Eagle Pass residents rally to have state return Shelby Park
Residents say they can no longer access the park after the state seized it against the city’s wishes in January.
Trump visits Wisconsin town shaken by migrant crime: ‘Crossed Kamala’s wide-open border’
Former President Trump campaigned in the Wisconsin town of Prairie du Chien on Saturday, making migrant crime a core part of his speech after a rape suspect was arrested in the small, rural community. The rally, which was supposed to take place outside, but was moved indoors due to a Secret Service staffing shortage, focused on migrant crime. During the speech, Trump referenced the arrest of assault suspect Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, 26, who is an alleged member of Venezuela’s violent Tren de Aragua migrant gang. Earlier this month, Zarate was charged with sexual assault, battery, strangulation and suffocation, in addition to false imprisonment, child abuse and disorderly conduct, according to WXOW. The suspect, who is accused of sexually assaulting a mother and abusing her daughter “under particularly brutal circumstances,” was arrested in Prairie du Chien on Sept. 6. WHITE HOUSE MUM AMID OUTRAGE OVER DATA SHOWING HOW MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS ARE IN US “Just this month, right here in this beautiful town, police arrested an illegal alien member of a savage Venezuelan prison gang known as Tren de Agua,” Trump described. “These are really bad ones. This vile monster was charged with holding a mother and daughter captive against their will and sexually assaulting them again and again and again.” The Republican presidential candidate also took aim at his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been criticized for her border policies. “This animal crossed Kamala’s wide open border, along with hundreds of thousands of others that are worse than him, that are worse than him,” Trump continued. “He was arrested and released in the sanctuary city of Minneapolis.” WALZ ROASTED AFTER DECLARING ‘WE CAN’T AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS’ AT RALLY “And by the way, I’m going to end all sanctuary cities immediately upon taking over,” he added. Last week, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R–Wis., told Fox News Digital that the community of Prairie du Chien was shaken by the arrest. Van Orden’s grandchildren live less than a mile away from the house where the mother and daughter were abused. “Why should a town of 5,500 people… be afraid of letting their kids play in their front yard?” the politician said. “It wasn’t like this three years ago.” Van Orden noted that Wisconsin’s farming industries rely on migrant labor, but stressed the need to enact immigration reform for the sake of public safety. “I’ve been to the border three times….They let a guy in the country with gang tattoos, and you get a medical screening before you come over the border. They give them a medical exam, because they don’t want people coming over with tuberculosis,” the Republican congressman said incredulously. Fox News Digital’s Christina Coulter contributed to this report.
Who was Hassan Nasrallah?
NewsFeed Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader killed by Israel, has a mixed legacy; revered by many for standing up to Israel for decades, but loathed by others for fighting the Syrian opposition to Assad’s rule. Here’s how his life and death unfolded. Published On 28 Sep 202428 Sep 2024 Adblock test (Why?)
At least 17 killed in mass shooting in South African town
Police say a manhunt has been launched after the attack in the southeast of the country, were mass shootings have lately become common. Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two houses in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, according to the police. A search was under way for the suspects, national police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a statement on Saturday. The shooting took place on Friday night in the town of Lusikisiki in Eastern Cape province in southeastern South Africa. Video released by police showed the shooting occurred at two houses in the same neighbourhood, which is a collection of rural homesteads on the outskirts of the town. Twelve women and a man were killed in one house and three women and a man were killed in the other house, police said. Four women, one man and a two-month-old baby survived. Local media reported that the people were attending a family gathering at the time of the shooting, but the motives for the killing remains unknown. Manhunt under way Police minister Senzo Mchunu told a media briefing on Saturday that a team of detectives and forensic experts had been deployed. “We have full faith and confidence in the team that has been deployed to crack this case and find these criminals. Either they hand themselves over or we will fetch them ourselves,” Mchunu said. “We do not know the motive” and “we do not know if there is one or several suspects on the run”, national police chief Fannie Masemola said on SABC public television. South Africa, a country of 62 million, recorded 12,734 homicides in the first six months of this year, according to official crime statistics from the police. That is an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the biggest cause of death in those cases. Mass shootings have also become increasingly common in recent years, sometimes targeting people in their homes. Ten members of the same family, including seven women and a 13-year-old boy, were killed in a mass shooting at their home in the neighbouring KwaZulu-Natal province in April 2023. Firearm laws are reasonably strict in South Africa, but authorities have often pointed to the large number of illegal, unregistered guns in circulation as a major problem. Adblock test (Why?)
