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Noticias Telemundo’s “Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” (Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community) Town Hall broadcast on Sunday, February 12 at 7PM/6 C, ranked # 1 in Spanish-language TV in primetime across all key demographics, averaging 1.57 million total viewers, 708,000 adults 18 to 49 and 325,000 adults 18 to 34, according to Nielsen. The news special moderated by Noticias Telemundo News Anchor José Díaz-Balart also positioned Telemundo as the #1 Spanish-language network during the entire primetime on Sunday, across all key demos.

“Noticias Telemundo is empowering millions of Latinos with reliable and TRANSPARENT information at a time of change,” said José Díaz-Balart. “Viewers trust us because they know our only commitment is to present the facts the way they are, with professionalism and a total commitment to our community.”

“Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community” also reached 1.6 million viewers on Facebook, generating 23,000 global actions on the social network.

The Town Hall answered viewers’ questions about the impact of President Trump’s immigration policy on the Hispanic community. The news special featured a panel of experts, including immigration lawyer and Telemundo contributor Alma Rosa Nieto; Telemundo conservative political analyst Ana Navarro; the Deputy Vice President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Clarissa Martínez, and CHIRLA’s Executive Director, Angélica Salas. In addition, “El Poder en Ti”, Telemundo’s robust community initiative, launched an Internet site for Hispanics looking for information, tools and resources on immigration in parallel to the Town Hall.

“Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” is part of a series of Noticias Telemundo specials, including “Trump en la Casa Blanca,” produced the day after the elections, and “Trump y los Latinos,” which aired on Inauguration Day. All of these programs share an emphasis on allowing audiences to express their views and empower them by giving them access to trustworthy, rigorous and relevant information presented under Noticias Telemundo’s banner “Telling It Like It Is” (“Las Cosas Como Son” in Spanish).

Noticias Telemundo is the information unit of Telemundo Network and a leader provider in news serving the US Hispanics across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its award-winning television news broadcasts include the daily newscast “Noticias Telemundo,” the Sunday current affairs show “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” and the daily news and entertainment magazine “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste.” The rapidly-growing “Noticias Telemundo Digital Team” provides continuous content to US Hispanics wherever they are, whenever they want it. Noticias Telemundo also produces award winning news specials, documentaries and news event such as political debates, forums and town halls.

Source: Nielsen L+SD IMP, 2/12/17. TEL #1 SLTV (vs UNI, UMA, AZA, ETV). Shareablee, 2/6/17-2/12/17.

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The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria’s border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.

The withdrawal followed a late Sunday statement by the White House that the United States would not intervene in a long-threatened Turkish offensive into northern Syria. The announcement, which signaled an abrupt end to a months-long American effort to broker peace between two important allies, came after a call between President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 

Erdogan said in a speech Monday that the withdrawal began soon after their phone call.

A U.S. official confirmed to The Washington Post that American troops had left observation posts in the border villages of Tel Abyad and Ras al-Ayn at 6:30 a.m. local time.

The fast moving developments threatened a fresh military conflagration in a large swath of northern Syria, stretching from east of the Euphrates River to the border with Iraq. Syrian Kurds had established an autonomous zone in the area during more than eight years of Syria’s civil war.

Ankara, however, has been increasingly unnerved by the Kurdish presence, and the close ties between U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish fighters and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, a militant group that has fought a long insurgency against the Turkish state.

For months, Erdogan has been threatening an imminent invasion, as Trump administration officials attempted to work out an accommodation that would satisfy Turkish demands for border security while providing a measure of protection for the U.S.-allied Syrian-Kurdish force.

But on Sunday, the United States appeared to throw up its hands. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the Turkish leader would “soon be moving forward” with dispatching troops to battle the Kurdish forces, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. Ankara views the group as a terrorist-linked entity, but they have fought closely with the U.S. military as a primary partner against the Islamic State. 

“The United States armed forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial ‘caliphate,’ will no longer be in the immediate area,” Grisham said in a statement. ISIS is another name for the Islamic State, the militant group whose rise drew the U.S. military into Syria. 

The SDF said the U.S. troops had already begun pulling out and criticized them for not fulfilling their obligations.

“The United States forces have not fulfilled their obligations and withdrew their forces from the border area with Turkey,” the statement said. “This Turkish military operation in north and east Syria will have a big negative impact on our war against Daesh and will destroy all stability that was reached in the last few years.” The statement used the Arabic acronym for ISIS. 

It added that the group reserved the right to defend itself against Turkish aggression.

Erdogan, who has portrayed a Turkish incursion as necessary to protect his country’s borders, has spoken in recent weeks of resettling millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey in a “safe zone” in northern Syria, a plan that has been criticized by refugee advocates as well as local Syrian Kurds who could be displaced by such a proposal.

On Saturday, Erdogan said the invasion, dubbed Operation Peace Fountain, could begin “as soon as today or maybe tomorrow.”

U.S. officials depicted the impending offensive, and the U.S. troop withdrawal, as a dramatic turn after their prolonged attempt to hammer out an arrangement that would allay the Turks’ concerns about Syrian Kurdish forces close to their border, while also averting a battle they fear will be bloody for Kurdish fighters who the Pentagon see as a stalwart ally. 

Military officials point out that Kurdish assistance is still required to avoid a return of the Islamic State in Syria and to guard facilities where Islamic State militants and their families are being held. 

 A senior U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an evolving situation, said the U.S. government “has no idea” what the Turkish operation would look like, whether it would be a small, symbolic incursion or a major offensive intended to push 30 or 40 kilometers into Syria. 

 U.S. officials said an operation deep into Syria could further jeopardize the security of ISIS prisons. “There are many potential disastrous outcomes to this,” the official said.

The White House announcement comes only two days after the Pentagon completed its most recent joint patrol with Turkish forces, a central element of the U.S. effort to build trust in northern Syria. But a series of similar patrols and other measures overseen from a joint U.S.-Turkish military hub in southern Turkey have not reduced Ankara’s impatience to establish the buffer zone it has envisioned. 

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper described ongoing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in northern Syria, saying that his Turkish counterpart had agreed in a call last week “that we need to make the security mechanism work.”

In negotiations, the United States had said it would agree to a strip along the border to be cleared of Syrian Kurdish fighters and jointly patrolled by the United States and Turkey on the ground and in the air. That strip is about five miles wide, only about a quarter of what the Turks have demanded.

The joint patrols are taking place in only about a third of the border length with the idea of gradually expanding them. In addition to not liking U.S. terms for the agreement, Erdogan believes the United States is dragging its feet in implementing it.

“Mr. Trump gave the order, he ordered to pull out. But this came late,” Erdogan told reporters in Ankara on Monday. “We cannot accept the threats of terrorist organizations.”

Erdogan’s plan to send up to 3 million Syrian refugees into the 140 mile-long strip is also counter to what the United States says was part of the agreement they had reached to allow only the 700,000 to 800,000 refugees who originally fled the area to resettle there. Turkey currently hosts more than 3.6 million Syrian refugees, but the government has recently begun deporting hundreds back to Syria as public sentiment turns against the migrants.

Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesman for Erdogan, wrote on Twitter that Turkey has no interest in occupying or changing the demographics in northeastern Syria and that the “safe zone” would serve two purposes: secure Turkey’s borders and allowing refugees to return home.

After months of warning about the turmoil such a move could have, U.S. officials said they are now watching Turkey’s actions closely to inform their own decisions about how quickly they must move the hundreds of troops expected to be affected. 

 “We’re gonna get out of the way,” another U.S. official said. 

There are about 1,000 U.S. troops in northeast Syria. 

The SDF also predicted that Islamic State fighters would break out of prison camps the SDF manages in different areas of Syria.

The potential for greater risk to Islamic State prisons and camps comes after months of unsuccessful efforts by the Trump administration to convince countries in Europe and elsewhere to repatriate their citizens.

The White House statement said that “Turkey will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters” in that area. “The United States will not hold them for what could be many years and great cost to the United States taxpayer,” Grisham said. 

Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey had “an approach to this issue” of ISIS, without specifying what it was.

The United Nations is also concerned about the impact any Turkish operation would have on the protection of civilians in northeast Syria, Panos Moumtzis, U.N. regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said in a telephone interview.

“We wanted our message to all governments and actors on the ground to make sure that this latest development does not have an impact first of all on a new displacement of people,” he said.

The U.N. already provides services to approximately 700,000 people every month in the northeast. Moumtzis emphasized the importance of freedom of movement of civilians, and ensuring the continuation of access to humanitarian groups. He stressed that any movement of Syrians must be done voluntarily and with safety and dignity.

“We have not had any specific instructions on [the safe zone],” he said, adding that the UN has a contingency plan depending on how wide and deep the safe zone would be.

The planned offensive comes amid already heightened U.S. tensions with its NATO ally Turkey, over Ankara’s plans to operate a sophisticated Russian air defense system. 

Fahim reported from Batman, Turkey. Sarah Dadouch in Beirut and Dan Lamothe contributed to this report.

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They turned away and gave her their backs.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder by CPD rank and file about midnight Saturday at the University of Chicago Medical Center when she approached them on the 7th floor as they grappled with the shootings of two fellow officers.

Chicago Police Officer Ella French was shot and killed during a traffic stop Saturday night in West Englewood, while her partner continues to fight for his life at the hospital. Three people are in custody.

Just moments before about 30 officers turned their backs on the mayor, Lightfoot tried to talk to the male officer’s father, who himself is a retired Chicago police officer. He clearly wanted nothing to do with Lightfoot, according to two sources who were there.

The father excoriated the mayor and blamed her for what had happened. One source said Lightfoot handled herself well as the father yelled at her. She listened and treated him with respect.

It was then suggested that Lightfoot say a few words to nearby grieving officers, but as she approached, they all walked away from her and to the other side of a bank of chairs — and turned their backs, the sources said.

“They did the about-face — it looked like it had been choreographed,” said one of the sources present, calling it “astounding.”

Lightfoot then went downstairs to speak to reporters at a news conference about the shooting.

“The police officers’ decision to turn their backs on the mayor while waiting with the family on the 7th floor was significant,” FOP President John Catanzara told me in an interview.

“Turning their backs on the mayor was an excellent example of how the hundreds of police officers felt waiting outside the hospital,” Catanzara said.

Officers no longer support Lightfoot’s leadership, Catanzara said.

“They have had enough and are no longer going to remain silent anymore.”

In a statement released Monday afternoon, the mayor’s office said in part: “The mayor was present at the emergency room to offer support and condolences to the families involved and the hundreds of line officers and exempts who were there, which she did. In a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected. The mayor spoke to a range of officers that tragic night and sensed the overwhelming sentiment was about concern for their fallen colleagues.

“As the mayor stated . . . now is not the time for divisive and toxic rhetoric or reporting. This is a time for us to come together as a city. We have a common enemy and it is the conditions that breed the violence and the manifestations of violence, namely illegal guns, and gangs.”

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at a news conference Sunday after two police officers were shot in West Englewood.
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President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team announced on Monday several nominees and appointments for the incoming administration’s top economic posts.

The transition team confirmed CNBC’s earlier report that former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen would be Biden’s official nominee for Treasury secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be the first woman to serve as the department’s leader in its 231-year history.

As part of the same announcement, Biden nominated Neera Tanden to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget. If confirmed, Tanden would be the first woman of color to lead the OMB.

In prepared remarks, Biden said, “As we get to work to control the virus, this is the team that will deliver immediate economic relief for the American people during this economic crisis and help us build our economy back better than ever.”

“They will work tirelessly to ensure every American enjoys a fair return for their work and an equal chance to get ahead, and that our businesses can thrive and outcompete the rest of the world,” he added.

Following the transition team’s announcement, Yellen took to Twitter to describe the critical state of the U.S. economy. The Twitter post was also notable as Yellen’s first ever.

“We face great challenges as a country right now. To recover, we must restore the American dream — a society where each person can rise to their potential and dream even bigger for their children,” she wrote. “As Treasury Secretary, I will work every day towards rebuilding that dream for all.”

Macroeconomic and national security advisor Wally Adeyemo was nominated to serve as deputy secretary of the Treasury. He previously served as the chief of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the deputy director of the National Economic Council and deputy national security advisor.

If confirmed, Adeyemo would be the first African American deputy secretary of the Treasury.

“I think the first thing to say is they’re all experienced and qualified,” Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan, said of Biden’s picks in an email. “In most cases they will need little learning curve and can do their jobs from day one.”

“Of course they lean left, but these are not radicals,” he added. “We won’t be talking about MMT or other heterodox or untried approaches to economic policymaking.”

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(CNN)Boeing’s 737 MAX jets will remain grounded for weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday afternoon that the plane maker continues to work on a software fix.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – All 33 passengers and one crew member are assumed dead after a tragic boat fire early Monday that occurred in open water off the California coast.

Authorities reported in a press conference Tuesday that the remains of 20 victims had been recovered, including 11 females and 9 males. Fourteen victims remain missing. Approximately four to six bodies were discovered in the wreckage but were unable to be recovered by nightfall.

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester announced that the Coast Guard was suspending search efforts, as “no additional signs of distress or debris has been witnessed.” Rochester said the nearly 24-hour search operation included seven missions and three helicopters crews, covering an area of 160 miles.

The boat had six crew members and the 33 passengers when it became fully engulfed in flames during a recreational scuba diving trip. The passengers and one crew member were assigned to bunk-beds on the bottom of the deck. Five crew members sleeping on the top deck jumped off and took a dinghy to safety. Two had minor injuries.

What caused the fire? California dive-boat fire highlights need for more than one exit from sleeping quarters

The crew members took their dinghy to a private fishing boat, The Grape Escape, that was anchored near the north shore of Santa Cruz Island. The boat’s owners said two of the crew members went back to look for survivors but found no one. 

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire. Authorities said Tuesday that there was no indication that an explosion had occurred. Passengers were unable to get out because both the main stairwell and escape hatch were likely blocked by fire. It is unclear if passengers were actually asleep when they perished, Rochester said.

