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Top Border Patrol official Greg Bovino looks on during an immigration raid in Charlotte

Charlotte officials say Border Patrol operation has ended, but DHS insists immigration enforcement will continue

By Dianne Gallagher, Priscilla Alvarez, Taylor Romine, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The dayslong immigration crackdown that arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week appeared to end with the same level of confusion it began with, as local officials announced the operation concluded Thursday while federal officials refuted those claims. Earlier Thursday, Mecklenburg County Sheriff

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Israeli soldiers speak with a Palestinian woman as she leaves her home for safety during a raid by the army in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on February 11.

Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes, HRW alleges

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s forced removal of tens of thousands of Palestinians from refugee camps in the occupied West Bank earlier this year amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged. According to a 105-page report released by the non-profit organization, 32,000 Palestinians were expelled by

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Marimar Martinez and Ian Santos Ruiz appear in federal court on October 6.

Federal judge dismisses charges against Chicago woman shot after being accused of ramming car at law enforcement vehicle

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago after allegedly ramming into his car. The ruling from US District Judge Georgia Alexakis came hours after prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges

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Still images from an airport surveillance video showing the left engine and left pylon separation from the left wing.

NTSB releases frame-by-frame images of engine separating during deadly UPS crash in Louisville

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A critical mount that kept the left engine attached to the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville earlier this month failed only moments after the doomed flight broke ground, according to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board The report includes stunning frame-by-frame photos of

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A protester holds a sign in support of gender-affirming care for transgender youth outside of the US Supreme Court Building on June 18 in Washington

The White House wants to eliminate ‘gender ideology’ and ‘trans ideology.’ What does that mean?

By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Last week, the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System voted to forbid professors from teaching courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without advance permission from their university’s president. It was the newest escalation in a running

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Karmin Wells poses with her grandfather

A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a young athlete: Some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year

By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco. They lit slender candles and spoke into the surrounding darkness the names

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Trainees simulate an immigration arrest

Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How some Charlotte residents are mobilizing amid the immigration crackdown

By Dalia Faheid, Andy Buck, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting, “La migra esta aqui.” Another group loudly sang, “This little light of mine, I’m

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Missouri’s sports betting launch sparks excitement, but concerns loom over addiction, harassment, game integrity

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Inside a Jefferson City conference room, fewer than a dozen people have been creating hundreds of pages of rules that could help shape Missouri’s future.  The Missouri Gaming Commission refers to it as the “war room,” and it’s where the groundwork is being laid for the state’s journey into legalized sports betting.

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Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention looks to offer bus liaison contract to nonprofit

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s leader of the Office of Violence Prevention D’Markus Thomas-Brown is hoping to offer a contract aimed at deescalating situations on public transit in the city to a nonprofit organization. According to Thomas-Brown, his office plans to award the $99,840 contract to Powerhouse Community Development. The office was considering two liaisons for

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission opposes Columbia City Council’s proposed median ordinance

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission voted to write a letter of opposition to the Columbia City Council on a proposed ordinance that would regulate the use of medians, road crossings and islands.  On Wednesday, the Columbia Bike and Pedestrian Commission reviewed the ordinance that had drawn large crowds at a City

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Intervention deadline set in Ameren’s request to build transmission line in Montgomery, Callaway counties

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Public Service Commission has set an intervention deadline of Dec. 12 for a certificate of need and necessity that was requested by Ameren to build a 28-mile transmission line in Montgomery and Callaway counties. The release says Ameren believes the transmission line “is necessary to connect the Grain Belt Express LLC’s

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