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An Online Group Says It’s Behind a Campus Swatting Wave – The New York Times

An Online Group Says It’s Behind a Campus Swatting Wave  The New York Times Who is ‘Purgatory’? The group behind the spate of active shooter hoaxes  NewsNation School shooting hoaxes: Experts underscore the seriousness of these crimes, penalties at stake  ABC News GPAHE Uncovers Group Claiming to be Behind String of University Swatting Calls  globalextremism.org This Is the Group That’s Been Swatting US Universities  WIRED …

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In New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a mother, a surgeon and a police chief look back and find hope

In New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a mother, a surgeon and a police chief look back and find hope

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, many initially thought they had escaped the worst, that is, until the storm surge overwhelmed the levees, breaking the city’s floodwalls. As the days went on, the situation became worse and worse. Hurricane …

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In Minneapolis, a tight-knit Catholic community is shattered after Annunciation Church shooting

In Minneapolis, a tight-knit Catholic community is shattered after Annunciation Church shooting

Facebook Tweet Email Link Minneapolis  —  On late-August mornings in the Windom neighborhood, the soundscape is usually familiar and comforting. Cicadas buzz, sparrows dart between yards, neighbors trade easy greetings across tidy sidewalks and the Annunciation Catholic Church’s bells peal across southwest Minneapolis, calling parishioners to Mass as they have for more than a century. For generations, the church and …

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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled – The New York Times

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled  The New York Times Access Asia – Is Modi snubbing Trump amid tariff spat?  France 24 Why PM Modi might have refused to take Trump’s calls  India Today ‘Photo-op, Truth posts’: Why PM Modi avoided Donald Trump’s calls, Washington invite – report reveals  Times of India Trump asked Modi for Nobel …

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Chicago mayor to sign order aimed at resisting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown

Chicago mayor to sign order aimed at resisting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown

Facebook Tweet Email Link Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will sign an executive order Saturday laying out initial plans for how the city will try to resist President Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown in the coming days. The mayor’s order provides guidance and directives to the city’s agencies and law enforcement “in the midst of escalating threats from the federal government.” …

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‘Is Trump Dead?’ Rumors Debunked

‘Is Trump Dead?’ Rumors Debunked

Topline President Donald Trump on Saturday was photographed leaving for his golf course in Virginia, dispelling unfounded rumors spread on social media that Trump had died in recent days after not being seen publicly. Social media users, without evidence, pushed claims that President Donald Trump had died in recent days after not being seen publicly. AFP via Getty Images Key …

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Mass shooting in Minnesota sparks renewed thoughts and prayers debate

Mass shooting in Minnesota sparks renewed thoughts and prayers debate

Thoughts and prayers. The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable. As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn’t cause enough for grief, American opinion makers were convulsed once again this week in a debate over the role of prayer in the wake of a …

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Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire – The Washington Post

Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire  The Washington Post Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say  The Guardian Border Patrol arrests 2 crew workers helping battle Washington’s biggest wildfire for being in the country illegally  CNN Keizer man detained by Border Patrol while fighting Pacific Northwest wildfire  Statesman Journal What we know about …

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The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Revoke the ‘Roadless Rule.’ The Public Won’t Have Much Time to Weigh In

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving the public just three weeks to weigh in on a key step of its attempt to scrap the Roadless Rule, which protects almost 59 million acres of forest land from road construction and timber harvesting. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) published a notice Friday seeking comment on its intention to develop an environmental …

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