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Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Before President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to reverse the administration’s family separation policy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attacked several airlines that said they would not knowingly work [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) — Texas state inspectors identified nearly 250 violations at facilities run by Southwest Key, the non-profit organization now housing migrant children separated from their parents in a converted Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, according [Read More…]

Google(NEW YORK) — The room being used at one of the so-called “tender age” facilities designated to house immigrant children looked “home-y” but something seemed wrong. Colleen Kraft, the president of the American Academy of [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Record high numbers of men, women and children were driven from their homes across the world last year due to war, violence and persecution, according to a new report by the United [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In response to mounting criticism of the policy of separating migrant children from their families, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that he said is about “keeping families together” and [Read More…]

Joe Marcus/Twitter(NEW YORK) — A group of passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to Dallas, Texas, is suing the airline over an emergency landing that followed a fatal engine explosion. [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Their names are a mystery and in some cases, their faces are too. But the stories of the children caught in the crosshairs of the “zero tolerance” policy at the [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — AMC Theatres introduced a new subscription-based program on Wednesday aimed at giving MoviePass some competition. AMC Stubs A-List, which rolls out June 26, will allow members to see three movies each week [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Fans partying at the World Cup in Moscow are downing so much beer that they are nearly drinking parts of the city dry, with some bars saying they get close to running out [Read More…]

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(BEIJING) — In their third meeting in less than three months, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly hailed their close and growing ties, while Xi urged the [Read More…]

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office(VANCLEAVE, Miss.) — A mother in southern Mississippi has been charged with second-degree murder after her 10-month-old son was left in a hot car and died, authorities said. The child, Kash Barhonovich, [Read More…]

John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) —  In a little over four days, a fundraising campaign on Facebook has topped $9 million to help reunite undocumented families split up by the U.S. government at the Mexico border. [Read More…]

Photodisc/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — Canadian lawmakers approved landmark legislation on Tuesday to fully legalize marijuana. The move will make Canada the second country in the world to legalize cannabis for both medical and recreational purposes nationwide. Uruguay [Read More…]