Police search huge NYC migrant shelter for ‘dangerous contraband’ as residents wait in summer heat

Police search huge NYC migrant shelter for ‘dangerous contraband’ as residents wait in summer heat

NEW YORK (AP) — Police searched New York City’s largest asylum-seeker shelter for hours Friday for “dangerous contraband” as many of the 3,000 residents waited outside on a sweltering summer day. Many details remained unclear about the search on Randall’s Island, which houses people in large tents. “They just came with dogs,” resident Clifton Arriste

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Gaza displaced comment on 300 days of war, as hopes for cease-fire fade following Haniyeh killing | AP News

Gaza displaced comment on 300 days of war, as hopes for cease-fire fade following Haniyeh killing | AP News

Displaced people in the Gaza Strip shared a grim outlook on Thursday following 300 days of war, as hopes fade for a cease-fire following the assassination in Tehran of Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh. (AP video: Mohammad Jahjouh /Production: Wafaa Shurafa) Displaced people in the Gaza Strip shared a grim outlook on Thursday following 300 days of

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Joris Daudet leads a dominant French sweep of Olympic podium in BMX racing at the Paris Games

Joris Daudet leads a dominant French sweep of Olympic podium in BMX racing at the Paris Games

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Joris Daudet led a French sweep of the Olympic podium in BMX racing on Friday night, getting chased across the finish line by Sylvain Andre and Romain Mahieu to complete a dominant two-day performance just outside of Paris. Daudet, the three-time and reigning world champion, won two of his three semifinals

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Venezuela’s opposition secured over 80% of crucial vote tally sheets. Here’s how they did it.

Venezuela’s opposition secured over 80% of crucial vote tally sheets. Here’s how they did it.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The statement that upended Venezuela came 24 hours after polls closed in the presidential election. With the reassuring tone of someone who has consistently been considered an underdog, opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado announced that her coalition had gathered more than two-thirds of vote tally sheets from polling centers nationwide, and

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