Author: Garance Burke
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Claims: Migrant children molested in U.S.-funded foster care
Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing joint investigation between The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” on the treatment of migrant children, which includes an upcoming film. SANTA ANA, California • After local Guatemalan officials burned down an environmental activist’s home, he decided to leave his village behind and flee to the…
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Texas detention camp for teen migrants keeps growing
TORNILLO, Texas • The Trump administration announced in June it would open a temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers — and it shows every sign of becoming more…
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Army suspends discharges for immigrant recruits – for now
The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday and dated July 20 spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of men and women who enlisted in the special immigrant program, effective…
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Engineers: lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved
MEXICO CITY — Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors’ natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to Home Depot to replenish supplies for their chic new flat in central Mexico City. They had just reached the register when the earthquake hit,…
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National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves White House
FILE – In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017 file photo, deputy assistant to President Trump, Sebastian Gorka, talks with people in the Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington during a ceremony commemorating Israeli Independence Day. White House national security aide Sebastian Gorka tells The Associated Press…
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AP Exclusive: DHS weighed Nat Guard for immigration roundups
The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press. Staffers in the Department of Homeland Security said the proposal had been discussed as recently as last…
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AP: Trump’s voter fraud expert registered in 3 states
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN FRANCISCO — A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the Associated Press has learned. Greg…
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Soldier who killed 5 Dallas officers showed PTSD symptoms
The Army reservist who shot and killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014 and sought treatment for anxiety, depression and hallucinations, according to newly released documents from the Veterans Health Administration. Micah Johnson told doctors he experienced nightmares after witnessing fellow soldiers…
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AP investigation: U.S. power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States’ power grid. Digital clues pointed to Iranian hackers. And Wallace found that they had…
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Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies
FRESNO, Calif. – The decline of honeybee colonies has slowed slightly since last fall, but a mysterious combination of ailments is still decimating the insect’s population, federal researchers say. U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers found that honeybee colonies declined by 29 percent between September 2008 and early April. That’s an improvement over the last two…