Rochester said the boat was equipped with a fixed firefighting system, as well as various portable extinguishers. She could not immediately confirm when the system was last tested.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the victims range from teenagers to senior citizens. A majority appear to be from the Santa Cruz region.

Authorities had not confirmed the victims’ cause of death, and autopsies were underway. Brown said that many, if not all, of the victims will need to be identified through DNA analysis. Investigators will be coordinating with family members to collect DNA samples for comparison purposes.

“The devastating impact on so many families and so many people in this community is evident. That is certainly very troubling,” Brown said.

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said, “You couldn’t ask for a worse situation” than that of the deadly dive boat fire near Santa Cruz Island.
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Brown said the boat was upside down in relatively shallow water with receding tides that were moving the vessel around. A 3,000-foot temporary flight restriction was established around it. Authorities said it was under discussion whether to tow the vessel to shore or examine it on site.

Authorities opened a family assistance center where counseling was being provided to relatives of those onboard. None of their names were immediately released.

At least two students and their parents, whom may have been aboard during the incident, were reportedly from Pacific Collegiate School in Santa Cruz, according to KCBSTV

“Our hearts and prayers are with the families of the victims and those yet missing, particularly those of our students,” Head of School Maria C. Reitano said in a statement sent to the Salinas Californian. “Right now, our priority as a school community is to support our students, staff, and families.”

Authorities responded Monday to a 3:30 a.m. mayday call of a boat engulfed in flames off Santa Cruz Island, about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles, the Coast Guard said at a news conference later that day.

“The call was garbled, it was not that clear, but we were able to get some information out of it to send vessels,” said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney.

Coast Guard crews, the Ventura County and Santa Barbara County fire departments, and Vessel Assist responded to the call regarding the 75-foot commercial diving vessel called Conception and operated by Truth Aquatics out of Santa Barbara Harbor.

The boat had been anchored in an area called Platts Harbor at Santa Cruz Island, part of the five-island Channel Islands National Park and technically a part of Santa Barbara County.

‘The flames were 30 feet tall’: Boat owner describes saving distressed crew members after Santa Cruz Island boat fire

Truth Aquatics, a Santa Barbara-based company, was founded in 1974. It had been chartered by Worldwide Diving Adventures, which says on its website that it has been taking divers on such expeditions since the 1970s.

The names of the passengers on the boat were not available as of Monday evening. Truth Aquatics said the list of all the people aboard was in the hands of the Coast Guard.

Authorities said Monday afternoon they were still working to notify next of kin of those who died. Four families had not yet been connected with investigators as of Tuesday.

A spontaneous memorial for the victims popped up at Santa Barbara Harbor Tuesday. Jennifer Stafford came to the seaside memorial with heart-shaped pins and flowers to tie to the wharf. The longtime Santa Barbara woman said she wanted to find a way to help.

“I just brought them along to see if I could give them to family members so they would have a touchstone,” she said, after hugging a woman who said she had a family member who was still missing. The woman wore one of Stafford’s pins.

Stafford said one man had a fallen to his knees sobbing at the memorial, where flowers, leis and candles had been left. A pair of flippers hung from a post with the words “We love you Conception” written on them.

“People are in shock,” Stafford said. “If they lost a family member or best friend or coworker … it’s shocking and it’s so sad.”

Rodriguez reported out of McLean, Virginia. Hauck reported out of Chicago. Contributing: Cheri Carlson, Gretchen Wenner and Megan Diskin, Ventura County (California) Star; The Associated Press. 

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WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he plans to appoint Mark Morgan, a border patrol chief under former President Barack Obama who supports Trump’s border wall, to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

“I am pleased to inform all of those that believe in a strong, fair and sound Immigration Policy that Mark Morgan will be joining the Trump Administration as the head of our hard working men and women of ICE,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Morgan, who headed border patrol for six months, came out in support of Trump’s border wall in January.

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Trump’s hardline immigration policy is likely to be a top issue in the 2020 presidential election. The wall has been one of Trump’s top goals since the 2016 campaign, but has so far failed to materialize amid opposition from Democrats and lack of an agreement on how to fund it.

(Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

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For many Kenosha residents, Saturday morning was starting like the five mornings before them since Jacob Blake’s shooting by the police last Sunday, after a night of large, peaceful protests demanding justice and equality.

Hundreds took to the streets, some working to patch damage and doll up the blistered city, 40 miles south of Milwaukee in Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Michigan, by painting rainbows and hearts on boarded-up businesses.

Others continued with marches in honor of Blake, who is severely wounded and in hospital, and Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, two protesters shot dead when armed outside agitators appeared on the streets and caused chaos on Tuesday night.

A 17-year-old, white, self-styled vigilante and pro-police campaigner, Kyle Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, is in custody charged with two murders.

But for the more than 56 people related to the protests who have been arrested in Kenosha since Sunday night, the days have been anything but predictable.

On Friday evening, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) activist group, along with its Milwaukee and Chicago chapters, held a rally and press conference in Kenosha alongside local protesters who have been out on the ground all week. The protest called for community control of policing, limiting the scope of police power and an end to “repressive and inhumane jailing tactics” that disproportionately incarcerate Black Americans.

After the national guard and federal agents were deployed to the city, videos began to circulate on social media of what are believed to be federal agents in unmarked vehicles apprehending people.

Two of those apprehended were Kenosha residents and college students, Adelana Akindes, 25, and Victor Garcia, 23. Since released, they gave their accounts at the rally on Friday of being shoved into unmarked cars and transported to jail cells holding as many as 14 people – without ever being charged with a crime.



Adelana Akindes cries after she was released from jail in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Photograph: Matt Marton/EPA

“What if no one knew I was in there? What if no one knew we were alive?” Akindes wondered aloud as she fought back tears while addressing the crowd.

Akindes, who was arrested late on Wednesday night, claims she was not allowed a phone call for more than 24 hours while she sat in jail. She described how the detainees were denied medical care, medicine and access to the bathroom.

When Garcia was arrested, he said he didn’t know if he was being taken away by an “armed, white supremacist militia group” or the police because none of his arresting officers wore any identification.

“They didn’t just arrest us,” he said. “ They kidnapped and abducted 30 of us [Wednesday] night. They picked the wrong people to do that to. They picked the wrong community to do that to.”

Frank Chapman, executive director of the NAARPR, urged the young protesters to press on with their campaign.

“What you’re doing here in Kenosha is working towards liberation for us all. There are more of us than there are them, remember that,” he told the rally.

Police on Wednesday had charged in Swat-style when a group of people filled cans at a gas station and then hopped into a minivan with Oregon plates.

A bystander’s video shows officers leaping out of black SUVs with guns drawn shattering the van’s window with a baton, unlocking the door, pulling people out and taking them into custody.

The group turned out to be members of Riot Kitchen, a Seattle-based organization that serves food at demonstrations.



A woman hands flowers to a member of the Wisconsin national guard standing by as people gather for a vigil for Jacob Blake on Friday. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Jennifer Scheurle, a director of the group, said her members were buying gas to power a generator for their food truck.

The Riot Kitchen members were charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct, but all were free by Friday morning.

“We reject all claims that our crew was there to incite violence or build explosives,” said Scheurle. “Our non-profit organization has always been and will always be about feeding people.”

