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More than $1.2 Million in Hard Drugs Seized in Nogales
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Nogales, Arizona - Customs and Border Protection officers arrested four Mexican men during separate attempts last week to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine through the Dennis DeConcini crossing.
Justice Department Files Suit Against Harris County, Texas, Over Polling Place Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Washington, DC - The Justice Department filed a complaint today in the Southern District of Texas alleging that Harris County, Texas, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide accessible polling places for voters with disabilities. Many polling places in Harris County have architectural barriers – such as steep ramps and narrow doors – that make them inaccessible to voters who use wheelchairs or have mobility impairments, or voters who are blind or have vision impairments.
Former church pastor sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Tyler, Texas - A former preacher at the Lake Highlands Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in federal prison for child pornography offenses,
Former ICE HSI employee faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing government property
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- Written by ICE ICE
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Dallas, Texas - A former Mission Support Specialist (MSS) with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Dallas pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing government property.
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative Opens Space to Educators, Nonprofits
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- Written by Tabatha Thompson Tabatha Thompson
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Washington, DC - Accredited education institutions, nonprofit organizations and NASA centers can join the adventure and challenges of space while helping the agency achieve its exploration goals through the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 22.
Education Department Announces Next Step in President Obama's Testing Action Plan
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Education today announced the next step in President Obama's Testing Action Plan a grant competition to help states get the resources they need to innovate and improve the quality of assessments, enhance reporting for parents, educators and other stakeholders, and reduce redundant and ineffective tests in the state and their districts that builds on the plan released in October that sets forth principles and steps to restore the balance on testing in the nation's classrooms.
Some racial, ethnic groups continue smoking cigarettes at higher rates
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 06 August 2016 06 August 2016
Washington, DC - Despite a significant decline in overall adult cigarette smoking since 1964, disparities in cigarette smoking remain among racial and ethnic population groups, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).