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You might not know Nataly Buhr by name but by now you’ve probably heard about her valedictorian speech to fellow graduates of San Ysidro High School.

Iran to scale back nuclear deal commitments: Tasnim

Iran said it would announce additional steps to reduce its commitments under the 2015 international nuclear pact, which Washington withdrew from last year, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

Part of I-15 in downtown Las Vegas closed due to repaving

Another round of roadwork continues this weekend along Interstate 15 in Las Vegas.

U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid

The United States is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid

UK plans to deploy marines to Persian Gulf

The United Kingdom will send elite forces to the Gulf of Oman to protect its warships amid rising tensions with Iran, according to The Sunday Times.

VIDEOS: MIGRANTS SCRAMBLE NORTH AS MEXICO-GUATEMALA BORDER CRACKDOWN LOOMS

“Central American migrants are rushing to enter Mexico ahead of a security crackdown on the country’s southern border .”

G20 agrees to tackle ocean plastic waste

Group of 20 environment ministers agreed on Sunday to adopt a new implementation framework for actions to tackle the issue of marine plastic waste on a global scale, the Japanese government said after hosting the two-day ministerial meeting.

China prepared for long trade fight with the U.S.: party journal

The United States has underestimated the Chinese people’s will to fight a trade war and Beijing is prepared for a long economic battle, an influential Chinese Communist Party journal said on Sunday.

Traffickers reap up to $2.3B in illegal immigration, offer ‘all-inclusive’ packages

Central American crime lords, gangs, and small time operators profit up to $2.3 billion moving Illegal immigrants into the United States

Bowing to pressure, Hong Kong leader suspends extradition bill

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday delayed indefinitely a proposed law that would allow extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after widespread anger over the bill sparked the biggest street protests in three decades.

Worshippers in safety hats attend Notre-Dame’s first mass since fire

A small congregation wearing hard hats will attend mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday, the first service to be held since fire devastated the Gothic landmark two months ago.

UAE ENLISTED BUSINESSMAN TO SPY ON TRUMP WHITE HOUSE

IN JANUARY 2017, three days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates was invited to a lavish dinner planned by Trump’s longtime ally

AI is catching people who cheat on their diets, job searches and school work

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House Democrat says current Congress may not see Trump taxes

A senior Democrat on a congressional panel seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns warned on Saturday that the current Congress may not see the long-sought tax documents without launching an impeachment inquiry.

Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina’s black voters

Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for the party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination will appear at a Black Economic Alliance forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, with an eye on the key role black voters will play in the early-voting state.

Take Five: The Fed and the rest

With President Donald Trump’s trade policies heightening fears of a U.S. recession, expectations of a Fed rate cut have dramatically increased in the past month.

Trump says ‘Iran did do it,’ as U.S. seeks support on Gulf oil tanker attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Friday for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf despite Tehran’s denials, stoking fears of a confrontation in the vital oil shipping route.

Iran renews nuclear pact ultimatum amid tensions with U.S.

Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show “positive signals”, the Iranian president said on Saturday as tensions with the United States escalated over tanker attacks in the Gulf region.

Politics Report: A New Tax Is on the Table

The San Diego Housing Commission is looking to combat the region’s housing crisis by taxing owners of vacant apartments.

Police investigating officer-involved shooting in western Las Vegas

A Las Vegas police officer, responding to a report of someone with a gun, shot a person Friday night in the west valley.

Las Vegas’ McCarran airport quietly tests new 3-D security scanner

McCarran International Airport is the latest facility to test out a new 3-D security scanner aimed at enhancing the screening process — but officials are being mum about the devices.

2 face murder charges in death of 55-year-old Henderson man

On a Monday morning in April, Curtis B. Rimer’s mother received a text message from a phone number she did not recognize.

Reports: U.S., Guatemala Negotiate Legal Wall Against Migrants

U.S. and Guatemalan officials are negotiating a “safe third country” agreement which would bar the movement of U.S.-bound migrants through Guatemala, say press reports.

Crews find body in search for missing hiker at Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock Search & Rescue crews searching Red Rock National Conservation Area for a missing hiker who disappeared early this week discovered a man’s body on Friday.

Obama State At Center of Anti-Trump Coup Cabal

John Kerry, President Obama’s secretary of state, seems to be having trouble staying within the legal bounds of the Logan Act, so it’s not surprising that his State Department lieutenants were getting their hands dirty in the conspiracy to bring down Donald Trump.

MORALE DOWN AS BORDER AGENTS FEAR SPREADING DISEASES CONTRACTED FROM ILLEGALS TO LOVED ONES AT HOME

5,200 people in ICE custody quarantined for exposure to mumps or chicken pox

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed 5,200 adult immigrants in quarantine after being exposed to mumps or chicken pox, a dramatic jump from just a few months ago, the agency says.

FACEBOOK’S PROCESS TO LABEL YOU A ‘HATE AGENT’ REVEALED

The document, titled “Hate Agent Policy Review” outlines a series of “signals” that Facebook uses to determine if someone ought to be categorized as a “hate agent” and banned from the platform

State Department Emails Show Coordination Between Obama State Department and House Democrat Leader on Christopher Steele/Russia

UK court sets Assange U.S. extradition hearing for February 2020

The full extradition hearing to decide whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be sent to the United States to face accusations including spying charges will take place in February next year, a London court ruled on Friday.

All eyes on Fed as stock market pines for rate cut

The Federal Open Market Committee meeting next week is shaping up as a pivotal one for Wall Street, with stocks primed for a selloff should the Fed fail to take an even more dovish tilt after policymakers raised expectations for a rate cut in recent weeks.

Mnuchin on solid ground in withholding Trump tax returns: Justice Department

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate the law by refusing to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress because federal law protects the confidentiality of returns, the Justice Department said in a memorandum released on Friday.

U.S. drugmakers file lawsuit against requiring drug prices in TV ads

U.S. drugmakers on Friday filed a lawsuit to prevent the companies from disclosing the list price of prescription drugs in direct-to-consumer television advertisements as per a newly proposed government regulation.

Trump migration deal meets mounting resistance in Mexico

Resistance is growing in Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling coalition to a migration deal struck last week with U.S. President Donald Trump to avert punitive trade tariffs as the implications of the accord become clearer.

Judge Carter Removed From South OC Homelessness Case

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter was removed Friday from a closely-watched lawsuit seeking to restrict anti-camping enforcement against homeless people in south Orange County cities.

Sacramento Report: Here’s What San Diego’s Getting Out of the New State Budget

The state budget approved by the Legislature this week includes all kinds of big-ticket, big-picture items like tens of millions of dollars to fight homelessness and bolster childcare services statewide.

VOSD Podcast: What’s Driving Hondurans to the Border

This week on the podcast, hosts Andrew Keatts and Sara Libby sat down with Voice of San Diego immigration reporter Maya Srikrishnan, who just returned from Honduras, where she spent time speaking with deportees and reporting on what’s driving migration from Honduras to the United States.

‘Journalism Matters’: Pueblo Chieftain employees protest cuts and their new owner outside the newsroom

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Denver school board bans use of handcuffs on elementary school students

Campus safety officers employed by the Denver school district will no longer be allowed to use handcuffs on elementary school students, after the school board unanimously passed a resolution Thursday banning the controversial practice.

U.S. court lets Trump transgender military ban stand, orders new review

A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court judge to reconsider her ruling against U.S. President Donald Trump’s restrictions on transgender people from serving in the military, a policy that has already been allowed to go into effect by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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