Israel kills Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut: What does this mean for Hezbollah?
Hezbollah’s leader for the past 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday evening. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, and other Hezbollah commanders were also killed in the massive air attack on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Israeli military claimed. Just more than a week ago, Israel also killed senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut. These events come just two months after Hamas’s political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed by Israel in Iran. The deaths of Nasrallah and other leaders in these unprecedented attacks on Lebanon and during the mass detonation of pagers and handheld radios belonging to Hezbollah commanders earlier this month have left the group facing a potential power vacuum. Israel has claimed this as a huge victory, but observers fear an escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran, backs Hezbollah. So what will happen next? Who was Hassan Nasrallah? Nasrallah, 64, became Hezbollah’s third secretary-general in 1992, after his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, was killed by Israeli missiles. Hezbollah (Party of God in Arabic) is an Iran-backed group formed in 1982 to fight Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon. It finds most of its support among Shia Muslims. Nasrallah reached the peak of his popularity in Lebanon and beyond in 2006 after a war with Israel. His speeches, which combined political and religious elements, also contributed to his widespread appeal. Critics, however, have also viewed Nasrallah as a leader of a Shia party fighting for Iranian interests, particularly after he sent fighters to help crush a 2011 uprising in Syria against Iran’s ally, President Bashar al-Assad. Since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, Nasrallah has given televised speeches extending support for Hamas, while Hezbollah has exchanged cross-border missiles with Israel. In his last speech on September 19, he addressed the pager attacks in Lebanon. What do we know about Israel’s attack on Nasrallah? On Friday evening, Israel carried out a wave of air raids on the densely populated Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut. These continued through to early on Saturday, forcing thousands of residents to flee the area. On Saturday, Israeli forces said they had targeted Hezbollah’s headquarters and killed Nasrallah. Following hours of speculation, Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s death. At least 11 people were killed and 108 wounded in the attacks, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. Israel media says about 85 so-called “bunker-buster” bombs were used in Friday’s attack. Also known as “ground penetration munition”, these missiles burrow deep into the ground before they detonate and weigh between 2,000 to 4,000 pounds (900-1,800kg) each. The Geneva Convention has outlawed their use in densely populated areas. Dahiyeh is a densely packed Beirut neighbourhood, and the Israeli missiles flattened multiple residential buildings. Who will succeed Nasrallah and how will this be decided? Hezbollah’s seven-to-eight-member shura council is expected to convene to decide who will now lead the party. Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah’s executive council, is believed to be among the choices as the group’s new secretary-general. As executive council head, Safieddine oversees Hezbollah’s political affairs. He also sits on the Jihad Council, which manages the group’s military operations, and is Nasrallah’s maternal cousin. Following Israel’s recent pager explosions, Safieddine said Israel had initiated a “new confrontation” and the response to the attack would be a “special punishment”. How has Hezbollah responded to the latest attacks? In a statement on Saturday, in which it confirmed the death of Nasrallah, Hezbollah said it would continue its military operation in support of Gaza and the defence of Lebanon. It launched five rocket attacks into northern Israel following the announcement that Nasrallah had been killed, according to Al Jazeera correspondent Imran Khan, reporting from Marjayoun, Lebanon. Will Nasrallah’s killing weaken Hezbollah? While Hezbollah has been hit hard in the short term, analysts say it is unlikely that the group will be badly affected in the long run as one leader can be replaced with another and the group maintains its vast military arsenal and strength. Beirut is considered to be Hezbollah’s “weakest point” as it is also where Western embassies and people who are affiliated with Western intelligence agencies are, said Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran. Overall, however, “Israel does not have the capability to defeat Hezbollah militarily”, Marandi told Al Jazeera. Analysts say the group now faces strategic choices amid a temporary leadership vacuum rather than a full blow to its survival. “Hezbollah is not going to disappear,” said Yezid Sayig, senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Programme. It will “exercise strategic patience” even if Iran does not sweep in to defend them