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Texas AG accuses Catholic nonprofit of ‘human smuggling,’ sues to shut it down

Texas AG accuses Catholic nonprofit of ‘human smuggling,’ sues to shut it down

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The Texas Attorney General’s office is suing to shut down a well-known Catholic nonprofit that helps to shelter migrants in El Paso, Texas. Officials from the AG’s office visited Annunciation House on Feb. 7, demanding it provide extensive documentation that included the identities […]

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FBI offers $15K reward in search for missing 12-year-old girl

FBI offers $15K reward in search for missing 12-year-old girl

FBI (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The FBI announced on Tuesday that the agency is offering up to a $15,000 reward for any information that leads to the whereabouts of Lori Paige – a 12-year-old girl who has been missing from Tallahassee, Florida, since June 3, 2023. “The FBI will stop at […]

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Harvard officials denounce ‘antisemitic’ photo shared by student groups

Harvard officials denounce ‘antisemitic’ photo shared by student groups

Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Harvard University officials are denouncing a cartoon deemed antisemitic after it was posted and then deleted on social media by a student group collective. The infographic from the student groups Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and the African American Resistance Organization was […]

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Despite hazardous working conditions, many states are rolling back child labor laws

Despite hazardous working conditions, many states are rolling back child labor laws

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Duvan Perez died last summer during his shift working on a Mississippi farm. His 16-year-old body “became entangled” in a poultry processing machine he was cleaning, according to Mar-Jac Poultry, the company that hired him — a gruesome death that federal regulators later called “a […]

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Museum exhibit highlights the untold story of New York City’s 19th century Black working-class families

Museum exhibit highlights the untold story of New York City’s 19th century Black working-class families

A new exhibit at The Tenement Museum recreates the home of Joseph and Rachel Moore. CREDIT: ABC News (NEW YORK) — For years, The Tenement Museum in New York City’s Lower East Side has become a living monument to the stories of 19th and early 20th-century working-class New Yorkers. The […]

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Girl dies after getting buried in sand at Florida beach

Girl dies after getting buried in sand at Florida beach

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — A young girl has died and her brother has been hospitalized after they fell into a hole they had dug in the sand at a beach Tuesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. Sloan Mattingly, 5, and Maddox Mattingly, 9, were pulled out of the sand […]

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Oklahoma death of nonbinary student Nex Benedict after in-school fight prompts calls for answers

Oklahoma death of nonbinary student Nex Benedict after in-school fight prompts calls for answers

Stella/Getty Images (OWASSO, Okla.) — Investigators in Owasso, Oklahoma, are investigating the death of a nonbinary student one day after a physical altercation with other students. There are conflicting reports regarding the student’s name and gender identity, and they are believed to be part of the transgender and gender nonconforming […]

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LAPD releases body camera footage of fatal shooting of man holding plastic fork

LAPD releases body camera footage of fatal shooting of man holding plastic fork

Los Angeles Police Department/YouTube (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles Police Department released body camera footage Tuesday that shows a police officer shooting and killing a man who charged at him while holding a plastic fork earlier this month. The Feb. 3 incident that killed 36-year-old Jason Lee Maccani is […]

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Attorneys for Hunter Biden file motions to dismiss tax charges in California

Attorneys for Hunter Biden file motions to dismiss tax charges in California

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden on Tuesday moved to dismiss tax-related charges brought by special counsel David Weiss in California, accusing prosecutors of selectively targeting President Joe Biden’s son, violating a statute of limitations, and filing duplicative charges on three counts of failure to pay and tax […]

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Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case

Trump owes $87K in interest per day until he pays the fine in his civil fraud case

RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump owes an additional $87,502 in post-judgment interest every day until he pays the $354 million fine ordered by Judge Arthur Engoron in his civil fraud case, according to ABC News’ calculations based on the judge’s lengthy ruling in the case. Judge […]

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