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Forced to Flee Two Homes, a Painter Finds a Refuge on Canvas  The New York Times Source link

A man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to flee the scene, according to officials, and another officer was injured during the altercation. Ice released the following statement after the shooting: “This morning in Chicago, Ice officers were conducting targeted local enforcement activity during …

More than 160 passengers were forced to exit a Boeing 737-800 by the aircraft’s emergency slides after its landing gear appears to have collapsed upon touching the runway. The 16-year-old WestJet plane, which took off from Toronto, was arriving at Sint Maarten in the Caribbean at roughly 5:30 p.m. when the incident took place on Sunday, prompting the dispatch of …

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals He Secured Italian Citizenship as Fellow Trump Critics Flee U.S.  Realtor.com Jimmy Kimmel’s backup plan may be a move to Italy  CNN Jimmy Kimmel secures Italian citizenship in case he needs to escape Trump’s second term  Los Angeles Times Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in response to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ re-election  The Guardian Jimmy Kimmel secures Italian citizenship as liberal celebrities threaten …

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, After a traumatic childhood, I built a life where I don’t have take care of people. But recently my husband’s adult daughter developed a serious illness, and she and her toddler son have moved in with us. I’m living my …

Texas Democrats in the state legislature denied its speaker a legislative quorum Monday by leaving the state, forestalling plans proposed by the White House to redistrict Texas’s congressional lines to more greatly favor Republicans. When the legislature gaveled in at 3pm local time on Monday, Republicans fell short of a quorum by eight votes after Democrats fled to Illinois, a …

Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.  “For two weeks, while families in the Hill Country mourned the loss of over 130 Texans in catastrophic floods, Democrats fought to make their relief the …

Getty Images Gene Wu, a Democratic state lawmaker in Houston, says he and others are “walking out on a rigged system”. Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas to try to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans. The proposed redistricting – unveiled by Texas’s majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump …

Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP’s House map overhaul  The Washington Post Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Texas Democrats flee state to prevent vote on redrawing congressional map  The Guardian Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan  The New York Times Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office …

Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort  Chicago Tribune Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent vote on GOP-drawn congressional map  CNN Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas House Democrats with removal from office for fleeing state  The Texas Tribune Democrats flee Texas to block Republican redistricting map backed by Trump  BBC Will Texas be as ‘gerrymandered’ as California?  Fox News …