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Month: February 2025

Mother accused of threatening to kill her 8-year-old child on Facebook Live

By Nick Matoney Click here for updates on this story     ALIQUIPPA, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A mother from Aliquippa, Beaver County, is facing multiple charges after allegedly making threats to kill her 8-year-old child, who has disabilities, on Facebook Live. Valerine McDermott, 42, is charged with endangering the welfare of children and other offenses. Police said

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Gobierno de EE.UU. lanza campaña que les dice a inmigrantes indocumentados que se “autodeporten y se queden afuera”

Por Priscilla Alvarez, CNN El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional lanzó una campaña publicitaria multimillonaria destinada a decirles a los inmigrantes indocumentados que no son bienvenidos en EE.UU., según la agencia. “Si usted es un extranjero criminal que está considerando ingresar ilegalmente a EE.UU., ni siquiera lo piense”, dijo la secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional,

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UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo of killing and recruiting children

Story by Associated Press (AP) — The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid. Volker Türk said in a statement Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children

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Transgender athlete CeCé Telfer says abusive rhetoric has become ‘more in my face’ since Trump’s inauguration

By Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As a transgender athlete, CeCé Telfer is used to fighting for acceptance, both on the sports field and in her day-to-day life. That battle, she says, has become even more challenging in the weeks since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. “I’m Black, I’m a woman,

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Senior DOJ prosecutor quit after being told to investigate Biden climate spending

By Katelyn Polantz, Jamie Gangel, Dana Bash and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The top criminal prosecutor in the Washington, DC, US Attorney’s Office, Denise Cheung, resigned Tuesday after declining a request from her Trump-appointed superiors to open a grand jury investigation that she viewed as premature, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

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Judge overseeing NYC Mayor Eric Adams case to consider DOJ motion to dismiss on Wednesday

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scheduled a hearing Wednesday to consider the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the charges. This will be the first public face-off since seven federal prosecutors, including the interim US

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