Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation

Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter during Mexico cartel operation

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Claudia Pardo García was traveling with her husband and five children when she heard the rotors of a police helicopter hovering above their vehicle in the Mexican border city of Matamoros. Minutes later, her 7-year-old daughter had been shot in the head. Mother says police helicopter gunfire killed her 7-year-old daughter … Read more

Two detained after anti-ICE protest outside Los Angeles hospital; Nithya Raman condemns federal operation

Mayor-elect Nithya Raman condemned ICE agents after two people were detained near Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital during a late-night protest in Los Angeles. (Getty Images via AFP)

Federal immigration agents detained two people near Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights late Friday. The detention prompted protests, political backlash and renewed debate over immigration enforcement at healthcare facilities in Los Angeles. Mayor-elect Nithya Raman condemned ICE agents after two people were detained near Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital during a late-night … Read more

Monterey County Jail on lockdown as ICE agents launch targeted operation, protesters gather outside

Monterey County Jail on lockdown as ICE agents launch targeted operation (Pexel - representational image)

A California jail was the target of an ICE operation, drawing protesters demanding federal officers clear out as the facility went into lockdown. An individual who identified themself as an ICE operative told KSBW that agents were conducting a targeted operation involving people at the Monterey County Jail in Salinas. Monterey County Jail on lockdown … Read more

US launches nationwide operation targeting undocumented immigrants accused of SNAP fraud

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a nationwide operation targeting undocumented immigrants. (AFP)

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a nationwide operation targeting undocumented immigrants accused of fraudulently obtaining taxpayer-funded food assistance benefits, as the Trump administration expands its efforts to investigate alleged fraud involving federal programs. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a nationwide operation targeting undocumented immigrants. (AFP) ICE announced … Read more

Egypt says border operation targeted illegal mining after deadly strike

Egypt says border operation targeted illegal mining after deadly strike

Egypt’s military on Monday said it was carrying out an operation against illegal mining along its border with Sudan, after a rights group accused Cairo of launching an airstrike that killed dozens of Sudanese miners at a remote desert site. Egypt says border operation targeted illegal mining after deadly strike Emergency Lawyers, a group that … Read more

Yemen’s government declares a major operation against the Houthis, and other Mideast news

Yemen's government declares a major operation against the Houthis, and other Mideast news

Yemen’s internationally recognized government has announced a major military operation against the Iran -backed Houthi rebels as they advance in the outskirts of a key city. Yemen’s government declares a major operation against the Houthis, and other Mideast news Meanwhile, the Iranian parliament speaker who was the lead negotiator in direct talks with the U.S. … Read more

US Coast Guard suspends Bermuda-Boston plane search as 66-hour operation fails to locate bodies

US Coast Guard members search for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket island on October 3. (via REUTERS)

The United States Coast Guard announced on Sunday evening that they are suspending the search for the passengers on the air ambulance from Bermuda to Boston that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. US Coast Guard members search for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of … Read more

An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

An Iowa family lived on and worked its farmland for 84 years as Tom Woods gradually expanded the operation; now 1,209 acres are being split into 13 tracts and auctioned, ending a family land chapter

For 84 years, the Woods family lived on and worked a growing patchwork of farmland near Randalia in northeast Iowa. Tom Woods, who grew up in the area, steadily added acres to the operation as properties and funds became available, raising grain and cattle while also helping run a family wholesale business. Now that long … Read more

An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family’s 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase

An Ohio farmer watched gullies repeatedly cut through his family's 700-acre farm and decided to change how he worked the land; decades later, the family operation has grown to 8,000 acres while becoming a conservation showcase

The Kellogg story is also one of persistence. He began farming at 14 after his father left agriculture to care for his ill wife. By his senior year of high school, Bill was managing 700 acres, much of it through relationships with older farmers in the community. For Bill Kellogg, conservation did not begin with … Read more

Three Syrian security forces killed in anti-IS operation in south

Three Syrian security forces killed in anti-IS operation in south

Syrian security forces on Thursday announced the death of three members as they attempted to arrest a fugitive and dismantle an Islamic State group cell in the south. Three Syrian security forces killed in anti-IS operation in south A clash broke out in Daraa province, in Al-Sanamein, where security forces said they had imposed a … Read more