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• ‘Ticking time bomb:’ Alberta group wants aging oil wells to be election issue

  08-04-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  A coalition of Alberta landowners, researchers and former regulators says it could cost as much as $70 billion to clean up more than 300,000 orphan oil and gas wells in Alberta.
  
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• Senior shocked by $25K air ambulance bill

  08-04-2019 23:42
  A Nova Scotia retiree who needed medical attention during a trip to Alberta is upset after receiving a $25,000 air ambulance bill, which has since been lowered to $14,000. Robert Carroll was visiting family last year when he became short of breath. He was flown from Grande Prairie to Edmonton, but his surgery was cancelled. He made a second trip later that week. Carroll says he expressed concerns to a doctor about the possible air ambulance costs, but was assured the service was covered. “
  
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• N.S. senior shocked by $25K air ambulance bill from Alberta

  08-04-2019 23:42
  A Nova Scotia retiree who needed medical attention during a trip to Alberta is upset after receiving a $25,000 air ambulance bill, which has since been lowered to $14,000. Robert Carroll was visiting family last year when he became short of breath. He was flown from Grande Prairie to Edmonton, but his surgery was cancelled. He made a second trip later that week. Carroll says he expressed concerns to a doctor about the possible air ambulance costs, but was assured the service was covered. “
  
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• Danielle Smith commentary: Why I interviewed Caylan Ford

  08-04-2019 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Danielle Smith explains why she wanted to interview former UCP candidate Caylan Ford, who resigned after an online conversation came to light that appeared to sympathize with white nationalist rhetoric.
  
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• Sentencing adjourned again for Lethbridge man in sexual interference case - Lethbridge News Now

  08-04-2019 23:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sentencing adjourned again for Lethbridge man in sexual interference case  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - It will be at least another month before 32-year-old Cody Tyler Black Forehead's sentencing might move forward.
  
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• Sentencing adjourned again for Lethbridge man in sexual interference case

  08-04-2019 23:30
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - It will be at least another month before 32-year-old Cody Tyler Black Forehead's sentencing might move forward.
  Appearing on behalf of Defense lawyer Scott Hadford, Miranda Hlady told the Court of Queen's Bench judge Monday, April 8, that Black Forehead had not yet looked into seeking independent legal advice to move forward with potential discrepancies between a PSR (Pre-Sentencing Report), a Gladue Report, and the agre
  
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• Alberta election cheat sheet: A last-minute voter’s guide

  08-04-2019 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  A quick-and-dirty breakdown of where Alberta's major parties stand on some of the biggest policy issues and what they promise to do on those files.
  
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• Lethbridge man facing dozens of charges to remain behind bars - Lethbridge News Now

  08-04-2019 21:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man facing dozens of charges to remain behind bars  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - Kyle Blakely, a 28-year-old man facing nearly 100 charges, was denied bail by a Lethbridge Provincial Court judge during a hearing Monday, ...
  
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• Lethbridge man facing dozens of charges to remain behind bars

  08-04-2019 21:37
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - Kyle Blakely, a 28-year-old man facing nearly 100 charges, was denied bail by a Lethbridge Provincial Court judge during a hearing Monday, April 8.
  After hearing arguments from the Crown and Defense - details of which were covered under a publication ban - the judge decided to keep Blakely in jail at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, where he's currently serving time for convictions on other offences.
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• Construction on Phase 2 of Legacy Park kicks off today

  08-04-2019 21:34
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - Anyone in Lethbridge driving by Legacy Park beginning this week will notice that construction on the development of Phase 2 - Legacy Park has started.
  The initial construction will consist of creating a second parking lot and driveway beside the original northside lot to provide additional parking for Legacy Park and its future amenities.
  City of Lethbridge Parks Manager David Ellis says since we're moving into spring, they're getting re
  
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• Huffman, 12 other parents to plead guilty in college scheme

  08-04-2019 21:23
  BOSTON -- Actress Felicity Huffman and a dozen other prominent parents have agreed to plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions cheating scam that has ensnared wealthy families and athletic coaches at some of the nation's most selective universities, federal authorities said Monday. The "Desperate Housewives" star and the other parents will admit to charges in the scheme, which authorities say involved rigging standardized test scores and bribing coaches at such prestigious schools as Yale
  
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• Phase 2 Construction Underway for North Lethbridge's Legacy Park

  08-04-2019 20:53
  
  
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• New Cor Van Raay YMCA to open May 4

  08-04-2019 20:31
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Residents and guests to the Bridge City will be able to check out the Cor Van Raay YMCA next month.
  On Monday, Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman announced that the recreational centre, located in West Lethbridge as part of the ATB Centre, will open on Saturday, May 4.
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• City salutes accomplishments of Calgary’s Special Olympics champions

