Jul 08 Watch 6:24 ICE agent kills Mexican immigrant in Houston in latest deadly enforcement encounter By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Andrew Merlis Family members and local officials are calling for a full investigation into the shooting death of a man killed by ICE agents in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot Tuesday as agents tried to arrest him. Federal officials say he… Continue watching
Jul 08 WATCH: 4 things to know before adding your ID to your mobile wallet By Tim McPhillips, Julia Griffin Twenty states and Puerto Rico now offer a form of a digital driver’s license, also known as a mobile driver’s license. Continue reading
Jul 08 Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment. Continue reading
Jul 08 A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as… Continue reading
Jul 08 Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for ushering Mexican immigrant away from ICE agents By Claire Savage, Scott Bauer, Associated Press "I have been cast as both a scofflaw and a hero. I am neither. I am a public servant who's just trying to do my job,” Dugan said. Continue reading
Jul 08 DNA evidence from Charlie Kirk assassination disputed by defendant's lawyers By Hannah Schoenbaum, Matthew Brown, Associated Press A member of Tyler Robinson's defense team interrogated a DNA analyst from the FBI on Tuesday about the techniques she used to connect Robinson to a rifle found wrapped inside a towel at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was shot… Continue reading
Jul 07 George E. Johnson Sr., founder of a pioneering Black hair care empire, dies at 99 By Corey Williams, Aisha I. Jefferson, Associated Press Johnson Products also was a national sponsor of the hit 1970s music and dance television show "Soul Train."… Continue reading
Jul 07 Elizabeth Pryor on comedy, race and her father's legacy By Geoff Bennett Historian and Smith College professor Elizabeth Pryor has spent much of her career studying the history of the N-word. Her father, legendary comedian Richard Pryor, made the word central to his work before renouncing it altogether. In this episode of… Continue reading
Jul 07 New York man suing after ICE sent officers to his home over an email By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press David Streever is one of at least two residents of upstate New York who was served with a federal warning in June in the wake of criticizing ICE online. Continue reading
Jul 07 WATCH: Manhattan high-rise at risk of collapse is unstable and still moving, Mamdani and officials say By Philip Marcelo, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press The 1970s-era building is located in a busy corridor about a block from the landmark Chrysler Building and between Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations headquarters. Continue reading