in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday turned into chaos when a drive-by shooting left one woman dead and five other people wounded, according to reports. The incident happened on the city’s southeast side, FOX 28 of Columbus reported. The vigil outside a Dollar General store in a shopping plaza was […]