Day: July 19, 2023

Honduran migrant throws 1-year-old girl in the Rio Grande, authorities say

12:57 am July 19, 2023

A Honduran migrant tossed his young daughter into the Rio Grande while trying to illegally cross the southern border from Mexico into Texas, authorities said. On July 16, a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety and a Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant assigned to patrol the border under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone […]

Hornets’ Miles Bridges apologizes for ‘pain I caused’ and vows to make the most of his second chance

12:50 am July 19, 2023

Miles Bridges did not appear in any games during the 2022-23 NBA season and was the subject of a domestic violence investigation. On Tuesday, the Charlotte Hornets forward broke his silence and publicly apologized for the “pain and embarrassment” he caused. The 25-year-old signed a one-year, $7.9 million contract to return to the Charlotte, where […]

Migrant numbers drop sharply in June as Biden admin’s post-Title 42 strategy takes shape

12:16 am July 19, 2023

Migrant numbers at the southern border dropped sharply in June in the full first month after the ending of the Title 42 public health order and as the Biden administration implemented its post-Title 42 strategy — bringing numbers to the lowest in two years. There were 144,571 migrant encounters in June, compared to 207,834 in […]

NYU opens anti-racist class only to White public school parents: report

12:03 am July 19, 2023

New York University (NYU) hosted an all-White “anti-racism” workshop for public school parents in New York City, refusing to include minorities in a move that legal experts are calling, “blatantly discriminatory.” According to NYU the university’s program, dubbed “From Integration to Anti-Racist Workshop Series (FIAR), included a “series of six monthly workshops designed specifically for […]

Chargers’ Austin Ekeler demands answers from NFL owners amid depressed running backs market

12:01 am July 19, 2023

The lack of running backs landing long-term, lucrative contracts has been widely debated throughout this NFL offseason. Monday marked the last day for franchise-tagged players to reach an agreement on new contracts. But, the deadline came and went without a few notable running backs signing deals. Saquon Barkley, Tony Pollard and Josh Jacobs all remain […]