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US uses dormant court to seek deportation of Afghan woman accused of aiding terror plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan woman accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the U.S. is the first person facing deportation through the Trump administration’s use of an obscure court…
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3mTrenton forces State Senior American Legion title game with victory over GSM
Trenton topped the Greater Southern Maine Riders, 3-1.
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3mWitness to a fatal ICE shooting in Houston is released from immigration detention
A witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent was released from a detention center Wednesday after spending weeks in custody following the deadly encounter. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was one of three men riding in a work van July 7 being driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by […]
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2mFreedom adopts new rules aimed at curbing rowdy behavior at popular swimming spot
The policy does not include mechanisms for enforcement and does not specifically say how officials will determine who qualifies as “local residents.”
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5mMan convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. A message seeking comment […]
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2mACLU of Maine seeks monetary damages from feds for 'violent' immigration arrests
Three incidents in Maine are among 54 claims being brought nationwide under the Federal Tort Claims Act.