  08-04-2019 20:30
  Calgary-based athletes brought home 12 medals from the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi last month and they were recognized by the city at a special ceremony on Monday. The Special Olympics World Games brings together people with intellectual disabilities to compete in a variety of sports on the world stage and inspires the athletes and the nations they represent. The games were held in the United Arab Emirates from March 14 to 21 and Calgary athletes Emma Bittorf, Amber Harriman
  
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• Oil and gas sector expected to lose 12,000 jobs this year: report

  08-04-2019 20:01
  CALGARY -- A new report says direct employment in Canada's oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year. PetroLMI says the workforce is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of 23 per cent from 226,500 in 2014. It says the oil and gas labour market shrank quickly in 2015 and 2016 following a commodity price collapse and remained relatively flat through 2017 and 2018. In its 2019 labour market update, PetroLMI says about 12,500 jobs are at risk this yea
  
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• Infant seat linked to at least 32 deaths, consumer group demands recall

  08-04-2019 19:58
  A consumer watchdog group in the U.S. says it has linked an incline sleeping chair for infants to at least 32 baby deaths and is demanding the product be recalled by manufacturer Fisher-Price. Fisher-Price issued a joint alert with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on April 5, warning that babies should not be put in the Rock ‘n Play Sleeper once they are able to roll off their backs. That typically happens around three months of age. “The CPSC is aware of 10 infant deaths
  
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• Opening Day Set for Lethbridge's New Leisure Centre, Cor Van Raay YMCA

  08-04-2019 19:54
  The third largest YMCA in North America is set to open in Lethbridge on May 4th.
  
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• ‘Chaos in the industry’: Complaints mount over new Alberta driver exam system

  08-04-2019 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Registries, students and some driver examiners are reporting lengthy waits to book driver exams.
  
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• Drivers of overweight vehicles fined for crossing 9th Avenue S.E. Bridge

  08-04-2019 19:16
  In an effort to put the brakes on the number of oversized vehicles crossing the aging 9th Avenue S.E. Bridge, police will be doing enforcement and issuing fines over the next few months. There is a five-tonne (11,000 lb.) limit on the bridge accessing Inglewood. “We encourage all drivers to be knowledgeable of their vehicle weights as exceeding the five-tonne weight restriction can result in substantial fines,” said Const. Chris Moriarity. Anyone with a Class 5 licence can get behind
  
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• Fleetwood Mac postpones Alberta shows due to illness

  08-04-2019 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans looking forward to seeing Fleetwood Mac live in concert later this month will have to wait a bit longer to see them perform.
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Understanding your highly sensitive child

  08-04-2019 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  My seven-year old son despises sweatpants. He only wants to wear shorts or blue jeans.
  
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• Global warming is shrinking glaciers faster than thought

  08-04-2019 18:01
  WASHINGTON -- Earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow and ice each year, more than half of that in North America. The most comprehensive measurement of glaciers worldwide found that thousands of inland masses of snow compressed into ice are shrinking 18 per cent faster than an international panel of scientists calculated in 2013. The world's glaciers are shrinking five times faster now than they were in the 1960
  
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• Alberta election Day 21: Pipelines, oil to B.C., agriculture and a party platform

  08-04-2019 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Here's a look at where the leaders were on the campaign trail on Monday, April 8.
  
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• Alberta election Day 21: Party leaders spread out across central, southern Alberta

  08-04-2019 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Here's a look at where the leaders are on the campaign trail for Monday, April 8.
  
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• $40M plan to address post-traumatic injuries in public safety workers

  08-04-2019 17:20
  A $40-million plan to address post-traumatic stress injuries in emergency responders and other front-line public safety personnel was unveiled Monday. “When it comes to addressing the mental health needs of those who protect us, there is always much more that we can do together,” Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale said at an event to launch the action plan. “Today we are saying, in no uncertain terms, that we will not wave off symptoms and diagnoses
  
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• Ontario to legalize tailgating; amendment to be introduced in budget

  08-04-2019 16:50
  TORONTO -- Sports fans in Ontario will soon be able to have a drink and tailgate before a game. Government House Leader Todd Smith said the Progressive Conservatives will provide more details on the proposal to legalize tailgate parties -- normally held in the parking lot of a sporting venue before a game -- when the provincial budget is unveiled Thursday. Smith said the changes will legalize the practice often seen at sporting events in the United States. "We think that people in Ontario should
  
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• Green Shirt Day honours Humboldt Bronco Logan Boulet's legacy in Lethbridge - CBC News

  08-04-2019 16:39 via cbc.ca
  Green Shirt Day honours Humboldt Bronco Logan Boulet's legacy in Lethbridge  CBC NewsAs the country marked the first anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy over the weekend, the issue of organ donation was also put in the spotlight.
  