The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday called on Wisconsin’s governor, Tony Evers, and the state attorney general, Josh Kaul, to investigate the actions of law enforcement officers in Kenosha during protests. The shooting of Jacob Blake is already under state and federal investigation.

This week, however, the Kenosha police chief, Daniel Miskinis, asserted that more people will be arrested if they continued to break curfew, which was imposed after Blake’s shooting and begins at 7pm.

Miskinis also said that Tuesday night’s deadly shootings would not have happened if people were not out after curfew.

Kenosha alderman Anthony Kennedy, who spoke in support of Miskinis this week, told the Guardian that actions ranging from Blake’s shooting to the brutality against protesters and the mishandling of Kyle Rittenhouse, who walked through police lines without being apprehended after opening fire on protesters on Tuesday, were not representative of the Kenosha police department he knows.

“I was shocked and horrified and disgusted after seeing that video [of Jacob Blake] especially given what we just saw with George Floyd,” said Kennedy. “But what I saw is not reflective of the professionalism I see when I interact with the police or when my constituents need them.”



A woman reacts at a vigil, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, on Friday. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Following the rally led by mainly Black and brown organizers and speakers, the organization led a march through the city with mainly white participants. About 15 cars followed behind as protesters marched through the residential neighborhood surrounding Kenosha county courthouse. Organizers handed out political education flyers and pamphlets to homeowners as they marched through the racially diverse middle-class neighborhood.

As the protest exited the housing neighborhood and made it to the courthouse as curfew approached, two large trucks carrying more than a dozen national guard troops drove through. Though a few protesters attempted to form a wall to stop the trucks, organizers reminded them that they weren’t there to escalate violence.

Kobi Guillory, an organizer with the Chicago NAARPR chapter and a recent college graduate, emphasized the importance of putting Kenosha residents at the center of the protests after the incidences of outside agitators causing trouble in the city.

“The easiest way to know what people want and need is to ask them, and what Kenosha organizers said they needed was more people,” he said. “They didn’t want anyone coming in here and escalating anything in their community.

“We saw the power in that when the national guard drove through the protest and they didn’t mess with us because there were so many people here. We have safety and power in numbers,” he told the Guardian.

The goal of the night was to leave their mark while making sure no one else had to endure mistreatment in Kenosha county jail, he said.

Akindes reminded the crowd that inequality in the criminal justice system and unlawful tactics for apprehending people at recent protests is widespread.

“There are so many people who are in [jail and prison] for years just because they’re Black, just because they’re Latino, just because they’re Indigenous,” Akindes shouted.

“Just because they’re not part of the capitalist, white supremacist class that runs this country.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting

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Wilbur Scoville ganhou um Doodle do Google com direito a um jogo que simula o ‘teste da escala quente’ de pimentas. Hoje, o Google celebra o nascimento do químico há 151 anos (1865-1942). Scoville, além de receber a homenagem desta sexta-feira (22), é conhecido por ter inventado um método de avaliação do nível de ardência de vários tipos de pimenta, a famosa Escala de Scoville, disponível abaixo em app. 

Escala Scoville; app salva de pimenta ‘muito quente’

O Doodle do Google, além de animado, é interativo. No jogo, os usuários devem fazer com que um sorvete acerte a pimenta para acabar com a ardência na boca de Scoville, após o químico prová-la. O leite, muito presente no sorvete, é um dos principais componentes neutralizadores do ardor da pimenta.

Doodle de Wilbur Scoville brinca com jogo que usa ‘teste da pimenta’ (Foto: (Foto: Reprodução/Google))

A cada degustação que Wilbur Scoville prova, uma pimenta diferente e as suas propriedades e curiosidades também são reveladas. Após terminar as “lutas”, que você pode ganhar (e aí desbloquear “novas pimentas” para enfrentar) ou perder (e fazer com que Scoville caia no chão com a boca “pelando”), um sistema de compartilhamento dos resultados do jogo nas redes sociais é exibido.

Ralador de pimenta bloqueia Wi-Fi e deixa todo mundo ’em família

O Doodle foi produzido pela artista e doodler do Google Olivia Huynh. Para a designer, a melhor parte do trabalho foi desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville. “O conceito de picante é universal, cômico, e foi o que tentei usar para criar esse jogo de luta”, explica Huynh, em post do Google.

“Fiz storyboards de como poderia ser, rascunhos e testamos um protótipo. Depois vieram os cenários e animações. Desenhar as pimentas e as reações de Scoville foram minhas partes favoritas”, conta. 

Doodle também é informativo, detalhando tipos de pimentas  (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Escala de Scoville

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville nasceu em Bridgeport, nos Estados Unidos, em 22 de janeiro de 1865 e morreu em 10 de março de 1942. O trabalho do americano como farmacêutico é reconhecido mundialmente: criou o Teste Organoléptico de Scoville, que gerou a já conhecida Escala de Scoville.

Com este método, Wilbur Lincoln Scoville definiu o grau de pungência de vários tipos de pimenta, através da detecção da concentração de capsaicina, substância responsável pela ardência da pimenta.

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O teste é um Procedimento de Diluição e Prova. Scoville misturava as pimentas puras com uma solução de água com açúcar, e quanto mais solução fosse necessária para diluir a pimenta, mais alta seria sua picância. Depois disso, o método foi melhorado e foram criadas as unidades de calor Scoville (Scoville Heat Units, ou SHU).

Doodle Wilbur Scoville (Foto: Reprodução/Google)

Uma xícara de pimenta que equivale a 1.000 xícaras de água é uma unidade na escala de Scoville. A substância Capsaicina, que gera a ardência nas pimentas, equivale a 15 milhões de unidades Scoville.

A pimenta mexicana Habanero chega a 300 mil, uma “Red Savina Habanero”, modificada, tem 577 mil, e a Tezpur indiana, 877 mil.

Entretanto, este não foi o único trabalho de Scoville. “The Art of Compounding” (A Arte dos Compostos), de 1895, é um de seus livros, que foi usado como referência na farmacologia até os anos 60.

Scoville também publicou um livro com centenas de fórmulas de perfumes e outras essências, que foi chamado de “Extract and Perfumes” (Extratos e perfumes).

Em 1922, Scoville recebeu o Prêmio Ebert, e em 1929 ganhou a sua Medalha de Honra Remington e o título de Doutor honoris causa em Ciências pela Universidade de Columbia. O pesquisador morreu no dia 10 de março de 1942, deixando mulher e dois filhos.

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Former Trump adviser Roger Stone claimed on Wednesday that North Korea had interfered in the U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to assert that fraudulent activity was prevalent during the November election.

Stone, who has previously spoken of his respect for some members of the QAnon conspiracy theory movement, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to investigators in connection with the Mueller probe into Russian election meddling during Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump commuted Stone’s sentence in July.

With the Electoral College expected to meet on December 14, Trump has intensified his claims of widespread election fraud. Democrat President-elect Joe Biden was widely projected to be the winner of the election despite Trump’s protestations. During an interview on The Alex Jones Show, Stone said he had received further proof of election fraud.

