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More Massachusetts criminal defendants could be released amid attorney strike

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BOSTON — As the bar advocate work stoppage continues, more unrepresented criminal defendants could be released from jail.

Hearings began in Boston Municipal Court on Monday and continued on Tuesday, with at least four unrepresented indigent defendants, or those who cannot afford a private attorney, being released.

“The shortage of ...Read more

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'It's just unfair': What end of TPS means for Nicaraguans and Hondurans in the US

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Virginia Guevara came to the United States from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the 1990s, before the country was granted Temporary Protected Status following the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

Guevara, 48 at the time, found a new and better life in the U.S. by working as a kitchen helper. Now, at 78, she faces possible ...Read more

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Trump slams Putin again as he backs more weapons for Ukraine

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President Donald Trump reiterated his displeasure with Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine and confirmed he’s sending more defensive weapons to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, sweeping aside an earlier pause by the Pentagon.

“He’s killing too many people so we’re sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine and I’ve ...Read more

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Russia launches drone attack after Trump's Ukraine weapons vow

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Russia launched a record number of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his displeasure with Vladimir Putin and confirmed he’s sending more defensive weapons to Kyiv.

Ukraine’s air defense forces said Russia launched around 730 drones, including Iranian Shahed-type strike drones, as well ...Read more

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More than 161 missing in Texas flood epicenter as search goes on

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Search crews slogged through thick mud and debris Tuesday in central Texas, where more than 100 people are confirmed dead after catastrophic flooding.

Authorities described the search as grueling and slow-moving, with unstable rubble piles and high water complicating recovery efforts along the Guadalupe River. Governor Greg Abbott, visiting ...Read more

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3 killed in Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea

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Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea killed three crew members, sank one vessel, and left a second without propulsion in signs the Tehran-backed group is once again escalating assaults in the vital trade route.

The attacks resulted in the “tragic loss of three mariners, with many others injured and the complete loss of the MV Magic ...Read more

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Advocates for day laborers arrested in California after tire spikes found at immigration raid, authorities say

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LOS ANGELES — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with immigration enforcement operations and placing homemade tire spikes allegedly intended to disable law enforcement vehicles, federal authorities said.

Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory K. Bovino identified the men as Jenaro-Ernesto Ayala, 43;...Read more

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Sacramento's homeless rally against state senator's proposed agency

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After overcoming homelessness, Kristy Smith became an advocate for others, designing tools to help Sacramento residents get off the street and into permanent shelter. A new bill would shut down her work.

Smith, along with 16 homeless and 15 formerly homeless people, signed a letter from the Sacramento Homeless Union last ...Read more

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Long after the fuss over Pope Leo XIV, the village of Dolton will still be here

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DOLTON, Ill. -- The village of Dolton, which is where you may find yourself if you’re traveling south through Chicago and run out of Chicago to travel through, which we have heard more about in the past 30 days or so than since it was established 130-odd years ago, which is now best known to the world as the hometown of Pope Leo XIV, is like a...Read more

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RFK Jr. is scaring parents into asking doctors for early shots

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After Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the nation’s top health official in February, pediatrician Jeff Couchman started getting a lot of questions from worried parents.

“They’d ask: ‘Are vaccines going to be available? Can we give my kid every possible shot today just to make sure?’” said Couchman, who practices at Mesquite Pediatrics ...Read more

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Foreign, feral honeybees are crowding out native bee species in southern California

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LOS ANGELES — You've probably heard the phrase: "Save the bees." But new research suggests we may need to be more specific about which bees we're saving.

Europeans introduced western honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) to the Americas in the early 1600s. They play an essential role in pollinating crops and flowering plants, and are often hailed as ...Read more

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How 'El Diablo,' a corrupt Mexican lawman, helped create a narco-state

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MEXICO CITY — By his own admission, the Mexican lawman known as El Diablo — The Devil — supervised a scourge of torture, murder, kidnappings, land grabs and other abuses while amassing a fortune in cartel bribes that bankrolled purchases of homes, cattle and a fleet of buses.

Edgar Veytia's transgressions came while he was the top cop in ...Read more

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Connecticut wants to be a 'climate leader' by 2050. It's not going to be easy as temperatures rise

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Gov. Ned Lamont signed two landmark climate bills recently that set a goal for Connecticut to be carbon neutral by 2050 and to fortify the state’s infrastructure against severe weather, despite recent federal rollbacks that seek to dismantle nationwide carbon standards that have been in place for years, according to officials.

The new laws ...Read more

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Trump tariff 'blank check' must be curbed, appeals court told

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A group of small businesses that won an order finding President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal urged a federal appeals court to uphold that decision and block the trade levies.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that Trump exceeded his authority by imposing broad tariffs, a power granted to Congress in the ...Read more

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Supreme Court OKs Trump's mass layoffs of federal employees across more than a dozen agencies

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the Trump administration to lay off tens of thousands of federal employees and downsize their agencies without seeking the approval of Congress.

In an 8-1 vote, the justices lifted an order from a federal judge in San Francisco who blocked mass layoffs at more than 20 departments and...Read more

Rescues underway amid New Mexico flash flooding emergency

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The National Weather Service declared a flash flooding emergency in New Mexico on Tuesday after rapid rainfall caused the waters of the Rio Ruidoso to surge over its banks, creating life-threatening conditions.

The NWS said multiple water rescues were underway in Ruidoso, saying that a father and two children had been swept away by rushing ...Read more

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Another survey spotlights how the sewage crisis has affected the Tijuana River Valley's quality of life

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People who live, work or visit communities near the Tijuana River Valley, where untreated wastewater spills over from Mexico, attribute their worsening physical and mental health issues to the cross-border pollution, a federal survey about the sewage crisis found.

County public health officials on Tuesday released the findings on behalf of the ...Read more

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Voter ID bills have the backing of both Mass. GOP gubernatorial candidates

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Identifying all voters at the ballot box with photo ID is a commonsense way to restore faith in the integrity of our electoral system, according to both of the leading GOP candidates for governor.

The Joint Committee on Election Laws heard a pair of bills Tuesday by State Sen. Peter Durant and state Rep. Donald Berthiaume, Jr., each of which ...Read more

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Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers lead to calls for metal detectors in Capitol building

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The targeted shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers have sparked discussion about whether more security is necessary to ensure safety in the relatively open State Capitol building, one of the few in the country that does not use metal detectors or X-rays.

Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were killed and Sen. John Hoffman and his ...Read more

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Seattle asks court to end 13 years of federal oversight of police

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The city of Seattle filed motions in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking for the end of more than 13 years of federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

The Seattle Police Department "has achieved and sustained compliance with all requirements of the consent decree," the city wrote in motions filed with U.S. District Judge James ...Read more