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• Lethbridge wrestlers medal at Nationals - Lethbridge News Now

  08-04-2019 16:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge wrestlers medal at Nationals  Lethbridge News NowFREDERICTON, NB – Five young wrestlers from Lethbridge travelled to the East Coast this past weekend for the 2019 U17/U19 Canadian Wrestling ...
  
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• Foreign interference in 2019 election 'very likely': report

  08-04-2019 16:00
  OTTAWA – The 2019 federal election is "very likely" going to be the target of foreign cyber interference, with voters being the most likely targets of this anticipated meddling, a new report from Canada's electronic spy agency warns. "An increasing number of foreign adversaries have the cyber tools, the organizational capacity and a sufficiently advanced understanding of Canada's political landscape to direct cyber interference during the 2019 federal election, should they have the strateg
  
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• Health Canada warns about unauthorized products sold at Calgary store

  08-04-2019 15:55
  Health Canada is warning consumers about unauthorized health products that were sold at a Calgary store packaged as sexual enhancement capsules, cold and flu tablets and creams for a variety of skin conditions. The products were being sold at Sunrise Lee Chinese Herbs (999 36th Street N.E.) and are labelled to contain prescription or banned drugs. “Most of the unauthorized health products are packaged and labelled in Chinese characters,” reads the warning. “As a result, informa
  
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• Caught on cam: 70-year-old skier drops from B.C. chairlift

  08-04-2019 15:51
  Strangers at a Whistler Blackcomb ski resort came together to save a 70-year-old woman who was dangling from a ski lift Saturday. The woman’s husband held her while about a dozen people on the ground, including patrol staff, chairlift operators and skiers, gathered around a net. Some people are heard coaxing the woman to let go before she dropped. She was not hurt.Read more: Skier dangles from Whistler Blackcomb chairliftThe incident was captured on video by Jorim Lee, who was waiting in t
  
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• Indonesia rejects appeal from woman whose noise complaint led to blasphemy conviction

  08-04-2019 14:53
  JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a woman whose complaint about the volume of mosque loudspeakers led to an 18-month prison sentence for blasphemy. The ethnic Chinese woman, Meliana, was sentenced in August, more than two years after her comments sparked riots in Tanjung Balai, a port town on the island of Sumatra. A notice on the court's website said the appeal was rejected on March 27. It didn't give a reason. The case has highlighted how Indonesia's bl
  
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• Vitamin D overconsumption leaves man with permanent kidney damage

  08-04-2019 14:44
  A medical mystery involving a Canadian man was solved when doctors realized he had been taking excessive amounts of vitamin D for more than two years. The man’s experiences are detailed in a new case study that was published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. According to the case study, the man’s doctor sent him to a kidney specialist after discovering that the 54-year-old was producing nearly four times the normal level of creatinine, a waste product often measured
  
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• Toronto neurosurgeon pleads guilty to second-degree murder in death of wife

  08-04-2019 14:21
  TORONTO -- A neurosurgeon accused of killing his physician wife has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in her death. Mohammed Shamji had been charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 death of Elana Fric-Shamji, the mother of his three children. He entered his guilty plea at a Toronto courthouse this morning, days before his trial was set to begin. Fric-Shamji, a family doctor at Scarborough and Rouge Hospital, was last seen Nov. 30, 2016. Her beaten body was found in a suitcase by the si
  
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• 'Significant development' due today in Toronto neurosurgeon murder trial, police say

  08-04-2019 14:21
  Toronto police say a “significant development” is expected today in the case of a Toronto neurosurgeon accused in the murder of his physician wife. Dr. Mohammed Shamji has been in custody since his arrest on Dec. 2, 2016. The body of his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji, was discovered just one day earlier inside a suitcase that was discarded in a wooded area in Kleinberg, Ont. Police allege the 41-year-old was strangled and beaten to death at her home on either Nov. 30 or Dec. 1. Shamji
  
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• Maple Leaf to build US$310-million facility for plant-based protein in Indiana

  08-04-2019 14:20
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has announced plans to build a US$310-million plant-based protein food processing facility in the United States. The company says the new plant will be in Shelbyville, Ind., as it works to expand its plant-based protein business. It will also invest approximately US$26 million to keep pace with growth in demand at its existing facilities. The new plant will double the company's current production capacity and produce tempeh, franks, sausages and raw food
  
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• Son faces second degree murder charge in death of 54-year-old mother

  08-04-2019 14:12
  Ottawa police have charged a 29-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of his mother. Jed Ootoova was charged after police responded late Saturday afternoon to reports of a disturbance in an apartment building in the east of the city. The body of Abigail Ootoova was discovered at the scene. “Ottawa Police responded to an address on the 100 block of Jolliet Avenue yesterday at about 5pm, after reports of a disturbance,” Ottawa Police Service said in a statement Sunday. &l
  
