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The girl, who was of Mexican nationality, died after attempting to cross the river alongside her Guatemalan mother and 3-year-old brother, on Saturday, March 20. The three migrants were first detected by Eagle Pass, Texas, Border Patrol Agents after bystanders reported seeing them stranded on an island on the Mexican side of the river, CBP told Newsweek on Friday. All three of the migrants were unresponsive when agents first assisted them to shore and began administering first aid....

The incident occurred on Thursday as the 43-year-old victim was working at a communal social action center in Canéjan, a town bordering the vineyards in Bordeaux. Local police said the woman was seriously injured and rushed to Bordeaux University Hospital. Her current condition is unknown at this time. Le Figaro newspaper in association with the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency said the man, who will be 91 in November, was quickly arrested at the scene and was due to be examined by a doctor who will determine whether he is fit to be interviewed....

“My husband had a little bit of alcohol and he’s going crazy,” Bianca Rivas, Familia’s wife, says on the Oct. 31 call. MORE: Dirty incidents, jerks give sports a bad name “Your husband is drinking and you’re in a dispute with him?” the dispatcher asks. “Yeah, he’s drunk,” Rivas answers. Familia, 27, was arrested on a charge of simple assault in Fort Lee, N.J. Rivas had a scratch on her chest and a bruise on her right cheek the night of the incident, according to police....

The masculine world of to is yet to be persuaded of that. Spanish women have tried for decades to win the coveted title of matadora de toros, which requires the killing of a full-grown, 4-year-old bull, “For purists, [women] have always been a sacrilege in the ring, a bad joke,” says Bill Lyon, bullfight critic and scholar. “Spain is still the country that invented machismo.” Women have occasionally fought novelties, wearing sequined skirts while facing young bulls....

The video was shared as a recent prompt, encouraging users to stitch a video with their “all-time favorite moment in politics, no matter the party or the country.” The video, posted by a user with the handle @Calebzoo, has received 1.3 million views within 13 hours of being posted, and over 376,000 likes. In the video’s caption, the user expresses a desire for the congresswoman to run for president....

Autism is a type of neurodivergence that has a wide range of traits including repetitive self-stimulatory behavior, also known as stimming. Rather than teaching non-autistic people to challenge their biases and increase inclusivity for autism, traditionally, autistic people may be taught to hide their traits. “It may seem obvious that improving autism knowledge leads to more inclusive attitudes toward autistic people, but this isn’t standard practice in the field,” the study’s corresponding author Desiree R....

Now, researchers say that combining three of the most vital heart medications into a “polypill” could substantially reduce the risk of heart attacks, stroke, and other heart problems. The polypill includes three medications—one for blood pressure, another to lower cholesterol, and aspirin, which helps prevent blood clots. By packaging these three components into one, researchers say patients may be more likely to stay consistent with their medication. “As a cardiologist, I would love to use a polypill for every patient all the time,” Rachel-Maria Brown, MD, director of inpatient cardiac services at Lenox Hill Hospital, who wasn’t involved with the study, told Verywell....

Alice Jones, 26, never had a relationship at school because she was taller than all of the other boys which left her feeling “like a freak.” She even had to take five months off work with West Midlands Ambulance Service to get therapy to help deal with her crippling anxiety, self-doubt, and body image issues. Alice said her problems stemmed from childhood and continued into adulthood before being exacerbated by the stresses of working during the pandemic....

Today emerging-market giants are fighting for oil, gas and metal ore in Africa as energetically as 19th-century European colonialists grabbed land. The Chinese have been the most aggressive, with more than 700 companies active in 50 countries, according to Standard Bank of South Africa. China is now Africa’s second largest aid donor and trading partner, behind the United States, with trade up fourfold to $40 billion since 2000. But Russia, the second most-active emerging-market power, is gaining....

In an interview with Bloomberg Crypto on March 31, he said the digital currency’s value should not be compared to U.S. dollars, but instead to what people could buy with it. He said: “It might be easier to understand if we measure it in terms of Teslas, like one bitcoin for one Model 3. Probably by the end of the year it will be one bitcoin per Lambo and probably by the end of next year it will be one bitcoin per Bugatti....

At which point Clinton had to say something-and he did, with more passion than at any other moment during the conference, thumping the table, saying, “If Elaine is right, and I think she is,” then maybe political capital shouldn’t be spent on fiddling with entitlements like social security, but on “big … stuff” like reforming health care and easing credit, which an earlier speaker (a banker, natch) had suggested could produce $86 billion in new business loans-an amount greater than any stimulus package proposed at the conference-if banking rules were rejiggered....

“I can’t give it to you,” Doyle said. “It’s in the little boys’ room, on the dresser. Tip and Teddy say a prayer to it at night.” He kept his eyes on them steadily. He waited for an apology, some indication of backing down, but instead they just kept staring right at him. He tried again. “They believe it’s actually a statue of her.” “But since we have daughters,” Serena said, she was the older of the two, “and the statue always passes on to a daughter—” She didn’t finish her thought because she felt the point had been made....

After almost two months of searching for answers, investigators are now trying to assemble an hour-by-hour time line of the day Levy went missing, interviewing friends, family and co-workers, scouring phone records and e-mails and canvassing Washington’s leafy Rock Creek Park–all in an effort to identify patterns or clues that have so far eluded them. Police have also contacted morgues across the country, establishing that no Jane Does matching Levy’s description have surfaced....

At central points in his narrative, Sick depends heavily on the accounts of Ari BenMenashe, who claimed to be a key player in the deal. But there are gaping holes in BenMenashe’s story. Sick also relies on Jamshid Hashemi, who with his late brother Cyrus claimed to have brokered the deal. The Hashemis were involved in negotiating with Iran over the hostages–but as go-betweens for the Carter administration, There is no credible evidence they acted for the Reagan campaign....

Like other narrative forms, history must have its stars and supporting players. Some years need no introduction, like 1492 or 1776. The War of 1812, even if most Americans have forgotten why it was fought, nevertheless guarantees immortality to its namesake year. Amid the drab procession of centuries constituting the Middle Ages, 1066 stands out for the Norman conquest of England, an event that combines the two star qualities of consequentiality and contingency....

“The remote control to nothing,” my sister said, recalling what another friend had remarked when she saw all the television and stereo equipment lying in wreckage and all that she could unearth was the remote. I myself was knocked conscious by my great old Rudolph (Rudy Valentino book, a collector’s item given to me by my old boyfriend Dan, who, in 1971, was here for another earthquake and left L....

After winning four of its first six matches, and boasting one of the league’s most exciting attacks, LAFC will get to play its first home game in front of a sellout crowd of 22,000 in the $350 million Banc of California Stadium. Goal got an inside look at LAFC’s birth as a club and its year-long evolution, going from just an idea to being one of the best teams in MLS in a matter of months....

It may seem like a wonkish concern, but the federal government’s computer problems have created everything from alarming security breaches to annoying glitches that make the bureaucracy more inefficient than it already is. The General Accounting Office recently issued a Greatest Hits collection of reported federal government computer foul-up Since 1989, GAO investigators have found 16 cases involving security breaches, albeit few as egregious as that involving Hayes. (The Justice Department says it has dispatched investigators to its offices all over the country to ensure such a foul-up is never repeated....

Since last fall, accidents at petrochemical plants have become a way of life in the industrial belt known as the Houston Ship Channel. Earlier last week, a pump valve at Crown Central Petroleum’s Pasadena processing plant blew a seal, sending flames 100 feet into the air; no serious injuries resulted. One day last month, six people were injured in separate incidents at two other plants. And a series of explosions last October at the Phillips Petroleum plastics plant in Pasadena killed 23 workers and injured 130....