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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican’s latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.

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Young people shut out of the labor market or burned out from overwork are being hired by their parents to do housework and be on hand whenever needed.

The unarmed Black man who was attacked by a police K-9 while surrendering to authorities with his hands up earlier this month told emergency dispatchers that officers were “trying to kill” him and he did not feel safe pulling over, according to audio recordings of his 911 calls.

A surveillance team gathered a swab of Rex Heuermann’s DNA from leftover pizza he threw in the trash, the district attorney said. Watch on The Whole Story, Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.

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The U.S. Justice Department has threatened legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott over the 1,000-foot floating barrier that the state deployed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass earlier this month.

“We write to inform you … that the United States intends to file legal action in relation to the State of Texas’s unlawful construction of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande River,” the Justice Department said in a letter sent to Abbott’s office on Thursday. The department gave the state until 1 p.m. Central on Monday to avoid legal action by responding with a commitment to remove the barrier.

“The State of Texas’s actions violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government’s ability to carry out its official duties,” said the letter, which was signed by Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim and Jaime Esparza, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas.

Ukraine has recaptured some villages in the south and territory around the ruined city of Bakhmut in the east, but has not had a major breakthrough against heavily defended Russian lines.

Three Dutch researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in TETRA - a radio technology used worldwide to control vital infrastructure like energy networks, gas pipelines, and railway safety systems. Malicious hackers could relatively easily use the vulnerabilities to cause massive damage, researchers Job Wetzels, Carlo Meijer, and Wouter Bokslag explained to RTL Nieuws.

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (AP) — A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said in a statement on Sunday that the woman was found deceased on a trail near West Yellowstone, a Montana town nestled in the Custer Gallatin National Forest just west of Yellowstone National Park.

They said the woman was found deceased “following an apparent bear encounter” based on what investigators determined were grizzly bear tracks at the scene. The department said the investigation into the grizzly attack was ongoing.

Decades of progress for animal welfare are potentially at risk.

The 13-year-old had been used in an undercover operation to help catch a man she met on a dating app.

Authorities say illegal stacking of materials on school roof may have caused collapse that killed at least 11 people.

Overly-confident math models based on unrealistic assumptions are used to avoid crisis-consistent climate policies and to protect global elite privilege, while abandoning our duties to the planet’s most vulnerable.

A graphic video showing two women forced by a baying mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on so...

Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds".

A Ukrainian drone reportedly hit an ammunition depot in central Crimea, as Russian authorities blame the death of a Russian journalist in Ukraine on cluster munitions.

Accursed, ostracised but heedless of the misery he causes, this accused war criminal is dragging his people into a moral abyss

The state's top law enforcement official has taken the side of an imprisoned police officer over the DA who prosecuted him.

Doctors report busy burns units with some patients having passed out and collapsed on superheated outdoor surfaces

How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown: Nationwide, millions of homeowners are having to find different kinds of coverage, which typically come at a higher price with less protection.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Authorities in Mexico are searching for a man who they say intentionally set a bar on fire after being kicked out, killing 11 people overnight near the Arizona border in the Mexican state of Sonora.