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Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge blocked on Friday President Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency.U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday immediately halted the administration’s efforts to redirect military-designated funds for wall construction. His order applies to two projects,…
Oregon man arrested after disappearance of mother, young son
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Salem, Oregon, Police Department shows Karissa Alyn Fretwell and her 3-year-old son William “Billy” Fretwell, as they seek the public’s help in finding them. Authorities in Oregon say they’ve arrested Michael John Wolfe on murder and kidnapping charges following the disappearance of Fretwell, and the…
Veteran of D-Day, Okinawa recalls fight with PTSD as he prepares to travel back to Normandy
A World War II Navy corpsman who served on D-Day as a teenager recalled his fight with PTSD as he prepares to revisit Normandy.Jack Gutman, author of “One Veteran’s Journey to Heal the Wounds of War,” recalled on “The Story” how the horrors he saw in war affected him for decades.Gutman, now 93, battled PTSD for 66 years, Martha MacCallum…
WWII Navajo Code Talker John Pinto dies at 94
Democratic New Mexico state Sen. John Pinto talks about his career as a lawmaker on American Indian Day in the Legislature in Santa Fe, N.M., Feb. 2, 2018. (Associated Press) John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II and a long-serving New Mexico state senator, died Friday at age 94.The Associated Press reported that Pinto’s…
Boston arts museum bans 2 visitors for offensive language
BOSTON – Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has banned two visitors and vowed to change protocols for guards after minority middle school students said they were subjected to racism by staff and patrons during a field trip last week.Principal Arturo Forrest told The Boston Globe one museum staff member told students “no food, no drink,…
Federal judge blocks Mississippi ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Mississippi from moving ahead with a so-called “heartbeat” abortion law that bans the procedure after a cardiac activity is first detected, which occurs at around six weeks of pregnancy.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves stops the order from taking effect July 1.”Here we go again,” Reeves wrote. “Mississippi has…
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Judge blocks Trump from building sections of border wall
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge blocked on Friday President Donald Trump from building sections of his long-sought border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency.U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. on Friday immediately halted the administration’s efforts to redirect military-designated funds for wall construction. His order applies to two projects,…
Oregon man arrested after disappearance of mother, young son
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Salem, Oregon, Police Department shows Karissa Alyn Fretwell and her 3-year-old son William “Billy” Fretwell, as they seek the public’s help in finding them. Authorities in Oregon say they’ve arrested Michael John Wolfe on murder and kidnapping charges following the disappearance of Fretwell, and the…
Veteran of D-Day, Okinawa recalls fight with PTSD as he prepares to travel back to Normandy
A World War II Navy corpsman who served on D-Day as a teenager recalled his fight with PTSD as he prepares to revisit Normandy.Jack Gutman, author of “One Veteran’s Journey to Heal the Wounds of War,” recalled on “The Story” how the horrors he saw in war affected him for decades.Gutman, now 93, battled PTSD for 66 years, Martha MacCallum…
WWII Navajo Code Talker John Pinto dies at 94
Democratic New Mexico state Sen. John Pinto talks about his career as a lawmaker on American Indian Day in the Legislature in Santa Fe, N.M., Feb. 2, 2018. (Associated Press) John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II and a long-serving New Mexico state senator, died Friday at age 94.The Associated Press reported that Pinto’s…
Boston arts museum bans 2 visitors for offensive language
BOSTON – Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts has banned two visitors and vowed to change protocols for guards after minority middle school students said they were subjected to racism by staff and patrons during a field trip last week.Principal Arturo Forrest told The Boston Globe one museum staff member told students “no food, no drink,…
Federal judge blocks Mississippi ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Mississippi from moving ahead with a so-called “heartbeat” abortion law that bans the procedure after a cardiac activity is first detected, which occurs at around six weeks of pregnancy.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves stops the order from taking effect July 1.”Here we go again,” Reeves wrote. “Mississippi has…