“I just learned of absolute incontrovertible evidence of North Korean boats delivering ballots through a harbor in Maine, the state of Maine,” Stone said. “If this checks out, if law enforcement looked into that and it turned out to be true, it would be proof of foreign involvement in the election.”

Newsweek reached out to the Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions for comment.

Stone told Jones that he prayed daily for Trump to be “strengthened” in his fight against “an epically corrupt deep state that has no problem in what appears to be the cyber-manipulation of the votes of the American people.”

Roger Stone, former adviser to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that he had knowledge of “incontrovertible evidence” of election fraud.
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In a July interview, Stone praised some members of the QAnon movement as “great patriots.” Many of the theories espoused by QAnon adherents revolve around Trump leading a covert battle against Democrats, some members of the business community and individuals in the entertainment industry. According to the theory, those individuals are involved in pedophilia, human trafficking and satanic worship.

While Trump has declined to distance himself from the QAnon movement, his claims that Democrats conspired to win the election have continued. On Wednesday, Trump released a 46-minute long video on his Twitter feed detailing his allegations of election fraud.

“The Democrats had this election rigged right from the beginning,” Trump said, citing claims of voting machine manipulation, improper mail-in ballots and insufficient signature checks.

Trump has alleged that many of the mail-in ballots, which skewed Democratic, were illegally counted. Those ballots allegedly helped swing the election in Biden’s favor. “If we are right about the fraud,” Trump said, “Joe Biden can’t be president. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of votes.”

Trump’s legal team has filed litigation in some battleground states contesting the election process. However, many of those lawsuits have been dismissed by judges.

“What a disaster this election was,” Trump said. “A total catastrophe, but we’re going to show it, and hopefully the courts—in particular, the Supreme Court of the United States—will see it and respectfully, hopefully, they will do what’s right for our country.”

According to the Associated Press, Biden was projected to win the election with 51.3 percent of the popular vote to Trump’s 47 percent. Biden received 306 electoral votes, more than the 270 electoral votes required to be officially declared president. Although some litigation on behalf of Trump is still ongoing, states have until December 8 to certify their election results before the Electoral College convenes on December 14.

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Parkland is feeling more pain.

A week after the suicide of a former student, a Marjory Stoneman High School student has taken his life, Coral Springs police confirmed Sunday.

The news of the double tragedy comes just as students are out of school this week for spring break.

Investigators told the Miami Herald that the male student died in “an apparent suicide” on Saturday night. He was a sophomore and attended Stoneman Douglas last year at the time of the Feb. 14 shooting that claimed 17 lives on campus.

It isn’t known whether his death can be linked to the school shooting, police said. They did not release his name.

The death follows the suicide of a recent Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate, Sydney Aiello, who took her life after being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office told NBC News that Aiello died from a gunshot wound to the head.

“How many more kids have to be taken from us as a result of suicide for the government / school district to do anything? Rip 17 + 2,” former Stoneman Douglas student and gun-control activist David Hogg said Sunday on Twitter.

If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

Ryan Petty, father of Alaina Petty, a 14-year-old freshman who was one of 17 people murdered on Feb. 14. 2018, told the Miami Herald the student who died Saturday also died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Petty founded a suicide prevention foundation called the Walk Up Foundation after his daughter’s death. He said “the issue of suicide needs to be talked about.”

“This is another tragic example,” Petty said, who has partnered with Columbia University for his Foundation.

Since the Valentine’s Day shooting that killed 17 and traumatized an entire student body, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School regularly report to trauma counselors after breaking down in tears. They panic when fire alarms drag on even moments too long. Reports of widespread absences are common.

But with news emerging of two suicides in the past week involving a sophomore boy and a recent graduate, just as students leave campus for spring break, faculty at the Parkland school worry that their students may not be receiving the help they need away from campus. They also are concerned that recent changes at the school may be negatively affecting kids.

Grief therapists working with Parkland families are mobilizing on Sunday to figure out the best way to provide help. They also are concerned that students will be off this week.

“I’m afraid there will be more [suicides] to come,” said Greg Pittman, an American History teacher at MSD. “I’m just kind of concerned that they’re away from their support to a degree.”

He said the reassignment of the high school’s three assistant principals and a security specialist, administrators who were with the school during the mass shooting, has affected the mental health of the students who need help the most.

“The kids need help and many of them that do need help are not getting any,” Pittman said Sunday. “They want to talk to people that were there.”

Pittman, who taught Sydney Aiello, said he has spoken with students directly about their concerns over the changing structure of their school. He said more mental health resources may be needed.

“Many of them think that they don’t need help,” he said. “That only their friends who were there understand. More resources probably would help, but also the resources that knew them [are] leaving.”

During a meeting Friday between the district and the faculty, Pittman said Broward Chief Officer of School Performance and Accountability Valerie Wanza acknowledged it was a mistake to remove the administrators students had grown accustomed to seeing.

“I thought it was a mistake then and even more so now,” he said.

He said his students are under “tremendous pressure,” some having seen their friends die or seeing their bodies on the floor after the shooting.

Pittman, who was at the school during the shooting, regularly sees a therapist and takes medication for emotional distress.

“I didn’t witness it, but many of these kids had to witness their friends dying,” he said. “What they have seen, I’m concerned we’re gonna see more.”

On Twitter Sunday, Ryan Petty posted “17 + 2” with a breaking heart emoji, a somber reminder of the growing tally of the massacre.

“I’m afraid that Sydney did it, and now this other kid has done it…” Pittman said. “I don’t know how long it will take but we need more help.”

This article will be updated as more information becomes available.

Superintendent Robert W. Runcie will hold a press conference to provide a progress report on recommendations for school districts outlined in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s initial report

Source Article from https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article228350134.html

El cambio de sexo de Bruce Jenner, la confesión de Charlie Sheen y el escándalo de Bill Cosby fueron sólo algunas de las noticias más populares de este año. A continuación te mostramos cuáles fueron las más comentadas.

Adiós Bruce, hola Caitlyn

En junio de este año, el ex campeón olímpico Bruce Jenner sorprendió al mundo entero al presentar su nueva identidad: Caitlyn. Desde entonces, el ex padrastro del clan Kardashian se convirtió en la voz de los transexuales, generando admiración y críticas en todas partes del mundo.

Bill Cosby sumergido en el escándalo

Este fue un duro año para uno de los comediantes más respetados de EE.UU. Bill Cosby pasó de ser un símbolo del humor a convertirse en un supuesto agresor, luego de que varias mujeres revelaran que el actor había abusado sexualmente de ellas. El panorama empeoró cuando aparecieron documentos legales donde éste confesaba que a varias las había drogado y violado.

  

La (in)esperada confesión de Charlie Sheen

En las últimas semanas Charlie Sheen se convirtió en un tema obligado, luego de que el polémico actor apareciera en un programa estadounidense revelando que era VIH positivo y que estaba siendo chantajeado. Al poco tiempo de su confesión, aparecieron diferentes mujeres demandándolo, ya que supuestamente él jamás les había informado de su estado de salud.

