Congressional leaders issue letter to Border Patrol on migrant crisis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Congressional leaders are now stepping in to address the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border.Now, three U.S. representatives are demanding more answers from Border Patrol.Hungry, cold and begging for blankets, hundreds of migrants say they’ve been waiting between the two border walls for days.“I think having hundreds of people sit in rows like this is inhumane,” said volunteer Thomas Jefferson Kline, who has been giving migrants food and supplies. “I don’t know what I would do if I were Border Patrol, but it looks like just a prison.”U.S. Representatives Juan Vargas, Robert Garcia and Delia Ramirez sent a letter to Border Patrol saying in part:"As U.S. Members of Congress, we are appalled by the mistreatment of any individuals seeking asylum. No one can be subjected to ill-treatment and held in life-threatening conditions." 5 ‘glamping’ sites for wary campers near San Diego The representatives pointed out Border Patrol guidelines migrants shouldn’t be held in cus...

Killing of alleged collaborator exposes Palestinian tensions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — There was no mourning tent for 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth. There were no banners with his portrait, no chants celebrating his martyrdom.Instead, a bulldozer dropped his bullet-riddled body into an unmarked grave, witnesses said.The day after six masked Palestinian gunmen shot and killed al-Ghaleeth over his suspected collaboration with Israel, his family and friends refused to pick up his body at the morgue, the public prosecution said. He was buried in a field cluttered with discarded animal bones and soda cans outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus.It was a grim end to a short life. The April 8 killing in the Old City of Nablus — the first slaying of a suspected Israeli intelligence collaborator in the West Bank in nearly two decades — riveted the Palestinian public and cast a spotlight on the plight of collaborators, preyed on by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The case has laid bare the weakness of the Palestinian A...

China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat response

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — China has announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat in retaliation for Ottawa’s ordering a Chinese consular official to leave over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family. The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said China was deploying a “reciprocal countermeasure to Canada’s unscrupulous move,” which it said it “firmly opposes.” It said the Canadian diplomat based in the business hub of Shanghai has been asked to leave by May 13 and that China “reserves the right to take further actions in response.” Canada earlier on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong. A senior government official said Toronto-based diplomat Zhao Wei has five days to leave the country. The Associated Press

UN report: Female Afghan UN employees harassed, detained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Some Afghan women employed by the United Nations have been detained, harassed and had restrictions placed on their movements since being banned by the Taliban from working for the world body, the U.N. said Tuesday. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers informed the United Nations early last month that Afghan women employed with the U.N. mission could no longer report for work. “This is the most recent in a series of discriminatory – and unlawful – measures implemented by the de facto authorities with the goal of severely restricting women and girls’ participation in most areas of public and daily life in Afghanistan,” the U.N. said in a report on the human rights situation in the south Asian country.Taliban authorities continued to crack down on dissenting voices this year, in particular those who speak out on issues related to the rights of women and girls, the report said.The U.N. report cited the March arrest of four women who were released the following day during a prot...

1 dead in possible road rage shooting in Marina Del Rey; suspect on the run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

A man in his 20s was found dead following a possible road-rage shooting that happened at a busy intersection in Marina Del Rey Monday afternoon.It happened around 12:15 p.m., near the intersection of the 90 Freeway and Lincoln Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Video from Sky5 showed a dark-colored Volkswagen sedan parked in the roadway with a white investigation tent partially covering the vehicle. Those tents are often seen at the site of homicides. Several cars damaged in Woodland Hills road-rage incident (video) "The Los Angeles Fire Department responded and after attempting life-saving measures, the man was determined dead at the scene," LAPD Detective Sean Kinchla said. "The suspect vehicle is described as a dark Kia and was last seen leaving the scene northbound Lincoln." Detectives believe both vehicles were traveling northbound on Lincoln Boulevard when they stopped in traffic just south of the 90 Freeway. They think that both drivers got out of the...

Charles Barkley says Warriors are ‘cooked’ vs. Lakers, but Shaq disagrees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

If it wasn’t clear what the Hall of Famers on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” thought of the Warriors, their immediate reactions after the Warriors lost Game 4 to the Lakers to fall behind 3-1 in this series made it clear.Charles Barkley declared that the Warriors are “cooked” for this series, while Shaquille O’Neal says the defending champions still have a great chance to win the series.Barkley has been antagonistic towards the Warriors for years, oftentimes to a comical extent. Already in this postseason, he guaranteed a Kings victory in Game 5 before Golden State went on to win in Sacramento in that same game.Now, Barkley is ready to declare the Warriors as dead, saying, “Cooked. They’re cooked. This series is over. Whether in five or six [games], it’s over.”Chuck on the Warriors: "They're cooked. This series is over." pic.twitter.com/ISRUnbXpxW— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 9, 2023But at the start of the segment, O’Neal was asked by Ernie Johnson what the chances are of...

Walker’s 459-foot blast helps D-backs beat Marlins 5-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker has hit nearly 100 homers in his big-league career, so he knows a well-struck baseball when he feels it. The 459-foot moonshot he launched into the second deck at Chase Field ranks right up there with his best.Walker hit his sixth homer in the past eight games, Zac Gallen threw seven quality innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Monday night.Walker needs three more homers to get to 100, which might not be a big milestone to some. But for the 32-year-old first baseman, who didn’t really get established in his big leagues until he was in his late 20s, it’s a sign that his hard work continues to pay off.“To be honest, the numbers are cool, but as long as I’m showing up and contributing to the offense, wherever the totals fall, they fall,” Walker said. “Just to show up, feel competitive and be a part of his lineup is exciting.”The Diamondbacks finished with 13 hits and improved to 20-15 this season. The...

Ohtani, Drury lead Angels to 6-4 victory over Astros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had a pair of RBI doubles, Brandon Drury drove in the go-ahead run with a triple in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.Taylor Ward had three hits and Hunter Renfroe homered for the Angels, who bounced back after being outscored 26-9 in losses to Texas on Saturday and Sunday.“It’s awesome. The fight that we have to show that relentlessness throughout the lineup it’s pretty cool. It feels like we’re never out of it,” Ward said.It is also the third time in the past six games the Angels have come back to win when they either trailed or were tied after seven innings. David Hensley homered for the Astros, who have dropped five of six.Ohtani tied it at 4-all in the fifth inning with a line-drive double off the wall in right-center to drive in Taylor Ward. The Japanese two-way star, who takes the mound for his eighth start of the season on Tuesday, also had a run-scoring double ...

Tres comandantes de la Yihad Islámica entre los numerosos muertos en ataques israelíes contra Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:11 GMT

Gaza y Jerusalén (CNN) — Tres comandantes de la Yihad Islámica se encontraban entre las al menos 12 personas muertas en los ataques de aviones y helicópteros israelíes contra múltiples objetivos en Gaza a primera hora de este martes.El Ministerio de Sanidad de Gaza informó que al menos 12 personas habían muerto y 20 habían resultado heridas en los ataques aéreos hasta las 5 de la mañana, hora local, y advirtió de que el número de víctimas podría aumentar.“Los equipos de ambulancias siguen evacuando a las víctimas de las zonas atacadas por la ocupación”, declaró el Ministerio de Sanidad, refiriéndose a Israel.Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (IDF, por sus siglas en inglés) confirmaron que lanzaron ataques aéreos antes del amanecer en Gaza, diciendo que era una “respuesta a la agresión incesante por parte de la organización terrorista Yihad Islámica”.Tensión en Medio Oriente: ataques cruzados desde Israel y Gaza tras operación israelí en la mezquita de al...