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Migrants cross border amid legal uncertainty on asylum rule
1 month ago | By My Sanantonio
EAGLE PASS, Texas - As U.S. officials anxiously waited, many of the migrants crossing the border from Mexico on Friday were oblivious to a pending momentous court ruling on whether to maintain pandemic-related powers that deny a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The Justice Department, hoping to avoid last-minute scrambling over the weekend, asked U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays to decide by Friday whether to keep Title 42 in place while litigation proceeds. The judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, has said he would decide by Monday, when the public...
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U.S. HealthMetallica ‘beyond psyched' over ‘Master of Puppets' scene in ‘Stranger Things'
Metallica officially approves of Eddie Munson's epic rendition of “Master of Puppets” in Season 4, Volume 2 of “Stranger Things.” The legendary heavy metal band took to... Read more ...
What we know about the Highland Park July 4 parade shooting suspect
Several of the suspect's online postings "reflected a plan and a desire to commit carnage for a long time in advance," Mayor Nancy Rotering said in an interview. Read more ...
Hollywood's Cinerama Dome planning major post-pandemic comeback
The owners of the iconic theater have reportedly obtained a new liquor license, allowing them to operate a restaurant and two bars for the multiplex theater. Read more ...
Justice Department sues Arizona over new election law requiring proof of...
"Arizona has passed a law that turns the clock back on progress by imposing unlawful and unnecessary requirements that would block eligible voters from the registration rolls... Read more ...
Court nixes Trump-era rules loosening endangered species protections
A federal court on Tuesday reinstated endangered species protections that were loosened under the Trump administration. Judge Jon Tigar, an Obama appointee, vacated the rules... Read more ...
Dallas Cowboys' Black Rifle Coffee Tweet Backfires After Parade Shooting
The football team waded into the simmering culture war with a promotional giveaway of coffee from a company whose branding centers on firearms. Read more ...
Harris uses Highland Park parade shooting to push weapon ban in Chicago
"We need to stop this violence," she said to applause at the annual convention of the Nation Education Association in Chicago. Read more ...
Eric Adams got mayoral control extended -but the fight for public schools is...
The mayor and gov had pushed for a four-year extension, but lawmakers resisted, demanding a raft of poison pills before they'd agree to preserve it and delaying final action... Read more ...
Powerful SEIU 1199 union to back Carlina Rivera over Bill de Blasio...
"It's a huge get for Carlina Rivera. I has to be disappointing for the other candidates in the race - any of whom would've killed for the endorsement of a union like 1199.” Read more ...
Harris calls for renewing the assault weapons ban after Highland Park mass...
"Congress needs to have the courage to act and renew the assault weapons ban," Harris told a teachers convention in Chicago the day after a mass shooting in nearby Highland... Read more ...