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The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee blasted the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, issuing a rare but sharp rebuke of the two officials for failing to appear for a public hearing.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said both Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray “refused to appear” before the panel for its annual hearing about threats to the homeland, saying it was the first time in 15 years officials have done so.

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ATHENS, Ga. — Tren de Aragua gang member Jose Ibarra was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for the vicious murder of promising nursing student Laken Riley in a case that ignited a national firestorm over the Biden administration’s open border policy and coddling of illegal immigrants.

The sentencing was meted out a little more than two hours after Judge Patrick Haggard announced the guilty verdict on all charges on the fourth day of the Athens, Georgia, murder trial, in which 29 witnesses were called by the prosecution.

The illegal migrant was described as a “sick, twisted, and evil coward” in series of heartbreaking victim impact statements from Riley’s loved ones before the sentencing. He reacted to the harsh words with cold detachment as a translator whispered them into his ear.

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The number of students who experienced homelessness in New York City last school year could fill Yankee Stadium nearly three times over. That’s according to a new report released Monday from Advocates for Children of New York, which found over 146,000 public school children – or 1 in every 8 – didn’t have a permanent place to call home during the 2022-2023 school year.

While that staggering figure is a record high, driven in part by the recent surge of asylum-seeking families arriving in New York City, homelessness has long been a major issue in the nation’s largest school system. Last academic year was the ninth consecutive year in which more than 100,000 public school children experienced homelessness.

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Parents and students at an Oregon high school are in a furious uproar after two alleged pedophile teachers were arrested last week on charges they sexually abused on at least nine underage girls — and administrators reportedly knew about the sick allegations for years and did nothing.

One parent at a chaotic school board meeting accused administrators of helping to “groom” victims by failing to report the abuse — and allowing one teacher to stay in his classroom until the day he was arrested.

“You’ve all known about it, and I want to know why,” one outraged student demanded.

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A notorious Venezuelan gang that has spread its tentacles across the US is now terrorizing ‘every major city’ in Tennessee, local officials have warned.

Tren de Aragua was described by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director David Rausch as a violent ‘super gang’ in Tuesday’s budget meeting.

‘We know they are on a pathway to more violence,’ said Rausch. ‘They are back in all our major cities. They are running human trafficking operations.’

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A San Francisco federal judge overseeing a lawsuit from a woman alleging a sex trafficker used Meta Platforms Inc.‘s Instagram app to sell her for sex was challenged by the scope of the tech industry’s federal immunity law at a Tuesday hearing.

Judge Rita F. Lin said differing legal precedents from appeals courts about the powers of Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act left her conflicted about whether that legal shield applies to Meta.

“I’m having a hard time reconciling these cases in some ways,” Lin said of the different rulings.

Section 230, passed by Congress in 1996, immunizes internet platforms from civil lawsuits that stem from actions and content posted by users.

The plaintiff, who goes only by Jane Doe, alleged that Meta has “knowingly created a breeding ground for human trafficking” on Instagram by failing to properly verify the identities of user accounts.

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