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    October 31, 2017 - 5:05 pm

    Suit seeks release of immigrant girl detained after surgery

    HOUSTON (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Tuesday to demand that it release a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy detained by Border Patrol agents after surgery because she is in the U.S. without legal permission. The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court in San...
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    October 26, 2017 - 3:41 pm

    Immigrant child with cerebral palsy detained after surgery

    HOUSTON (AP) — A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who entered the United States from Mexico without permission a decade ago is potentially facing deportation after having to cross a Border Patrol checkpoint in South Texas for emergency gallbladder surgery, a family lawyer said Thursday...
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    Crews work on a border wall prototype near the border with Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in San Diego. Companies are nearing an Oct. 26 deadline to finish building eight prototypes of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    October 20, 2017 - 12:09 am

    Trump's border wall models take shape in San Diego

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego. The prototypes form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels, including one with sharp metal edges on top. Another has a...
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    October 16, 2017 - 8:23 pm

    Authorities make final arrest in border agent's killing

    PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities in Mexico have arrested the final of seven defendants accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed a bungled federal gun operation, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga was arrested Saturday without incident and faces...
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    October 02, 2017 - 8:58 am

    Russia border guard killed in shootout near Ukrainian border

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top domestic security agency says one Russian border guard has been killed in a shootout with two men who tried to cross into Ukraine. The FSB said in a statement Monday the two men on Saturday opened fire when the officer who approached them in a Russian village that borders...
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    CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF FOOD CART- Military grade vehicles travel west on the east bound lanes of Interstate 10 in north Vidor, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. While several parts of the city are flooded, the northern side received extensive damage. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
    September 01, 2017 - 3:01 am

    The Latest: Officials raise Harvey-related death toll to 39

    HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Authorities are raising Harvey's death toll to 39 almost a week after the storm slammed into the Texas coast. Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley said Thursday night that the...
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    CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF FOOD CART- Military grade vehicles travel west on the east bound lanes of Interstate 10 in north Vidor, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. While several parts of the city are flooded, the northern side received extensive damage. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
    August 31, 2017 - 10:59 pm

    The Latest: Officials raise Harvey-related death toll to 39

    HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Authorities are raising Harvey's death toll to 39 almost a week after the storm slammed into the Texas coast. Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley said Thursday night that the...
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    CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF FOOD CART- Military grade vehicles travel west on the east bound lanes of Interstate 10 in north Vidor, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. While several parts of the city are flooded, the northern side received extensive damage. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
    August 31, 2017 - 9:45 pm

    The Latest: Floodwaters to recede around Houston by Saturday

    HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Officials say flood waters are expected to be gone from most of Houston and Harris County by late Friday or early Saturday. Jeff Lindner, meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District, said Harvey...
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    CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF FOOD CART- Military grade vehicles travel west on the east bound lanes of Interstate 10 in north Vidor, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. While several parts of the city are flooded, the northern side received extensive damage. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
    August 31, 2017 - 5:11 pm

    The Latest: White House says immigrants won't be targeted

    HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 4:10 p.m. The Trump administration is trying to assure victims of Harvey living in the country illegally that they will not be targeted as they try to access emergency services — as long as they haven't committed other...
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    Frances Breaux cries as she talks about her fears for two close friends who live near the Arkema Inc. chemical plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. Breaux said her close friends, an elderly couple that live close to the plant, have not been heard from Thursday. The Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in extensive floods was rocked by multiple explosions early Thursday, the plant's operator said. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    August 31, 2017 - 4:45 pm

    The Latest: Cars lining up for gas as supplies dwindle

    HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Filling fuel tanks is becoming increasingly difficult in parts of Texas where some stations were out of gas and pump costs have risen steeply. In Dallas, lines of cars a block long were common for the few gas...
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