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ICE plans to offload Pa. and N.J. warehouse properties intended to be mass detention centers

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to offload its two warehouse properties in Pennsylvania and another in New Jersey — bought for a total of more than $336 million — that had been purchased to further support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

In total, ICE is planning to disown seven warehouses across the...Read more

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Only halfway through the year, Illinois' tornado tally closes in on record of 142

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A barrage of tornadoes has hit Illinois communities this year, bringing the tally to at least 140. Some have amounted to nothing more than a swirl of high winds and no reported damage. Many have collapsed homes, injured people and devastated crops in their wake.

Experts say this pace is not normal: Illinois experienced an average of 54 ...Read more

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Teen arrested in water gun attack on Jewish pedestrians, sheriff's office says

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MIAMI — Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 19-year-old following an investigation into an alleged hate crime in northeast Miami-Dade County, officers say.

Amir Ayesh will be charged with two felonies, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office news release. The allegations follow a similar incident that resulted in the arrests of two men in...Read more

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Judge says DOJ can hand Biden recordings to Heritage Foundation

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A federal judge in Washington denied former President Joe Biden’s request to block the Justice Department from turning over tapes and transcripts of interviews he privately recorded almost a decade ago to a conservative advocacy group, but will temporarily bar the release while he appeals.

The Justice Department is poised to produce the ...Read more

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LAPD killing of family dog amid Knicks celebration sparks outrage

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LOS ANGELES — The New York Knicks had just won the NBA championship Saturday night when Los Angeles police were called to an apartment complex in Canoga Park amid reports of a person screaming.

Minutes later, an officer opened fire on a pet Saint Bernard doodle that was wearing a Knicks shirt.

The death of Jameson has sparked outrage and ...Read more

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Judge clears DOJ to hand Biden recordings to conservative group

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A federal judge in Washington denied former President Joe Biden’s request to block the Justice Department from turning over tapes and transcripts of interviews he privately recorded almost a decade ago to a conservative advocacy group.

The Justice Department is poised to produce the materials to the Heritage Foundation. U.S. District Judge ...Read more

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DOJ rejects judge request to certify $1.8 billion fund nixed

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The Justice Department rebuffed a U.S. judge’s invitation for top officials to submit a signed statement under oath that a $1.8 billion fund for what the administration described as victims of political “weaponization” will not happen.

In a filing on Friday, the Justice Department said that such declarations were “unnecessary” and ...Read more

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Trump's messaging on Iran deal aims to rebut claims the US lost

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iran may have halted their conflict for now, but the messaging war has only just begun.

Both countries have cast the memorandum of understanding — signed by the two countries’ leaders on June 17 — as a victory for their side. Analysts suggest that Iran came out on top by securing new sanctions relief and funds ...Read more

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Iran floats ‘insurance fees’ and asserts control over Hormuz

Iran sought to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz by saying that ships need its permission and mandatory insurance in order to cross, even as the U.S. said that 20 ships had quietly sailed through overnight via a route along Oman’s coast.

The conflicting signals come as ...Read more

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Latest Boyle Heights shelter-in-place order lifted as crews battle cold-storage facility fire

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LOS ANGELES — The latest shelter-in-place order for residents around a burning cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights has been lifted, the Los Angeles Fire Department announced Friday.

The fire at the massive cold-storage facility at 1400 S. Los Palos St. broke out Wednesday afternoon. The fire is mostly in the solar-panel-covered roof area. ...Read more

Cuba to privatize state companies; opens banking and energy to foreign and private capital

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Cuba’s communist government will open key economic sectors such as banking and energy to private capital and foreign companies and begin privatizing state companies through share sales, the island’s prime minister told the National Assembly Thursday.

The measures are among the most consequential in a market-reform package that Cuban leaders...Read more

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Trump displays refitted Qatar-gifted jet to be Air Force One

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President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new U.S. presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.

“With the extraordinary devotion of many of you here today, this plane was transformed into a flying White House at a ...Read more

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US-Iran nuclear talks stall over Lebanon before they begin

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Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the U.S. after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war and curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

The talks, which were meant to take place in Switzerland on Friday, were pushed off because of those ...Read more

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Lines and smiles as the Obama's welcome the public to presidential museum on Juneteenth

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CHICAGO — The lines were many, the smiles countless and the pride after stepping foot on the campus of the Obama Presidential Center was priceless.

The word magnificent was uttered more than once.

Walkers and wheelchairs mingled with strollers and wagons where youth were carted around.

The feeling of community, brotherhood, and sisterhood ...Read more

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Polish president strips Zelenskyy of top state honor amid row

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Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor amid a row about commemorating fighters responsible for a World War II massacre.

The dispute started when Kyiv named a military unit after the Ukrainian nationalist fighters who killed an estimated 100,000 Poles, ...Read more

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US-Iran nuclear talks stall over Lebanon before they begin

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Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the U.S. after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war and curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

The talks, which were meant to take place in Switzerland on Friday, were pushed off because of those clashes between ...Read more

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Trump unveils refitted Qatar-donated jet to be new Air Force One

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President Donald Trump on Friday displayed the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new U.S. presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.

“This is considered the world’s most luxurious plane,” Trump said in front of the aircraft, inside a hangar at ...Read more

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Scandal embroils Puerto Rico as whistleblower, top aide trade corruption claims

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The most serious political crisis to hit Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González’s young administration escalated this week, with two senior officials trading allegations of corruption and undue influence.

The turmoil dates back to last month, when Puerto Rico’s head of economic development resigned and accused the governor’s top aide of ...Read more

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What's next for the Archdiocese of Detroit's Mass stoppage proposals

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Now that the Archdiocese of Detroit has targeted as many as 90 parishes for the possible stoppage of weekend Masses, church officials are seeking to get feedback from parishioners before making final decisions on where the Masses will be halted.

The Rev. Mario Amore, executive director of parish renewal for the Archdiocese of Detroit, has ...Read more

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Judge clears DOJ to hand Biden recordings to conservative group

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A federal judge in Washington denied former President Joe Biden’s request to block the Justice Department from turning over tapes and transcripts of interviews he privately recorded almost a decade ago to a conservative advocacy group.

The Justice Department is poised to produce the materials to the Heritage Foundation. U.S. District Judge ...Read more