now, he added. Experts do believe, however, that Hezbollah has made other mistakes that have weakened it relative to Israel. “The big mistake that Hezbollah has made is to allow the Iranians to use them too much as a proxy,” said Sultan Barakat, senior professor in public policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. “Hezbollah were very effective when they fought for the liberation of the Lebanese land – for their own people.” For the last year, however, Iran has given them little agency around how to use weapons they were given, while the group has miscalculated how much violence Israel is willing to exert, not just on the people of Gaza, but on the Lebanese people as well, he told Al Jazeera. Is this a win for Israel? At the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday – before the latest strikes – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had one main message when he told members: “We are winning.” Israel is claiming this devastating assault on Hezbollah as a major victory. Experts largely agree that Israel will continue on the offensive. “Israel views it has momentum on its side following Nasrallah’s death and would want to take maximum advantage of a leadership vacuum,” Ali Rizk, a security and policy analyst, told Al Jazeera on Saturday. The perceived success of its assault
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Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with slew of violent crimes was released multiple times by Va officials
A Venezuelan illegal immigrant charged with a slew of crimes was released multiple times by authorities in Virginia despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pleas to transfer him into their custody, the agency said. ICE announced the arrest of 30-year-old Yohandri Roger Mosquera-Rosas, who is charged with malicious wounding, driving while intoxicated, hit-and-run and a number of gun crimes. He was arrested by ICE’s special response team in Springfield, Virginia on Sept. 12. Mosquera was released into the U.S. by border officials in October 2022. He was granted parole into the U.S. but violated the terms of his admission, the agency said. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER CONVICTIONS ROAMING US STREETS: ICE DATA He was arrested by Fairfax County police in January 2023 and charged with malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm, leaving a firearm loaded — endangering a child less than 14 years of age and using a firearm in commission of a felony. ICE issued a detainer, which is a request that the agency be notified when a suspected illegal immigrant is being released from state or local custody so they can take them into federal custody. “Sanctuary” jurisdictions do not honor detainers. In this case, the detainer was ignored, and Mosquera was released. He was arrested in June on a gun charge, and he was released before ICE could issue a detainer. He was arrested twice more on February 2024 and May 2024 for driving offenses, and ICE detainers were ignored again. Fox News Digital reached out to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office for comment. “Yohandri Roger Mosquera-Rosas’ charges render him a significant threat to the residents of our Northern Virginia neighborhoods,” ERO Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Liana Castano said in a statement. “Mosquera allegedly committed numerous firearms crimes, including one that apparently endangered a child. ERO Washington, D.C. will continue to prioritize the safety of our public by apprehending and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from our Washington, D.C. and Virginia communities.” ‘POLITICAL STUNT’: CRITICS DISMISS HARRIS’ EXPECTED ARIZONA BORDER VISIT AS IMMIGRATION REMAINS TOP ISSUE The announcement comes just as ICE revealed the number of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions who are on the agency’s non-detained docket. The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges. In a statement accompanying the latter, ICE took aim at so-called “sanctuary” cities, which refuse to cooperate with federal law enforcement in deporting illegal immigrant criminals. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS “ICE recognizes that some jurisdictions are concerned that cooperating with federal immigration officials will erode trust with immigrant communities and make it harder for local law enforcement to serve those populations. However, ‘sanctuary’ policies can end up shielding dangerous criminals, who often victimize those same communities,” it said. It also stressed DHS’ efforts to remove illegal immigrants: “From mid-May 2023 through the end of July 2024, DHS removed or returned more than 893,600 individuals, including more than 138,300 individuals in family units. The majority of all individuals encountered at the Southwest Border over the past three years have been removed, returned or expelled.”
Odisha orders Internet shut down for 48 hours in Bhadrak district in order to prevent spread of…
Earlier on Friday, tension flared up as the members of a particular community resorted to violent protests at Santhia in the Puruna Bazar police station area of the district over a controversial social media post.
