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Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions

May. 12, 2023

EL PASO, Texas — The border between the U.S. and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions.

Here’s what it looks like at the US-Mexico border as Title 42 expires

May. 12, 2023

From the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to San Diego and Tijuana, many migrants gathered along sections of the U.S.-Mexico border questioned when or whether they would cross into the United States to seek asylum once pandemic-related restrictions known as Title 42 ended.

Former Trump prosecutor mostly mum before Congress on details of hush-money investigation

May. 12, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan’s investigation of former President Donald Trump declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door deposition Friday of the House Judiciary Committee, according to a Republican lawmaker in the meeting. The prosecutor and his boss said he was merely abiding by grand jury rules.

Commanders’ record sale agreed to by Snyder family, Harris group that includes Magic Johnson

May. 12, 2023

ASHBURN, Va. — A group led by Josh Harris that includes Magic Johnson has agreed to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder and his family.

Early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

May. 12, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years.

Ukraine says it has retaken territory near embattled eastern city of Bakhmut

May. 12, 2023 • Updated 12:59 p.m.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it wasn’t clear if this marked the start of Kyiv’s long-expected counteroffensive.

Palestinian militants fire more rockets, as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts

May. 12, 2023 • Updated 12:59 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed a senior militant commander in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Friday, further escalating the most violent flare-up in months despite efforts to broker a cease-fire.

Inflation in Argentina leaves families struggling to feed themselves

May. 12, 2023

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills.

U.N. envoy: Humanitarian deal between warring sides is a first step toward a cease-fire in Sudan

May. 12, 2023

CAIRO — The U.N. envoy for Sudan on Friday welcomed a deal between the country’s warring generals promising safe passage to civilians fleeing the conflict and protection for humanitarian operations in the East African nation.

Tens of thousands march against Serbia’s populist leadership following mass shootings

May. 12, 2023

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tens of thousands of people marched through the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and blocked a key bridge Friday in the second large protest since two mass shootings that rattled the Balkan country and killed 17 people, including many children.

Ukraine says counteroffensive delayed; Britain sending cruise missiles to Kyiv

May. 11, 2023

KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv is delaying its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces because Ukraine lacks enough Western weapons to succeed without suffering too many casualties.

Migrants rush across U.S. border in final hours before Title 42 expires

May. 11, 2023

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system.

California condors confront bird flu in flight from extinction

May. 11, 2023

LOS ANGELES — The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot wingspan decades after conservationists saved the species from extinction.

GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters’ own political careers

May. 11, 2023

SALEM, Ore. — A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures.

5.4 magnitude earthquake near Tokyo causes minor injuries, damage

May. 10, 2023

TOKYO — An earthquake shook Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas on Thursday, injuring several people and causing minor damage, officials and media said.

‘Now or never’: Migrants seek to beat the end of pandemic-related asylum restrictions

May. 10, 2023

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Migrants rushed across the border hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions were to expire Thursday, fearing that new policies would make it far more difficult to gain entry into the United States.

Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: ‘We are still the Grand Canyon’

May. 10, 2023

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon.

War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says

May. 10, 2023

The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

Japan, U.S., S. Korea discuss sharing of N. Korea missile data

May. 09, 2023

TOKYO — Japan, the United States and South Korea are negotiating an agreement on sharing real-time data on North Korean missile launches, as cooperation among the three nations becomes increasingly important amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North, Japan’s chief government spokesperson said Tuesday.

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M

May. 09, 2023

NEW YORK — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.

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