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Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth

Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time.
Nationwide protests begin against Trump's immigration crackdown and health care cuts

Nationwide protests begin against Trump's immigration crackdown and health care cuts

CHICAGO (AP) — Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people have started Thursday at more than 1,600 locations around the country

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida Thursday following days of vicious clashes with militias of the Druze minority.
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone

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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax' NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters, accusing them of being duped by Democrats, as he tries to clamp down on cr

Dustin Poirier hopes to end career on high note in front of home crowd, faces Holloway at UFC 318

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana native Dustin Poirier will get to fight one last time in the Octagon and this time it will be back in the Bayou State.
Death of Australia's 'Outback Killer' leaves whereabouts of British backpacker's body unknown

Death of Australia's 'Outback Killer' leaves whereabouts of British backpacker's body unknown

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the “Outback Killer,” has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British backpacker Peter Falconio who was murdered in arid central Australia 24 years ago
Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man indicted Tuesday on charges he fatally shot the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband, and wounded another lawmaker and his wife, confessed to the crimes in a rambling handwritten letter to FBI Direct
What to know about the Massachusetts assisted-living facility fire that killed 9

What to know about the Massachusetts assisted-living facility fire that killed 9

Finger-pointing has begun after nine people died and dozens were hurt in a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility , with questions arising over whether there were enough firefighters to respond and whether staff did enough to help.
Lawyer says an Alabama teen who was killed by police was shot in the back

Lawyer says an Alabama teen who was killed by police was shot in the back

An independent autopsy determined that a teenager who was killed by an Alabama police officer last month was shot in the back, attorneys for his family said Tuesday.