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Grieving families ambushed by GOP ads about loved ones' murders: 'I had a panic attack'

The Republican Party’s most powerful Senate super PAC has spent millions on attack ads describing real killings in graphic terms, and some of the victims’ families say no one warned them first. Robin Buonodono’s 5-year-old daughter, Nicole VanNoty, was raped and murdered in 1994, but she was blindsided recently by a TV advertisement about the crime, and…

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Judge Blocks Error-Riddled Effort by Trump DHS to Crack Down on Vanishingly Rare Voting by NoncitizensA federal judge in California ruled late Wednesday that the US Department of Homeland Security has violated the Voting Rights Act by sending agents door-to-door and demanding information from people about their immigration status and whether they've voted in recent elections—part of President Donald Trump's perennial effort to prove the baseless claim…
Cartel-Connected Human Smuggler Convicted for Shooting, Setting Fire to Victim near Texas BorderFederal prosecutors in Texas connected three members of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization during a jury trial that led to a conviction this week. Prosecutors linked the suspects to large-scale smuggling of migrants, with some migrants dying during smuggling attempts. Two of the convicted members are also tied to kidnappings, hostage taking,…

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Pair of 15-year-old females accused of conspiring to carry out school shooting; they allegedly had a hit listA pair of 15-year-old females are accused of conspiring to carry out a school shooting in Southern California — and they allegedly had a hit list. Authorities said the investigation began Oct. 6 after the FBI alerted the Corona Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff's Office about social media threats targeting Corona High School, KABC-TV…