Chicago's mayor urges Texas governor not to ship more migrants

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to stop shipping busloads of migrants to Chicago, saying the city does not have the resources to absorb more. “Your lack of confederation or coordination in an attempt to cause chaos and score political points has resulted in a critical tipping point in our ability to receive individuals and families in a safe, orderly,...

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Reward offered as manhunt continues for Texas shooting suspect

CLEVELAND, Texas — Law enforcement officers said Sunday they’ve been unable to find a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town, offering $80,000 in total reward money in hopes of motivating someone to come forward with information about the suspect’s whereabouts. “We do not know where he is,” said James Smith, the FBI’s special agent in charge. Police...

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Messing with New Hampshire’s primary could have consequences for Biden and the ballot, senator says

BOSTON — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is warning that President Joe Biden could jeopardize his prospects — and those of down-ballot Democrats — in a key swing state by messing with New Hampshire’s presidential primary. “The president could have had more diversity — which is the reason he gave for wanting to change the current order — he could have moved another state earlier...

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'Killed for nothing': The tragic death of an American doctor in Sudan

WASHINGTON — Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan’s capital. For days after battles between two rival Sudanese commanders erupted in Khartoum on April 15, the 49-year-old Sulieman treated the city’s wounded. He and other doctors ventured...

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National Security Leaks as Political Rorschach Tests

When Jack Teixeira was arrested for publishing top secret information onto a Discord channel devoted to gaming, it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a vainglorious loudmouth receiving his comeuppance. According to a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/discord-leaked-documents/" target="_blank" link-data="{"linkText":"the Washington...

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Search for Texas man wanted in mass shooting comes up empty

CLEVELAND, Texas — The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard stretched into a second day Sunday, with authorities saying the man could be anywhere by now. Francisco Oropeza, 38, remained at large more than 18 hours after the shooting that left five people dead, including an 8-year-old boy. San Jacinto...

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Western governments evacuate more citizens from Sudan as situation deteriorates

Fighting continues between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/yiRMLhq via IFT...

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