  

Madonna es rechazada

El año no podría terminar sin que Madonna estuviera entre los hitos más destacados. Sin embargo, lo que más llamó la atención durante estos meses no fue algún concierto o nuevo álbum de la reina del pop, sino que por aparecer como invitada sorpresa en el show de Drake en Coachella. Y por supuesto, como hablamos de Madonna, siempre tiene que haber algo que marque su aparición. Esta vez le dio un beso al rapero, quien no pudo disimular su cara de asco en ese momento. Una imagen que continúa en la mente de muchos.

 

Muerte Bobbi Kristina Brown

A principios de 2015, la única hija de Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, fue encontrada inconsciente en la tina del baño de su casa y permaneció en coma por varios meses. Finalmente, en julio falleció. Hasta hoy en día no se sabe exactamente qué fue lo que le pasó, pero el novio de la joven Nick Gordon, aparece como un posible involucrado.

  

La “gracia” de Enrique Iglesias

A finales de mayo, Enrique Iglesias acaparó todas las portadas por una “gracia” que quiso hacer durante un concierto en México. No, no se trata de lanzar a un público un trofeo, como sucedió en Viña del Mar, sino que de tratar de atrapar un dron con una de sus manos. Su intento le significó diversos cortes, por lo que tuvo que ser sometido a cirugía reconstructiva y le significó estar ausente de los escenarios por alrededor de un mes.

  

“El sol” deja de brillar en pleno concierto

No fue un buen final de año para Luis Miguel. El cantante fue duramente criticado por sus fanáticos en México, luego de que abandonara conciertos tras ser pifiado por suspender los shows tras 15 minutos. Pese a que había acusado problemas de salud, a las semanas siguientes se presentó en Chile. Aunque presentó mejoría, esta semana el intérprete de “La incondicional” suspendió su gira por Estados Unidos, pues no ha logrado recuperarse completamente.

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A Justice Department watchdog is expected to strongly criticize FBI officials for being careless in their pursuit of obtaining wiretaps on a former Trump campaign aide during the start of the Russia probe, but not find they were acting with a bias toward President TrumpDonald John TrumpApple CEO Tim Cook promises to fight for DACA, user privacy DOJ urges Supreme Court to side with Trump in ongoing legal battle over tax returns Giuliani associate willing to inform Congress of meeting between Nunes and former Ukrainian official: report MORE, The New York Times reported Friday afternoon.

But the highly anticipated report from the Department of Justice inspector general (IG) is also expected to say top agency leaders did not act with a bias toward against President Trump in terms of how they undertook the probe.

In particular, the DOJ IG, Michael Horowitz, faulted Kevin Clinesmith, a lower-level lawyer, for altering an email that bureau officials then incorporated in their effort to renew a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant on Carter Page. 

The DOJ watchdog has referred his findings about Clinesmith, who resigned two months ago, to prosecutors for a potential criminal charge, the Times reported.

Horowitz also reportedly found omissions and errors in documents seeking the wiretap for Page, who had served previously on the Trump campaign and was suspected of working as an unregistered foreign agent in 2016.

And while the Times reports that Horowitz will sharply rebuke the top brass at the FBI over their handling of the counterintelligence probe — which was examining whether members of the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia— his investigation did not find that anti-Trump bias among senior leaders like former FBI director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyDOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias: report Trump predicts ‘historic’ conclusions from DOJ’s watchdog report on ‘spying’ 3 reasons why impeachment fatigue has already set in MORE, deputy director Andrew McCabeAndrew George McCabeDOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias: report CNN’s McCabe restricted from talking about DOJ IG report The curious timeline for taking down Trump MORE, and former counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok influenced the investigation.

While the report, set to be publicly released Dec. 9, appears to confirm long-held GOP allegations that officials did not follow the proper protocols in obtaining the Page FISA warrant, the report also disputes their allegations that individuals like Comey, McCabe and Strzok acted on biases towards the president.

Horowitz’s report also debunks claims that the so-called Steele dossier compiled by the former British spy Christopher Steele was used by officials to launch the investigation, as well as allegations that some of the information came from the CIA officials.

Democrats and Republicans are likely to seize on different parts of the report, particularly at a time when House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is looming over the Trump administration. 

The FBI obtained a FISA warrant on Page in October of 2016 and renewed the wiretap three subsequent times.

And during one of those renewal processes, Clinesmith is said to have altered an email from an official working at another federal agency by adding his own personal assertion to a message laying out several factual assertions, allowing his view point to appear as if was the author of the email rather than his own, the Times reports.

This manipulated email was then added into a group of documents Clinesmith compiled for another FBI official to read ahead of them signing an affidavit that is given to the surveillance court, which attests under the penalty of perjury that the information in the wiretap application is both “true and correct.” 

Clinesmith, who worked on both the investigation into Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonDOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias: report Intel officials told senators Russia wanted to pin election meddling on Ukraine: report Trump says Pompeo would ‘win in a landslide’ if he ran for Senate MORE‘s email server and the Russia probe, was removed from special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerTrump says he’ll release financial records before election, knocks Dems’ efforts House impeachment hearings: The witch hunt continues Speier says impeachment inquiry shows ‘very strong case of bribery’ by Trump MORE‘s team after Horowitz discovered text messages sent from officials that disparaged Trump.

Horowitz’s referral has reportedly been sent to Connecticut U.S. Attorney John DurhamJohn DurhamDOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias: report Trump predicts ‘historic’ conclusions from DOJ’s watchdog report on ‘spying’ FBI official under investigation for allegedly altering document in Russia probe: report MORE, who was assigned by Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrDOJ watchdog expected to say FBI erred, but absolve top leaders of anti-Trump bias: report Lawmakers introduce bill to help police access digital evidence during investigations Trump predicts ‘historic’ conclusions from DOJ’s watchdog report on ‘spying’ MORE to probe the origins of the Russia investigation. The referral suggests that Durham’s inquiry could turn into a criminal investigation.

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La familia del cura Viroche está segura de que lo asesinaron

Juran que Juan Viroche no se suicidó

Luego de cinco días de silencio, una de los familiares del cura Juan Viroche decidió hablar. Según le confió a LA GACETA todos los allegados están seguros de que no se trató de un suicidio, como creen los investigadores, sino de un homicidio por las denuncias públicas que el sacerdote realizó contra los “transas” de La Florida y Delfín Gallo. En ese sentido, detallaron que hay varias razones que les hacen creer en esa hipótesis, y dos de ellas están relacionadas con lo que se encontró en la capilla. Además, tras la muerte, la familia comenzó a atar cabos sobre algunas situaciones sospechosas que habían sufrido en los últimos tiempos. 

Un fiscal indaga sobre el decreto que el PE ocultó por 387 días

Se firmaron giros millonarios a la Cámara

El Gobierno deberá explicar en tribunales porqué se mantuvo en secreto durante más de un año un decreto mediante el que se reasignaron partidas en favor del Poder Legislativo. Ayer, el fiscal Washington Navarro Dávila libró oficios al Poder Ejecutivo y solicitó informes al secretario general de la Gobernación, Pablo Yedlin, para conocer del decreto 2.941/3 (SH). El instrumento, rubricado el 16 de septiembre de 2015 por José Alperovich, dispuso el envío de $ 550 millones a la Cámara, para el pago de sueldos.

