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Judge bars deportation of witness in fatal ICE shooting of Mexican homebuilder
A federal judge has barred the deportation of a witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by federal immigration officers during a traffic stop in Houston. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was one of three passengers in a van driven by Lorenzo Araujo Salgado when Araujo Salgado was shot by a U.S. Immigration and…
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Trump likened to Disney princess by CNN analyst baffled by ‘bizarro world’ policy
President Donald Trump drew an unlikely comparison to a certain Disney princess from CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten on Thursday. This comparison came after the 80-year-old imposed 50 percent tariffs on most Canadian goods in retaliation for what he calls unfair discrimination against American autos, alcohol and dairy products, despite a Supreme Court ruling…
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Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report
Shares of Elon Musk’s embattled carmaker Tesla slid over 13 percent Thursday morning after posting dismal second quarter results the night before. The stock is hovering at around $324 at the time of writing, down over 15 percent over the last five days and about 28 percent year to date. The company missed Wall Street…
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Teen’s mysterious death spurs Mississippi’s lone Black rep to seek help from Trump’s FBI
WASHINGTON — In the wake of an inconclusive independent autopsy, Mississippi’s only Black U.S. Congressman says the FBI should get involved in the investigation into 18-year-old Nolan Wells’ mysterious death on the Fourth of July. “Given Mississippi’s history, it’s very suspicious,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told Raw Story. “For a young Black boy to, basically,…
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Mary Steenburgen Does Not Feel Bad if You Lost Your Tennis Court to Pickleball
Mary Steenburgen and Jake Johnson in The Dink —Courtesy of Apple TV Pickleball, as you might have heard, has in recent years been considered the fastest-growing sport in America. So the combination of the sport’s name, how it’s played—on a tiny court, with a ping-pongish racket, and a wiffle-ish plastic ball—and surging popularity makes it…
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GOP officials dump ‘laughing emojis’ on Trump over ‘unprecedented’ claim: report
Four days after President Donald Trump announced his administration had uncovered “shocking vulnerabilities” in the nation’s election infrastructure, the officials who actually run elections in dozens of states gathered in Boston — and largely shrugged off his claims, according to a new report. The gathering wasn’t an emergency response to Trump’s warnings, but rather a…
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Gut punch for West Hollywood as another torrent of water rushes down the street
West Hollywood is wet again. Yet another main break coated the streets in water on Thursday morning in the area of Santa Monica Boulevard and Laurel Avenue around 6 a.m. KABC The break happened around two miles away from the disastrous Sunset Boulevard water main break, and looks to be less impactful than last week’s…
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Tragic new details revealed in Jackson Browne’s son Ethan’s death
Medical personnel discovered a tragic scene when they found Jackson Browne’s son Ethan dead in his apartment. When paramedics arrived, they discovered Ethan holding a straw and lighter in his hand with several narcotics, drug paraphernalia and medications littered throughout his bedroom, according to the medical examiner’s report obtained by Us Weekly. “A glass pipe…
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‘That would be insane’: CNN anchor stunned by ‘ticking time bomb’ threatening millions
A crisis potentially facing millions of unaware Americans stunned CNN analysts Thursday who described the looming problem as “major” and “insane.” The problem? Two key U.S. reservoirs has fallen to a historic low, threatening the water supply for tens of millions of Americans, CNN reported. Last week Lake Powell fell to 3,524 feet and Lake…
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Toronto Film Festival Embraces Horror With New ‘Carrie,’ ‘Friday the 13th’ Shows
Mike Flanagan’s upcoming TV miniseries based on Stephen King’s “Carrie,” Jesse McKeown’s monster series “Below” and the new season of “Slow Horses” will screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Primetime section, TIFF organizers announced Thursday. Primetime will present 10 TV series from the U.S, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Brazil and the United…