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Border clash was at least 2nd use of tear gas since November
Tijuana, Jan 3 (AP/UNB) — Just after people raised their glasses to ring in the New Year, about 150 migrants gathered at a section of border wall in Tijuana to try to cross into the United States, many of them asylum seekers fed up with the long wait to have their claims processed.
Washington bans anyone under 21 from buying assault rifles
Seattle, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates.
Mexican mayor gunned down after being sworn in
Mexico City, Jan 2 (AP/UNB)— The governor of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca is condemning the slaying of a local mayor shortly after he took office.
US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants
Tijuana, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.
Brazil's Bolsonaro assumes presidency, promises big changes
Brasilia, Jan 2 (AP/UNB) — Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America's largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing.
Trump-Pelosi showdown over shutdown first battle of new era
Washington, Dec 31 (AP/UNB)— Nancy Pelosi often quotes Abraham Lincoln saying public sentiment is everything. It's a theory that will be put to the test when the new House Democratic majority gavels in this week and votes to end the government shutdown without money for President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico.
NKorea, Kavanaugh, all those Trump tweets and more in 2018
Washington, Dec 31 (AP/UNB) — The stranger-than-sitcom American presidency opened 2018 with a big tease about mutual nuclear destruction from two leaders who then found "love" not war. It seems President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un were just playing hard to get.
Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability
Dhaka, Dec 31 (AP/UNB) -Despite new rules addressing sexual assault among the children of U.S. service members, the federal government failed to fix a flaw that on many military bases has let alleged juvenile abusers escape accountability or treatment.
Trump's promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised
Washington, Dec 31 (AP/UNB) — Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president's signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised.
Graham says Trump slowing down planned withdrawal from Syria
Washington, Dec 31 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Syria, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday.