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Border Patrol Rescues 15 Trapped in Open-Pit Mine
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Green Valley, Arizona - Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 15 individuals Tuesday trapped in an open-pit mine in Green Valley, Arizona.
Three Florida Men Charged with Conspiring and Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL
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- Written by Department of Justice Department of Justice
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Washington, DC - Three Palm Beach County, Florida, residents were charged with conspiring and attempting to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Secretary Johnson On The Security For The Republican And Democratic National Conventions
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- Written by DHS DHS
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Washington, DC - Our thanks go to the thousands of law enforcement and homeland security personnel who contributed to the security of the Republican National Convention, the Convention site, and the City of Cleveland this week. Today I visit Philadelphia to inspect the security for the Democratic National Convention that takes place next week.
Salvadoran murder suspect captured on the southern border deported by ICE to face charges
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Phoenix, Arizona - A Salvadoran national arrested by federal officers near the Nogales border in 2014, who is wanted for three fatal shootings in his native country, was turned over Wednesday to authorities in El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) at the international airport in La Paz.
Substance Misuse Prevention Resources for Low Income Pregnant Women and Mothers In Order to Battle the Opioid Epidemic
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- Written by USDA USDA
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Washington, DC - Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged all State Health Officers to use the resources and opportunities provided through their Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agencies in their substance misuse prevention efforts. Vilsack made this announcement at a town hall in Missouri to discuss the opioid epidemic, which accounted for more than 28,000 deaths nationwide in 2014.
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Makes First Atmospheric Study of Earth-Sized Exoplanets
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Washington, DC - Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the first search for atmospheres around temperate, Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system and found indications that increase the chances of habitability on two exoplanets.
Education Department Proposes Rule on State Authorization of Postsecondary Distance Education, Foreign Locations
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- Published: 23 July 2016 23 July 2016
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Education Friday proposed regulations that seek to improve oversight and protect more than 5.5 million distance education students at degree-granting institutions, including nearly 3 million exclusively online students by clarifying the state authorization requirements for postsecondary distance education.