La secuestraron y la amenazaron para que no denunciara a “narcos”

Una referente de “Madres del pañuelo negro” fue subida a la fuerza a un auto. La retuvieron más de tres horas

Durante la mañana y el mediodía del sábado, una de las referentes de Madres del Pañuelo Negro, el grupo que lucha contra la droga en Tucumán, fue retenida por delincuentes que querían evitar que viajara a Buenos Aires a dar una entrevista. Entre otras amenazas, los “narcos” le dijeron que si seguía haciendo denuncias “iba a terminar velando a un familiar”. Tras una crisis de nervios, se animó a realizar la denuncia. Se ordenó una custodia permanente para ella.

Una cena a oscuras se convirtió en un viaje al mundo de los ciegos

Mozos y anfitriones no videntes

El viernes se realizó en El Árbol de Galeano el Buio Bar, una cena completamente a oscuras en la que los comensales se dejaron llevar y servir por anfitriones y mozos ciegos. El objetivo es experimentar, aunque sea por unas horas, como viven las personas no videntes y preguntarles todo lo referido a sus sensaciones. Voces sin rostro que encienden la imaginación y derriban los prejuicios de la imagen.

 Los Tarcos es el nuevo líder de la Copa de Oro LA GACETA

Los “Rojos” derrotaron 27-6 a Universitario y se subieron a la cima del Regional, torneo que ganaron por última vez en 2004. Como escolta quedó Tucumán Rugby, que parece haber recuperado la confianza: venció otra vez a Huirapuca y en la próxima fecha se medirá con las “Serpientes” en Ojo de Agua. Tarcos, en tanto, se cruzará con “Huira”. 

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U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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Along one rugged stretch of the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens routinely cross the border into the United States illegally. A shortage of basic services in rural Texas, such as health care, means U.S. citizens rely on Mexican services and rarely pass through an official port of entry on return.

Informal, unregulated crossings have been a fixture of life for generations in rural communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Today, however, with the unrelenting focus on border security, this kind of unfettered back-and-forth by U.S. citizens is rare.

“We’re citizens. We’re U.S. citizens that have to go to get help in Mexico,” said Loraine Tellez, a resident of the unincorporated town of Candelaria in West Texas. She said that the help principally involves health care.

There are two towns here, hamlets really, both remote within their own countries yet a stone’s throw from each other across the Rio Grande — San Antonio del Bravo in Mexico and Candelaria in Texas. Their combined population is estimated by residents to be approximately 150 people.

If you are in Texas and get sick or have an accident, you can walk across the river — using ropes to cross above the water — to a clinic in San Antonio del Bravo where treatment and medicine are free, paid for by the Mexican government even if you’re a U.S. citizen. In the U.S., the nearest hospital is a long drive away in Alpine, Texas.

“A 10-minute walk versus three hours to the hospital,” Tellez said, detailing her options.

It’s not a violation of U.S. law to walk into Mexico. However, returning back to Candelaria is. The official port of entry is a 90-minute drive away.

All this back-and-forth has created an unspoken but clearly understood relationship between residents and the U.S. Border Patrol. Mike Shelton is the U.S. Border Patrol agent in charge for the region that includes Candelaria and a group of tiny river towns.

Border Patrol agent Mike Shelton. “The Border Patrol doesn’t want to admit that things like this are going on,” he says, “but the reality of the situation is it does.”

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“The Border Patrol doesn’t want to admit that things like this are going on, but the reality of the situation is it does,” Shelton explained. He said agents are trained to use their judgement on a case-by-case basis. “We want these agents to reason for themselves: ‘Is what I’m about to do going to further the interests of the government and society?’ “

“Just because we can take enforcement action doesn’t necessarily mean we should,” Shelton continued. “We don’t want agents to put people’s lives at risk simply because [the agents] are blindly following the letter of the law. It’s about being human.”

This area is also a well-trodden corridor for both human and drug smugglers. Residents said they’ll tell agents if they have any misgivings about strangers they don’t recognize.

“That’s our way of helping them in order for them to help us,” said Evelyn Lozano, 18, who said she has seen human smugglers passing through the region on multiple occasions.

Lozano is a U.S. citizen but effectively lives in both countries, with school in Texas during the week and weekends with family in San Antonio del Bravo. Lozano must travel three hours round trip each weekday to attend school in the border city of Presidio, Texas, because Candelaria does not have a school. Nor does it have a grocery store or gas station.

“They know that we are crossing illegally,” Lozano said of Border Patrol agents working in the area from a small base in Candelaria. “But they do understand the fact that we do need to cross sometimes in order to get help, in order for us to get food, in order for us to survive. So that’s why we go to Mexico, because we don’t get that help here in Texas.”

The help is reciprocal. Some Mexican citizens receive their mail in Candelaria because there’s no postal service in San Antonio del Bravo. Their American relatives bring the mail across.

Tellez acknowledged that what is happening here flies in the face of border enforcement.

“Down deep in my heart it does make me feel guilty, but I have to do it sometimes,” she said. However, she and other residents said, they don’t flaunt what they’re doing.

They understand that the Border Patrol has a job to do.

Meanwhile, the delicate dance between otherwise law-abiding U.S. citizens and border agents will continue on this isolated section of the Rio Grande.

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Iba a ser el día de su jubilación. Con una ceremonia en el cuartel de Bomberos Voluntarios de Exaltación de la Cruz, Camila, la perra rescatista líder de la Brigada Canina K-9 de San Antonio de Areco, iba a recibir el último sábado una condecoración por esos doce años de servicio. Después, dejaría de trabajar. Pero el jefe de la brigada recibió un llamado de último momento que obligó a cambiar de planes. Y a suspender el retiro de Camila. Al menos por un día.

Necesitaban a los perros de la brigada para encontrar a los ocupantes del avión desaparecido. Luego de casi un mes de búsqueda, el sábado fueron encontrados los restos del avión que desapareció el 24 de julio tras despegar del aeropuerto de San Fernando. La aeronave estaba en una zona del río Paraná Guazú cerca de la desembocadura con el río Uruguay en Entre Ríos. Y la ayuda de la Brigada Canina K-9 de los Bomberos Voluntarios de San Antonio de Areco fue clave.

Camila, una de sus integrantes más viejas y más condecoradas, fue la que halló a los ocupantes del avión y les dijo a los investigadores dónde debían buscar para recuperar los cuerpos.

Guillermo Testoni, el jefe del cuartel de Bomberos Voluntarios de Areco fue quien tomó la decisión de suspender el retiro de Camila. Si alguien podía liderar esa búsqueda era ella. Y no se equivocó.

El lugar donde cayó el avión es un pantano difícil de penetrar. Los investigadores se desplazan en barcazas, cortando cañas para avanzar. Una persona no puede pararse sobre la turba que flota en el río y que rodea lo que queda del avión. Por eso se decidió usar drones y perros. Así fue como se convocó a la brigada canina K de los Bomberos Voluntarios de San Antonio de Areco, que funciona a unos 80 kilómetros del lugar del impacto.

