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UNITED STATES—A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Felix Chavez was assaulted while on duty on Monday, March 25. CBP agents were tracking suspected illegal immigrants near the South Eagle Pass Station where Sector Chief Patrol Agent Chavez reported that his agents were able to apprehend one of the individuals when the rest jumped into the Rio Grande River. While...

CALIFORNIA─XpressWest, a high-speed train that will transform transportations in Southern California and Las Vegas, received $200 million of private activity bonds from Nevada after the state approved industrial development revenue bonds to assist with construction on Friday, July 24. The Nevada State Board of Finance approved the project after the California Finance Committee allocated $600 million in tax-exempt bonds to...

WESTWOOD—In March, former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton paid a visit to Westwood, lecturing at UCLA's Royce Hall before engaging in a 40-minute question-answer discussion with the audience. As Clinton leads-up to a possible 2016 presidential campaign, a Washington Post article revealed the details of a communication between university officials and Clinton's brass, information obtained under the...

UNITED STATES—The Trump administration and the United States Department of Justice are working together on a proposal to expedite the trials and use of the death penalty for individuals found guilty in mass shootings. A recent mass shooting occurred in the Midland-Odessa area of Texas on August 31, resulting in the deaths of 7 people, and 19 others were injured....

UNITED STATES—It was a race between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States of America. On Tuesday, November 8, Americans hit the polls to cast their vote for president, and in the wee hours news outlets announced that Donald J. Trump won enough electoral votes to become President. Pushing...

UNITED STATES—The Missouri Department of Transport (MoDOT) issued an apology to a student for cropping out his T-shirt in a photograph on demolition day of the Old Champ Clark Bridge on Friday, October 18. Mitchell Lemons, 13, of Nebo, Illinois won a raffle allowing him the opportunity to hit the switch for the demolition of the old Champ Clark Bridge....

SEATTLE, WA—The Seattle Police Department (SPD) released footage of an October 15 incident when a man charged at a police officer with a burning piece of lumber in the South Lake Union area. Brian Joseph Leil, 37, whose identity was confirmed by the SPD to Canyon News was approached by a police officer in an alley between Dexter Avenue and...

GLENDALE, AZ—Well it’s a national holiday, even though it’s not labeled on the calendar. Its Super Bowl Sunday! Where football, family, sports fanatics, and great food all bond for one day in America. In one corner, you have the team that is considered on of the best in the league, the New England Patriots. In the other corner, you...

CALIFORNIA—Patagonia, a California-based outwears company, uses a slogan, ‘VOTE THE A**HOLES OUT,’ behind tags to encourage people to vote for the coming election. The labels are attached to Patagonia’s Regenerative Organic Stand-Up Shorts for men and women. Outlander Magazine first reported the political label and shared an image on Saturday, September 12 on Twitter. After the tags went viral on...

UNITED STATES—Video footage of a November 21 school bus incident has surfaced of  a 14-year-old student in Hamilton County, Florida who was beaten by other teens on the school bus. American Diaries posted the attack on Twitter, showing several students physically attacking the victim, who was believed to be wearing a Make America Great Again hat. https://twitter.com/FoyeWalkerPA/status/1205212681604599808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1205212681604599808&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Famgreatness.com%2F2019%2F12%2F12%2Fteen-hospitalized-after-being-savagely-attacked-on-florida-school-bus-for-wearing-trump-hat%2F President Trump’s campaign manager, Brad...