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A farm worker reportedly died on Friday from injuries sustained during raids by US immigration officers at a cannabis farm in California the day before. The United Farm Workers labor union said in a post on X on Friday that the worker had “died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action.” However, AFP later reported, …

The first warning of impending disaster some Texas Hill Country residents received came in the form of rushing water, strange noises from passing debris and the screams of victims swept down a raging river. The usually serene bend of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County rapidly transformed into a torrent of destruction in the early hours of July 4. The …

Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left  The Wall Street Journal Federal employees bracing after Supreme Court greenlights widespread layoffs  The Hill Court fight over RIFs continues after Supreme Court ruling  Federal News Network Sotomayor breaks with Jackson in Supreme Court decision over Trump cuts to federal workforce  Fox News White House reviews mass federal layoff plans, aims for …

Facebook Tweet Email Link (CNN) — On a warm summer evening earlier this month, Sunshine Stewart went paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a peaceful, wooded expanse of water in Union, near coastal Maine. When she didn’t return hours later, someone reported her missing. Early the next morning, authorities said they found her body near 100 Acre Island, a nature preserve in …

CNN  —  Columbia University is on the verge of striking an agreement with the Trump administration following months of negotiation to restore federal funding to the school, according to two sources familiar with the deal. Columbia is expected to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement to victims of alleged civil rights violations, implement changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, boost transparency …

Trump Threatens to Strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. Citizenship  The New York Times Trump threatens to revoke comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship  CNBC Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship  The Telegraph Trump threatens to revoke citizenship of US comedian Rosie O’Donnell  Al Jazeera Trump threatens Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship: “She is a Threat to Humanity”  Axios Source link

Man who beheaded father and displayed head on YouTube sentenced to life  The Washington Post Man Who Decapitated Father and Displayed Head on YouTube Gets Life in Prison  The New York Times Beheading trial: Bucks County man found guilty of killing his father in Levittown, Pennsylvania  6abc Philadelphia Pa. man found guilty of shooting, then beheading his father  WGAL Bucks County man found guilty …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was on stage at the Iowa State Fairgrounds earlier this month, kicking off the country’s 250th anniversary celebration, when he heard what sounded like fireworks in the distance. “Did I hear what I think I heard?” Trump remarked as he spoke from behind a wall of thick, bulletproof glass. “Don’t worry, it’s only fireworks. …

The concentration camp seems to have been erected largely for the sake of a photoshoot. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis – eager to rehabilitate his reputation among the Maga right in the wake of his humiliating and disastrous 2024 presidential run – has been among the most eager foot soldiers of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. He has dedicated funding …

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found. The Federal Emergency Management Agency included the prestigious girls’ summer camp in a “Special Flood …