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MARTHA MENDOZA

MARTHA MENDOZA

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Asia|Crime|Political|World

Takeaways from the AP's reporting into what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labor

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes

Asia|Crime|Health|Political|World

They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes

They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border
Asia|Crime|News|Political|US|World

Appeals court voids Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan; child's fate remains in limbo

A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday that a U.S. Marine should never have been granted an adoption of an Afghan war orphan and voided the custody order he’s relied on to raise the girl for nearly three years

Crime|US|World

Military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan

A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will stay in the Marine Corps

Military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan
Crime|Finance|US

A courtroom of relief: FBI recovers funds for victims of scammed banker

Cheers and sobs of relief broke out in a federal courtroom in Kansas as dozens of people whose life savings had been embezzled by a bank CEO learned federal law enforcement had recovered their money

A courtroom of relief: FBI recovers funds for victims of scammed banker
Crime|US

Trump's pick to lead Defense Department was accused of sexual assault in 2017

Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host who is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was accused of sexual assault in 2017 after a speaking appearance at a Republican women’s event in Monterey, California

Trump's pick to lead Defense Department was accused of sexual assault in 2017
Crime|US|Videos

Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary

A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave

Police report reveals assault allegations against Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary
Election|Political|US

Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee

Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat
Business|Election|Political|Technology|US

Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way — or his

Donald Trump’s second term comes with the specter of the world’s richest man serving as his political enforcer

Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way — or his
Crime|Environment|US

California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve

Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier

California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve
Environment|US

Major storm pounds California's central coast, blamed for man's death and partially collapsing pier

A major storm has pounded California’s central coast bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean

Major storm pounds California's central coast, blamed for man's death and partially collapsing pier

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