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Court ruling undercuts Homeland Security chief’s warning to migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen talked about the migrant caravan where the U.S.-Mexico border fence ends at the Pacific Ocean.
Busy travel day ahead of Thanksgiving
U.S. Airports are busy on Wednesday morning, ahead of Thanksgiving. The airline group Airlines for America expects that Wednesday will be the second busiest day of the holiday period behind only Sunday, when many travelers go home. (Nov. 21)
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Save the Children says 85,000 kids may have died of hunger in Yemen
Save the Children based its figures on mortality rates for untreated cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition in young children.
6 in 10 of us get cold feet while online shopping
You wouldn’t put items in your shopping cart at the store without planning on buying them, right? But online, it’s a whole other story.
Russia loses to South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang in bid to lead global police body Interpol
The global law-enforcement group Interpol elected South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as its new president, thwarting Russian efforts to lead the organization.
Pentagon: Troops deployed at US-Mexico border to cost about $210 million
Using thousands of military troops to help secure the Southwest border will cost an estimated $210 million under current plans, the Pentagon told Congress.
Teen auctions virginity to help pay her parents’ mortgage, report says
An 18 year-old Australian woman has started a website to auction off her virginity in order to pay for college, a car and pay off her parents’ mortgage. Buzz60’s Mercer Morrison has the story.
Critics raise alarms of Russia-backed candidate ahead of Interpol’s presidential election
Interpol is facing a pivotal – some say possibly fatal – moment in its history as members decide whether to hand its presidency to a man who represents Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Doomed ‘pinwheel’ star system to explode in spectacular gamma-ray blast, study says
Astronomers have found a unique “pinwheel” star system in our own galaxy, one that will eventually diein a massive explosion the likes of which have never seen before.