‘It is abusive’: Iowa AG rips leading pediatric group for not ‘following the science’ for trans youth
EXCLUSIVE: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is doubling down on her calls for the country’s leading pediatric association to update its guidelines for transgender youth to include warnings about the risks of puberty blockers and other hormone treatments. Bird said the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “is involved in children’s healthcare in Iowa and all around the country, and we want them to update their policies right now.” “They say that puberty blockers are safe for kids and that it’s reversible, and the science doesn’t support that irreversible and causes permanent changes to children should they change their mind later,” Bird, who joined a letter signed by 20 state attorneys general this week to the AAP, said. ‘ABUSIVE’: PEDIATRICIAN GROUP’S SUPPORT FOR TRANS THERAPIES REBUKED BY STATE AGS On Tuesday, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sent a letter Tuesday to the AAP accusing the organization of abandoning “its commitment to sound medical judgment.” Bird, along with AGs from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Utah, as well as the president of the Arizona Senate and the speaker of the Arizona state House of Representatives, signed the letter. “That halt on what is fairly described as medical experimentation on children is long overdue – particularly since the majority of children initially diagnosed with gender dysphoria desist and ‘grow out’ of the condition by the time they are adolescents or adults,” the letter reads. “It is abusive to treat a child with biologically altering drugs that have an unknown physiological trajectory and end point. It is also inhumane to endorse such experimentation without a confident safety profile, especially if more times than not, it proves to be medically unnecessary.” BIDEN SLAMMED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER ANNOUNCING TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY ON EASTER SUNDAY As procedures for transgender youth have become a hot button issue in the culture wars, it’s an issue that former President Trump has vowed to address by restricting the accessibility of procedures to minors. Meanwhile, VP Kamala Harris’ stance is unclear, but the Biden-Harris administration backtracked earlier this year and said it supports overturning bans on sex change surgeries for children. According to unsealed documents published over the summer, health officials in the Biden administration successfully pressured the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to omit the age limit in its guidelines for transgender surgical procedures for adolescents. “I think there’s a clear difference between the candidates,” Bird said. “And here is just another example of Vice President Harris blindly following the liberal, progressive party line. And here, President Trump has the science, he has the facts and is supportive of the science here.” BIDEN OFFICIALS PUSHED TO DROP AGE LIMIT ON TRANS SURGERIES FOR MINORS: REPORT Last year, the AAP recommitted its pledge to support “gender-affirming care” and expanded its guidelines for pediatricians to “ensure young people get the reproductive and gender-affirming care they need and are seen, heard and valued as they are,” AAP CEO Mark Del Monte said at the time. AAP has published several reports on reaffirming transgender youth in their preferred gender identities. In January, the AAP published a report titled, “Prohibition of Gender-Affirming Care as a Form of Child Maltreatment: Reframing the Discussion,” which claimed that many bills aimed at restricting transgender treatments for children lead to poor mental health. Fox News Digital has reached out to AAP for comment.
RFK Jr mocks Kamala Harris’ favorite phrase with audience call-and-response at Michigan rally
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. involved a rally audience in a call-and-response joke at his Michigan rally this week. Kennedy spoke at the Falk Productions manufacturing facility in Walker, Michigan on Friday — participating in a campaign event hosted by Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump. During the rally, Kennedy mocked Vice President Kamala Harris for her frequent references to having been born in the “middle class” when asked to respond to a difficult question. HARRIS DODGES QUESTION ON LOWERING PRICES BY DESCRIBING ‘MIDDLE-CLASS’ ROOTS: NEIGHBORS ‘PROUD OF THEIR LAWN’ “All you have to know is seven words, and you never have to admit to doing anything wrong again,” Kennedy told the Michigan audience. “And you know what those seven words are? ‘I was born in the middle class.’” Kennedy instructed the rally-goers to repeat after him in a series of back-and-forths. “The next time your boss asks you why you were late for work, what are you gonna say?” Kennedy asked. JD VANCE TAKES APPARENT JAB AT KAMALA HARRIS SAYING SHE’S FROM A WORKING CLASS FAMILY “I was born in the middle class!” the audience responded. “And the next time your wife asks you why you didn’t take out the garbage, what are you gonna say?” Kennedy asked. “I was born in the middle class!” the audience responded. “That’s all you have to know and you don’t have to answer any questions!” Kennedy joked. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance also referenced the vice president’s tendency to bring up her middle class roots during a rally earlier this week. “They ask Kamala, of course, because she’s the vice president and she is the reason why we have sky-high inflation and a wide open border, ‘What are you going to do? What is your specific plan to solve the inflation crisis that’s making it unaffordable to buy groceries and housing?’ And Kamala will say, ‘Well, did you know that I grew up in a middle-class family? I had a very nice lawn back there in Berkeley, California,’” he continued. “It’s like, ‘Well, that might be true. What the hell does that have to do with lower inflation?’”