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• Crease concerns: Flames, Jets and Leafs all have goalie questions

  08-04-2019 14:06
  Mike Smith and David Rittich helped the Calgary Flames finish first in the Western Conference. Yet there are still questions about how far those goalies can carry their team in the playoffs. Smith and Rittich sounds more like a law firm than the goaltending tandem anyone expected the NHL's second-best team to have. Smith is a 37-year-old veteran with a sub.-900 save percentage seven years removed from his last playoff action, while Rittich is a 26-year-old in his first full year in the league wh
  
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• India's ruling party releases manifesto days before election

  08-04-2019 14:00
  NEW DELHI - India's ruling party released its election manifesto on Monday, three days before the start of a multi-phase general election in the world's largest democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party hoping to return to power for a second five-year term laid out their platform, emphasizing national security and economic development. The BJP manifesto opened with an entreaty from Modi for voters' “valued blessings.” Modi said the docume
  
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• David Saint-Jacques becomes fourth Canadian to perform spacewalk

  08-04-2019 10:33
  LONGUEUIL, Que. -- David Saint-Jacques joined select company on Monday, becoming just the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he embarked on a roughly seven-hour mission. Saint-Jacques' and NASA astronaut Anne McClain officially began their spacewalk just after 7:30 a.m. EDT according to the U.S. space agency, when they switched to battery power, officially disconnecting from the International Space Station. The Canadian's spacewalk comes on his fir
  
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• Astronaut David Saint-Jacques joins select group, just fourth Canadian to perform spacewalk

  08-04-2019 10:33
  LONGUEUIL, Que. -- David Saint-Jacques has joined select company, becoming just the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he began a roughly seven-hour mission today. Saint-Jacques' and NASA astronaut Anne McClain officially began their spacewalk just after 7:30 a.m. EDT according to the U.S. space agency, when they switched to battery power, officially disconnecting from the International Space Station. The Canadian's spacewalk comes on his first pos
  
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• New Cor Van Raay YMCA to open May 4 - Lethbridge News Now

  08-04-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New Cor Van Raay YMCA to open May 4  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents and guests to the Bridge City will be able to check out the Cor Van Raay YMCA next ...
  
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• Construction on Phase 2 of Legacy Park kicks off today - Lethbridge News Now

  08-04-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Construction on Phase 2 of Legacy Park kicks off today  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Anyone in Lethbridge driving by Legacy Park beginning this week will notice that construction on the development of Phase 2 – Legacy ...
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, April 7, 2019

  08-04-2019 06:39 via globalnews.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Sean Montgomery put away the power-play winner early in the third period as the Prince Albert Raiders edged the Saskatoon Blades 3-2 on Sunday in Western Hockey League playoff action.
  
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• Canada’s Koe wins silver after falling to Sweden at world championship

  08-04-2019 05:54 via globalnews.ca
  Canada skip Kevin Koe put on a master class of exquisite shotmaking during the world men's curling championship, providing a bevy of highlight-reel shots that helped his team reach the final.
  
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• Calgary survivor recalls murder of his family as world marks 25th anniversary of Rwandan genocide

  08-04-2019 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  The barbaric images the Calgary man witnessed as a nine-year-old during the massacre's start in 1994 still scar his memory.
  
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• B.C. man charged in death of wife initially believed to have drowned in 2016

  08-04-2019 01:35
  LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. - RCMP say a man from Lake Country, B.C., has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife three years ago. Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey of the Kelowna regional detachment says Lambertus Westervelt is scheduled to make a court appearance on Monday. O'Donaghey says in a release investigators initially believed Arlene Westervelt drowned on June 26, 2016, while canoeing in Okanagan Lake following a picnic along the shore. Police now believe the 56-year-old woman was a
  
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• NDP attacks UCP over house leader’s ‘troubling past’

  08-04-2019 01:27
  The Alberta election got a little more heated on Sunday when the NDP accused the United Conservatives of hiding the “unacceptable behaviour” of Jason Kenney’s chief spokesperson Jason Nixon. In a release, the NDP said it had documents that showed Nixon was involved in a serious incident back in 2009 involving a woman in Cremona. The incident was reported in local media at the time and charges against Nixon were later dropped. But now the New Democrats are again bringing up the
  
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• Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen has resigned

  08-04-2019 00:41
  WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid the administration's growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be taking over as acting head of the department. McAleenan is a longtime border official who is well-respected by members of Congress and within the administ
  
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• Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen resigns amid border turmoil

  08-04-2019 00:41
  WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid U.S. President Donald Trump's growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families crossing the southern border. Trump announced  announced on Sunday in a tweet that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would be taking over as acting head of the department. McAleenan is a longtime border official who is well-respected by members of Congress and within the
  
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