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Immigrants at the border hold out hope for asylum
Many are women and children who say they’re fleeing violence, including one Mexican grandmother who talked to CBS News two days ago.
Old Lee High School development project set to switch hands
The president of the redevelopment authority says they plan on transferring the deed over to the new developer quickly.
Trump bows to political pressure with executive order
WASHINGTON — Under increasing political pressure, President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that temporarily prevents the separation of families prosecuted for illegally crossing the border. “We’re going to keep the families together,” he added. “I didn’t like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. At the same time, we are keeping a very powerful border and it…
Treacherous journey to U.S. a last resort for some fleeing violence in El Salvador
The country has the highest murder rate in the world for young people under 19.
Venomous caterpillar sends teen to emergency room
“He became extremely lethargic, loss all color that was left, became extremely nauseous,” she wrote.
Seattle ban on plastic straws, utensils to go into effect July 1
Plastic straws account for 40 percent of plastics in the ocean, according to Greenpeace. Getty Seattle residents will be sipping their drinks a bit differently this summer, with biodegradable straws instead of plastic ones. The Emerald City will become the first major U.S. metropolitan area to enact a ban on plastic straw and utensils when the law goes into…
Bruce Springsteen slams border policy during Broadway show
“There’s the beautiful quote by Dr. King that says the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice,” he continued.
Rain & storms to end the week
The chance of rain and storms won’t go away for a while
Trump: I’ll be signing something” to “keep families together”
President Trump says he will sign an executive order Wednesday afternoon ending family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Teacher accused of misconduct with a student
Deputies and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation filed an affidavit detailing the allegation against Molly Wray on Wednesday.
Trump claims Republicans laughed at a comment he made about Mark Sanford — Republicans disagree
President Trump on Wednesday claimed House Republicans “laughed loudly” in a Tuesday night meeting on Capitol Hill over comments he made about Rep. Mark Sanford, the South Carolina Republican who lost his primary after Mr. Trump blasted him on Twitter hours before the polls closed on the day of the primary. But multiple Republicans in the meeting, both before and…
Walmart shooting hero recalls stopping gunman
LOS ANGELES — David George fought back tears as he spoke publicly on Wednesday for the first time since he shot and killed a gunman who opened fire in a Walmart in Tumwater, Washington, on Sunday. “The gunman came past me waving and pointing his gun and he exited the building,” he recalled. But the church pastor was also legally…
Over 100 workers arrested in new immigration raid
Agents arrested 146 people in one of the largest workplace immigration raids in recent years.
Woman ordered held on $50,000 bail in child’s hot car death
KidsandCars.org counts 18 child heatstroke deaths in vehicles in Mississippi from 1995 to 2016.
Trump signs executive order on family separation but says “zero tolerance” to stay
In a shift from previous policy, families prosecuted will now be held together during the process of prosecution and deportation at the border.
Teen sentenced in 2014 killing of another Chicago girl, 14
Endia Martin Family photo via CBS Chicago CHICAGO — A Chicago teenager who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting another 14-year-old girl in a street fight in 2014 that escalated from a Facebook feud over a boy will be eligible for parole in April next year. The teen, who turns 19 next month, struggled to hold back tears as she read a…
George and Amal Clooney donate $100,000 to aid migrant children
The Clooneys said, “We can’t change this administration’s policy but we can help defend the victims of it.”
Escaped Turpin sibling describes being “chained up” in 911 call
The girl said the house had so much dust she couldn’t breathe, and that she hadn’t taken a bath in more than a year, Comstock reported.
NASA, White House team up on asteroid emergency plan
The strategy and action plan says it is intended to “inform” policy development and that future funding “will be determined through the budget process.”
DHS says airlines “buckling to a false media narrative” amid border policy debate
The Facebook user who posted it claimed to be a friend of a flight attendant whose coworker initially wrote about the incident
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano not actually raining gemstones
Since Kilauea first started erupting weeks ago, many people have had to evacuate and hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
Judge dismisses suit over Mississippi city flying state flag
A number of local governments elsewhere in Mississippi have stopped flying the flag.
Trump to hold rally in Minnesota
A look at GOP Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s critical comments of Trump Few Republicans have criticized Trump more strongly than former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is seeking his old job. In 2016, Pawlenty said Trump was “unsound, uninformed, unhinged and unfit to be president of the United States” in the days after a recording of the presidential candidate making vulgar comments…