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A Hallandale Beach resident who is a citizen of Belarus and permanent U.S. resident is facing federal charges for allegedly shipping restricted technology from the U.S. to Russia without a license, the Department of Justice said. Kirill Gordei, 35, a freight forwarder, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in April for one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States; one count of smuggling goods from the United States; and one count of shipping a mass... Read More

Israel said Saturday it was investigating an airstrike in Muwasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, after the International Committee of the Red Cross said that “heavy-caliber” projectiles fell meters away from an office and residences for the aid group. The strike killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens of others who were then taken to a nearby field hospital, the Red Cross said. William Schomburg, leader of the Red Cross operation in Gaza, did not blame the Israeli military or Hamas but... Read More

By REBECCA SANTANA (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new rules restricting asylum. The figures are likely welcome news for a White House that has been struggling to show to... Read More

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. (AP Entertainment Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Migos rapper Quavo’s quest to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic shooting into a force for change is convening with a summit against gun violence on what would have been the late rapper’s 30th birthday. Quavo is hosting the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Tuesday — the same day as Takeoff’s birthday. The music performer will be joined by Vice President Kamala Harris in a... Read More

By MELISSA GOLDIN (Associated Press) Video from a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles for President Joe Biden on Saturday is circulating on social media with claims that he froze up onstage as he exited the event. “Biden froze again last night and had to get escorted out by Obama,” reads one post on X that had received approximately 22,000 likes and 5,600 shares as of Monday. “Is this normal?” Members of his campaign and administration say the president stopped to take in cheers... Read More

By JESSE BEDYAN, SCOTT SONNER and JIM SALTER (Associated Press) Survivors of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas and families who received somber calls from police hours later said they were alarmed when the U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the gun attachment used by the shooter who rattled off over 1,000 bullets into a crowd of thousands in 11 minutes. The Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire accessory that allows a rate of fire comparable to that of machine guns, was... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress after refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case because his actions “did not constitute a crime.” A Justice Department official said that in a letter to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday after the House voted to hold Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio. On the... Read More

By KEN SWEET (AP Business Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Greunberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after Gruenberg’s tenure became marred by allegations of workplace abuse that led to him to resign. A longtime financial regulator, Goldsmith Romero is currently a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the nation’s financial derivatives regulator, and previously worked with the... Read More

By SEUNG MIN KIM and REBECCA SANTANA (The Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move during the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts. The lawsuit — filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy... Read More

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden’s legal woes are not over after his conviction on three felony firearms charges in a trial that put a spotlight on his drug-fueled past. Now, President Joe Biden’s son faces sentencing, and another criminal trial on tax charges in the middle of his father’s reelection campaign. Jurors found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday after just three hours of deliberations over two days in the... Read More