Forty percent of migrants released in Texas border city test positive for COVID-19, officials say

The city of Laredo, Texas, has refused to take in migrants who have been bused in from elsewhere on the border after discovering 40% of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to two local government officials.

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Gulf of Mexico’s ‘Dead Zone’ Larger Than Predicted, According to New NOAA Study

NOAA-supported scientists on Tuesday reported that this year’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than originally predicted, at more than 16,000-square kilometers, or about the surface area of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie combined.

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EU Targets Christian Doctors Saying Abortion Is ‘Human Right’

Pro-Life doctors and Christian groups are under pressure after the European Parliament passed a resolution saying that abortion is a “human right” and condemned opponents.

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White House raises concerns with Israel about possible NSO spyware controversy

Israel may be at the center of a diplomatic crisis after the White House raised concerns about reports that Pegasus spyware from Israeli firm NSO was illegally used to target journalists, human rights activists, and politicians, including French Presid…

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Owner of closed Keystone XL pipeline seeks $15 billion in damages against Biden administration

The Canadian owner of the shuttered Keystone XL pipeline has put the State Department on notice it plans to seek $15 billion-plus in damages from the United States over President Biden’s executive order in January shutting its operations.

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Trump visits Texas to tour U.S. border, says wall ‘really worked,’ completion ‘makes sense’

Former President Trump traveled Wednesday to Texas to tour the southwest U.S. border where he made a case for the completion of the security wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

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