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Migrant crossings along the southern US border are rising, reaching more than 8,000 apprehensions

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Migrant crossings along the United States’ southern border are rising, reaching more than 8,000 apprehensions on Monday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official, straining federal resources and overwhelming already-crowded facilities. In May, ahead of the expiration of the Covid-era restriction known as Title 42, US Customs and

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Southern Baptists expel Oklahoma church after pastor defends his blackface and Native caricatures

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Southern Baptist Convention has ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another. The Executive Committee of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata “be deemed not in

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Witness claims ‘violent confrontation’ occurred before death of Patriots fan at Gillette Stadium

By Amy Simonson, Jillian Sykes, Brynn Gingras and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A man who attended Sunday night’s New England Patriots game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, said he witnessed a “violent confrontation” leading up to the death of a fan, according to an interview with CNN affiliate WCVB. Dale Mooney, 53, from

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Chester County officials promise ‘state of the art’ security upgrades to prison after Cavalcante escape

By Danny Freeman and Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Major security upgrades are planned for Chester County Prison after Danilo Cavalcante’s escape led to an intense 14-day manhunt, authorities pledged at a town hall meeting Monday. “We are planning to do numerous safety enhancements, most of which come from technology, personnel movement, including drones, detection

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‘The Amazon is speaking for itself’: Brazil President Lula puts climate and inequality at the center of UN address

By David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva put inequality and the climate crisis at the center of a speech Tuesday that opened the annual UN General Debate in New York, lamenting that the international community has “numbed” to its responsibility to care for the world’s poor. “We must overcome

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16 states underfunded historically Black land-grant universities, Biden administration says

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Historically Black land-grant universities in Tennessee and 15 other states have missed out on $12.6 billion in funding over the last three decades, according to the Biden administration. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack sent letters to the governors of each state asking them to increase

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