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Texas City On Verge Of "Breaking Point" As Migrants Flood Border
The surge of migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to "a breaking point," with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday.
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7 Killed After SUV Runs Over People In Texas, Driver Arrested: Police
At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said
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Stray Dog In US Miraculously Survives After Being Shot 8 Times, Recovering Now
The dog has been named Messiah and has been moved in with a foster family as its condition has improved.
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"We Got Him. He Is Healthy": US Officials Find Missing Tiger. Watch
A Bengal tiger named "India" that went missing in the US state of Texas, has been found unharmed and now transferred to one of the animal shelter in Houston.
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US Relocates Hundreds Of Migrant Children From Overcrowded Border Station
Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.
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As Teen Fled Shelter In US, Staff Ran Beside Him, Pleading Him To Stay
When a 15-year-old boy from Honduras ran away from a huge migrant child care facility along the Mexican border in south Texas on Saturday, the staff ran beside him, pleading with him to stay. They said he would be safe, fed and have better luck being reunited with his family through the team at the former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas - now known a...
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"It's Wrong": Texas Sheriff Refuses To Guard Migrant Children Tent City
The El Paso County sheriff prohibited his deputies from working off-duty at a temporary shelter housing migrant children, saying he refused to support the Trump administration's "unjust" policy of separating families at the border.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit To US-Mexico Border Amid Border Crisis
Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the US-Mexican border on Thursday, visiting a migrant children's shelter as her husband's administration seeks to quell a firestorm over family separations.
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"America Better Than This": Texas Doctor On Shelter For Migrant Children
The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground where children could play. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked, in many ways, like a friendly environment for children, a place where they could be happy.
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Airline Flies Animals Displaced By Hurricane Harvey To Their New Homes
An airline pitched in with relief work in flood-hit Houston flying shelter cats and dogs from Austin, Texas to San Diego, California that had to be moved to make room for the animals displaced by Hurricane Harvey.
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Indian-Americans In Texas Help Thousands With Food, Medical Aid
Indian-Americans in Texas, especially the youth, are helping hundreds of people affected by catastrophic floods caused due to Hurricane Harvey by giving food, shelter and medical assistance.
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Flow of Child Immigrants Slows Along Texas Border
The number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas-Mexico border has slowed considerably in recent weeks, allowing the federal government to close the temporary shelters that it hurriedly opened to handle the surge.
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US tornado victims recount horror, race to survive
Americans who survived the massive tornado that barrelled through an Oklahoma City suburb described racing for shelter only to emerge scarred and bloodied on a moon-like landscape of debris.
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World Book Day: Millions of books to be donated on Monday night
Thousands of towns and cities around the US and beyond are participating in the second annual World Book Night today, when some 2.5 million free books are expected to be donated, whether at a children's shelter in Texas or a crisis center in Tampa, Florida. Among the works being given are Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games," Sherman Alexie's "The ...
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Texas City On Verge Of "Breaking Point" As Migrants Flood Border
The surge of migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city of El Paso, Texas, to "a breaking point," with more than 2,000 people per day seeking asylum, exceeding shelter capacity and straining resources, its mayor said Saturday.
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7 Killed After SUV Runs Over People In Texas, Driver Arrested: Police
At least seven pedestrians were killed and several others injured on Sunday when an SUV mowed down people near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said
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Stray Dog In US Miraculously Survives After Being Shot 8 Times, Recovering Now
The dog has been named Messiah and has been moved in with a foster family as its condition has improved.
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"We Got Him. He Is Healthy": US Officials Find Missing Tiger. Watch
A Bengal tiger named "India" that went missing in the US state of Texas, has been found unharmed and now transferred to one of the animal shelter in Houston.
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US Relocates Hundreds Of Migrant Children From Overcrowded Border Station
Nearly 250 migrant children have been relocated to children's shelters from an overcrowded Texas border patrol station where attorneys said they had been held for weeks in dirty conditions without adequate food and water.
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As Teen Fled Shelter In US, Staff Ran Beside Him, Pleading Him To Stay
When a 15-year-old boy from Honduras ran away from a huge migrant child care facility along the Mexican border in south Texas on Saturday, the staff ran beside him, pleading with him to stay. They said he would be safe, fed and have better luck being reunited with his family through the team at the former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas - now known a...
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"It's Wrong": Texas Sheriff Refuses To Guard Migrant Children Tent City
The El Paso County sheriff prohibited his deputies from working off-duty at a temporary shelter housing migrant children, saying he refused to support the Trump administration's "unjust" policy of separating families at the border.
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Melania Trump's "Don't Care..." Jacket To Children Shelter Sparks Outrage
Melania Trump took a surprise trip to Texas to speak to children and officials at a shelter for migrant children. But her message and the carefully crafted visuals showing a first lady rushing to the scene of a crisis touching the lives of children were soon obliterated by other words and images.
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Melania Trump Makes Surprise Visit To US-Mexico Border Amid Border Crisis
Melania Trump made a surprise trip to the US-Mexican border on Thursday, visiting a migrant children's shelter as her husband's administration seeks to quell a firestorm over family separations.
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"America Better Than This": Texas Doctor On Shelter For Migrant Children
The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground where children could play. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked, in many ways, like a friendly environment for children, a place where they could be happy.
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Airline Flies Animals Displaced By Hurricane Harvey To Their New Homes
An airline pitched in with relief work in flood-hit Houston flying shelter cats and dogs from Austin, Texas to San Diego, California that had to be moved to make room for the animals displaced by Hurricane Harvey.
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Indian-Americans In Texas Help Thousands With Food, Medical Aid
Indian-Americans in Texas, especially the youth, are helping hundreds of people affected by catastrophic floods caused due to Hurricane Harvey by giving food, shelter and medical assistance.
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Flow of Child Immigrants Slows Along Texas Border
The number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas-Mexico border has slowed considerably in recent weeks, allowing the federal government to close the temporary shelters that it hurriedly opened to handle the surge.
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US tornado victims recount horror, race to survive
Americans who survived the massive tornado that barrelled through an Oklahoma City suburb described racing for shelter only to emerge scarred and bloodied on a moon-like landscape of debris.
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World Book Day: Millions of books to be donated on Monday night
Thousands of towns and cities around the US and beyond are participating in the second annual World Book Night today, when some 2.5 million free books are expected to be donated, whether at a children's shelter in Texas or a crisis center in Tampa, Florida. Among the works being given are Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games," Sherman Alexie's "The ...
