The U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector said Sunday it is pausing social media as the agency deals with a surge of migrants at the border. Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin said all Tucson Sector Border Patrol social media accounts will be paused “until further notice” in light of the …
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President Biden is kicking off December with a series of top-dollar fundraising events with celebrities across the country. Biden will start with a concert fundraiser featuring James Taylor in Massachusetts on Tuesday, with front-row tickets selling for $7,500 per seat. After two more events in Boston, Biden will fly to …
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When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In the end, 10 people, all in one family, were infected, all unvaccinated. This time, the state was lucky, said the region’s medical director Dr. Perry Jansen. The family quickly quarantined, …
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General George S. Patton Jr., an American World War II hero famed for his battlefield brilliance, unvarnished view of combat and volatile personality, died in Heidelberg, Germany, on this day in history, Dec. 21, 1945. He was 60 years old. Patton was paralyzed in an auto accident on Dec. 9. …
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A cyber kidnapping scam startled one mom into believing her daughter was making a pleading call to her after being kidnapped, but it was all an illusion to not only con the family out of money, but potentially abduct her [the mother] as well. “It was a back-and-forth,” Jennifer DeStefano, …
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An American fugitive accused of faking his own death and fleeing the country to escape rape charges has been extradited from Scotland to Utah, where he was booked into jail, according to jail records. Nicholas Rossi, 36, was booked Friday afternoon into the Davis County Jail on two felony rape …
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LOS ANGELES – An Alaska Airlines plane carrying 159 passengers made a safe emergency landing in Los Angeles after it was struck by lightning. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the flight left Los Angeles International Airport around 12:40 p.m. Saturday and returned within the hour. The flight had been heading …
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HOUSTON – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says one of her top priorities remains alleviating an “epidemic of distrust” between communities and law enforcement. Lynch discussed tensions between minority communities and police agencies during a speech Monday in Houston at the national convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the …
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A construction worker is dead after he was stung by bees that swarmed a Southern California construction site, Riverside Battalion Chief Tony Perna said. Three construction workers were stung Monday morning when a contractor grading a parking lot struck an underground sprinkler control vault that housed a …
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JACOB LAKE, Ariz. – Investigators are trying to determine how a 5-year-old Arizona boy died after he vanished from a campsite north of the Grand Canyon and triggered a massive search. A body believed to be that of Jerold Joseph Williams is going to be sent to a medical examiner’s …
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