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Feds consider criminal charges against ICE officer accused in January shooting of Venezuelan immigrant in Minnesota

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Federal prosecutors are considering bringing criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg during the Trump administration’s federal immigration surge in Minnesota in January, according to multiple sources familiar with the deliberations. The officer, Christian Castro, was charged in May by local prosecutors…

European wildfires expose, detonate buried bombs and mines from past wars

nglobix@gmail.com3 weeks ago05 mins

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II that threaten crews responding to the flames. Some of the weapons have exploded in the intense heat. Blasts have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany and the…

“The child is terrified”: Doctors on the front lines of a measles comeback speak out

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago015 mins

This isn’t just a bad year for measles. It looks to be the start of a bad era. Confirmed measles cases just hit a 35-year high, and it’s only July. Together with last year, the number of cases has exceeded the combined total over the previous 25 years. The vast majority of cases stem from…