REPUBLIC, Wash. (AP) – About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak traced to large indoor events last month at the local Fraternal Order of Eagles hall. Ferry County Memorial Hospital officials have confirmed more than 100 cases, with one reported death, …
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Former President George W. Bush appeared to blame himself for the country’s “populist uprising” on illegal immigration after he failed to pass comprehensive reform during his eight years in office. During an interview with “The Dispatch” podcast, Mr. Bush expanded on comments he made earlier this month that his failure to pass immigration reform was one of …
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal agents have seized 40 rounds of “Zombie Terminator” ammunition from a Delaware port, preventing its shipment to Honduras. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that the rounds were discovered during an X-ray examination of household goods in a shipping container at the Port of Wilmington Tuesday. It is illegal …
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Border Patrol agents tracking a group of illegal immigrants in Texas Thursday ran over two of them, killing one man, authorities revealed Saturday. The two men were burrowed down in a field of tall grass when the vehicle struck them. Border Patrol officials say the agents weren’t aware of the people, and didn’t learn that …
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told a friend that George Floyd’s killing — and others like it — would never happen in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. “I said, ‘We live in a city that’s too small; we’re a small …
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