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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Big Bend region

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume building a border wall and other infrastructure through a remote area of West Texas while litigation over the project moves forward. In an unsigned decision, the high court agreed to lift a district court’s injunction that temporarily stopped construction…

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow border wall construction to resume in Big Bend region

Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume for now construction of a border wall and other infrastructure through a remote area of West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park. The Justice Department urged the high court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily bars…

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Iran’s Houthi allies kill 3 in strike on Saudi airport as Trump rules out pre-midterms strikes

Three Saudi citizens were killed and several other people “of different nationalities” were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said Friday. Thursday’s attack was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen launched a major military…

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Firefighters struggle with staffing, equipment shortages amid record wildfire season: “We’re running thin”

When Cody Turcotte arrived to fight a wildfire scorching homes in Spokane, Washington, last month, there weren’t enough people at the scene to control it. His team of five engines joined just two others that had been battling the blaze alone for hours, as its flames rapidly spread. “You’re getting embers casting down on the…

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Lindsay Clancy juror says Patrick Clancy’s testimony swayed her decision, reveals more about lone holdout

Paula Devlin, a juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, said it was Clancy’s ex-husband’s testimony that might have swayed her the most, while the lone holdout in the jury might have felt attacked and refused to change his vote for that reason. In an interview with “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King on Friday, Devlin…

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Ohio man who was living in squalor with his 16 grandchildren declared mentally incompetent to stand trial

A man whose 16 grandchildren were discovered living in squalid conditions at a rural southern Ohio home in late June was found mentally incompetent to stand trial Wednesday. A judge in Vinton County accepted the findings of an evaluation report for Gary Siders Sr., and Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer did not object to the…

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