Camila es una perra negra de patitas blancas que llegó a la brigada en 2005, tenía pedigrí de labradora pero que resultó ser una perra callejera con grandes dotes para la investigación. “Nosotros decimos que es una perra BM, por Barrio Municipal. Es raza perro, pero con unas aptitudes fenomenales”, cuenta Testoni. De hecho, Camila, que tiene doce años, es la única perra de rastreo del país certificada dos veces en Estados Unidos y con premios internacionales.

Hace un año, a Camila le encontraron un tumor y para los miembros de la brigada canina fue un gran golpe. Hicieron quimioterapia y la perra logró ganarle la batalla al cáncer, pero el tratamiento la dejó bastante debilitada. Además, ya estaba bastante mayor como para seguir en funciones. El mismo día que iba a recibir una condecoración y el pase a retiro, Testoni recibió la llamada de que necesitaban los servicios de la brigada. Y si alguien estaba en condiciones de encontrar a los ocupantes de ese avión desaparecido era Camila.

“Se los entrena mediante el juego, con pelotitas para que puedan determinar en qué área hay restos humanos. Se les hace oler los rastros e incluso restos cadavéricos para que produzcan distintas respuestas según lo que encuentran. Para los perros, el premio es el juego. Cuando encuentran algo, se les da una pelotita, porque lo que quieren los perros es jugar”, explicó Testoni.

“Cuando la llevamos al lugar del accidente, Camila ladró y se sentó en la zona del cráter de la caída del avión. Ese ladrido significa presencia de restos humanos. Después la alejamos para ver si había más rastros en otra zona cercana, pero permanentemente Camila volvía al lugar de la cola del avión, que era lo único que sobresalía. No había dudas de que estaban allí adentro”, explicó.

Los investigadores siguieron esas pistas y poco después encontraron los cuerpos del piloto Matías Ronzano, del copiloto, Emanuel Vega y el dueño del avión, Matías Aristi. Así fue el último día de esta perra de rastreo antes de jubilarse, como sacado de una película norteamericana.

El día de su retiro, resolvió el misterio del avión desaparecido que mantuvo en vilo al país durante casi todo un mes. Según dijo Testoni, la Provincia se comprometió a hacerle una despedida con los honores que se merece.

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An all-male draft has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Texas, declaring that the “time has passed” for debating the role of women in the army
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A federal court ruling that it’s unconstitutional to require only men to register for the draft will increase the pressure on Congress to either expand the draft or eliminate it.

But as a practical matter, the decision by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller late Friday won’t change draft registration overnight. As of Monday, the Selective Service System still registers only men, and an 11-member commission appointed by Congress to study the issue is due to report back next year.

“The court ruling itself changes nothing as far as the commission is concerned,” said Joe Heck, the former Army general and congressman who chairs the National Commission for Military, National and Public Service.

That process could lead to any number of outcomes – only one of which is that women would be required to register for the draft.

Some questions and answers about women in the draft:

Q: Will the decision be appealed?

A: Justice Department spokeswoman Kelly Laco declined to comment Sunday. But lawyers involved in the issue say the government will probably have no choice but to appeal the ruling to defend an act of Congress. The next step would be the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Miller denied a stay of his ruling, so the government would likely seek first to temporarily block the ruling while it’s appealed.

Q: Didn’t the Supreme Court already decide this issue?

A: Yes. In 1981, the Supreme Court ruled in Rostker v. Goldberg that Congress had a reasonable basis to exclude women from the draft because at the time, combat positions were off-limits to women.

That law has not changed, Miller said. But the facts have.

“In the nearly four decades since Rostker, however, women’s opportunities in the military have expanded dramatically,” Miller said. “In 2013, the Department of Defense officially lifted the ban on women in combat. In 2015, the Department of Defense lifted all gender-based restrictions Thus, women are now eligible for all military service roles, including combat positions.”

Q: Has the draft registration process changed as a result of the decision?

A: In the short term, no. 

Miller made a declaratory judgment finding that the current system is unconstitutional. But, notably, he did not issue an injunction. There is no immediate court order requiring any particular change to the Selective Service requirement.

The Selective Service System said Monday that it is continuing its operations as usual.

“As an independent agency of the executive branch, the Selective Service System does not make policy and follows the law as written,” legislative liaison Jacob Daniels said in a statement.

“As such, until Congress modifies the Military Selective Service Act or a court orders Selective Service to change our standard operating procedure, the following remains in effect: (1) Men between ages 18 and 25 are required to register with Selective Service and (2) Women are not required to register with Selective Service.” 

Q: Does the decision mean women will be required to register with the Selective Service?

A: Not necessarily. If the district court’s ruling is upheld, it could mean one of three things: 

► Women would have to register for the draft at their 18th birthday, just like men;

► Selective Service would be eliminated entirely, and neither men nor women would have to register; or

► Selective Service would become voluntary and men and women could continue to register, but would not lose any benefits if they fail to do so.

“There are several different potential outcomes that the commission is considering,”  Heck said. “That’s why it’s so important that we talk not just to policy experts but the American public.”

The commission will hold a public hearing on the issue on April 24 and 25 at Gallaudet University in Washington, and is seeking public comment at inspire2serve.gov.

More: Should women be required to register for the draft? Commission likely to recommend big changes

Q: What is the Pentagon’s position?

A: The Department of Defense wants to keep the Selective Service System as a backstop to the all-volunteer military. And in a report to Congress in 2017, it went on record to support including women.

“It would appear imprudent to exclude approximately 50 percent of the population – the female half – from availability for the draft in the case of a national emergency,” officials said at the time. “And, if a draft becomes necessary, the public must see that it is fair and equitable. For that to happen, the maximum number of eligible persons must be registered.”

Even if there’s never a draft, the Pentagon sees benefits to an all-volunteer force from including women in Selective Service. One such benefit: The number of recruiting leads that the Pentagon could target with direct mail would double.

Q: What is President Trump’s position?

A: Shortly before President Barack Obama left office, Obama expressed support for universal draft registration regardless of sex as “a logical next step.” 

President Donald Trump has been mostly silent on the issue. In a 2017 memorandum to the commission studying the draft, Trump asked the panel to “ensure close examination of … the feasibility and advisability of modifying the Selective Service process to leverage individuals with critical skills for which the Nation has a need without regard to age or sex.”

Q: Why do we need Selective Service, and what happens to the draft if it goes away? 

A: President Richard Nixon ended the draft in 1973, as the United States was attempting to wind down its involvement in the Vietnam War.

President Jimmy Carter created the Selective Service System in 1980, after Russia invaded Afghanistan. The intent was to identify a pool of young men available to be drafted in case of a national emergency.

But the United States drafted men into war even before draft registration, and could do so again. 

The Constitution gives Congress the power to “raise and support Armies.” The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that this gives Congress the power of conscription.

Q: How are transgender people handled in the draft?

A: President Donald Trump has moved to ban transgender people from the military. According to the Selective Service System, the registration requirement is based on the sex observed at birth and not on gender identity. However, if the draft were to resume, men who had transitioned to women could file for an exemption.

While Friday’s court ruling did not specifically address the transgender issue, it made clear that men and women should be treated equally in draft registration.

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