Scorching Heat Is Contributing to Migrant Deaths
Friday, September 1, 2023 | |
By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel Johannesburg, with a severe shortage of affordable housing, has hundreds of illegally occupied derelict buildings that officials and housing advocates say have become firetraps. | | By Edgar Sandoval Amid a relentless heat wave, some migrants are succumbing to heat exhaustion. More than 500 people have died of various causes this year while trying to cross from Mexico. | | By Alan Feuer and Zach Montague The penalty for Joseph Biggs is the second longest in more than 1,100 criminal cases stemming from the Capitol attack. Another Proud Boys leader was sentenced to 15 years. | | |
U.S. By Michael Levenson A retired man said he has been driving his pet steer Howdy Doody around in a customized Ford Crown Victoria for seven years without a problem. Then the police in Norfolk, Neb., stopped him. | | Opinion By Michelle Cottle, Norman Eisen and Taylor Maggiacomo While it's tempting to downplay or dismiss these efforts as the pathetic machinations of crackpots and fringe figures, that would be a mistake. | | |
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