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Hallsville mother accused of assaulting officer in school parking lot after child made threats

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville mother has been arrested and charged after she allegedly assaulted a police officer in the parking lot of Hallsville Intermediate School on Wednesday. Samantha Lewis, 35, was charged on Thursday in Boone County with third-degree assault of a special victim misdemeanor second-degree property damage and misdemeanor first-degree trespassing. She is

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Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks

By Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud, Hira Humayun, CNN Islamabad (CNN) — Pakistan continued to strike areas in several provinces of Afghanistan early on Friday morning, including the capital, Kabul, according to the Afghan Taliban, as Islamabad said it was responding to an attack launched by Kabul on Thursday. “The cowardly Pakistani military has carried out

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Columbia student released after university says federal agents used false pretenses to detain her

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A Columbia University student detained by federal immigration agents, who the university alleges used false pretenses to enter a residential building, has been released, after New York City’s mayor raised her case with President Donald Trump. At about 6:30 a.m. Thursday, agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered

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Nearly blind refugee found dead in New York days after immigration agents dropped him at a coffee shop alone, officials say

By Hanna Park, Alisha Ebrahimji, Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — The death of a nearly blind refugee in Buffalo, New York, days after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawn sharp criticism from state and local officials. Nurul

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