— Republican Don Bacon has been elected to a fifth House term representing Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd District, following the latest vote results in the tight race released nearly three days after the polls closed. But the district’s support for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz — a Nebraska native — failed to translate into a win …
A man sentenced to 39 years in prison for assaulting a Long Beach police officer during a 2010 chase was ordered released from prison Thursday, part of the growing fallout after the officer’s arrest on perjury charges, officials said. Miguel Vargas, 34, was arrested in 2010 after he was shot twice in the back by city police Officer Dedier Reyes, …
Johana Medina Leon spent years advocating for the LGBTQ community and HIV awareness before fleeing the violence she faced as a transgender woman in El Salvador. “If this detainee were to become further seriously ill there is a potential for a poor outcome,” the official wrote, noting that Medina Leon was “so underweight.” ICE’s Otero County Processing Center in New …
A man who had been detained at the Adelanto ICE processing center died three days after his release. I should not have had to call the coroner to find out my client died a week before.” The case raises questions about whether immigration officials are undercounting detainee deaths during the pandemic by releasing people just before they die, said Jessica …
