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  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Patrick Smith |Joe Kottke

    / Updated A group of about 30 pro-Palestinian students was arrested Monday night after occupying a building at the University of Washington in Seattle, setting dumpsters on fire and creating a "dangerous" environment, university officials said. The group, called Super UW, said on its Facebook page that it "launched an occupation of the new Boeing-funded engineering building" and was staging a protest over the aviation company's defense contracts and arms sales to Israel.

  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Joe Kottke |Halle Lukasiewicz

    The family of a 25-year-old man is calling for the staff members involved in an incident that led to his death while in custody at an Ohio jail in March to be charged with murder. Ten Montgomery County Jail employees have been put on paid administrative leave after the Montgomery County Coroner ruled the manner of Christian Black’s death as homicide, Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck said in a statement.

  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Cohen |Joe Kottke

    The woman who kidnapped and held Elizabeth Smart captive for nine months in the early 2000s was arrested in Utah this week after visiting at least two parks, which she can't do because of her status as a sex offender. Wanda Barzee, 79, was arrested at her Salt Lake City home Thursday and was booked on one count of violating her status as a sex offender in Utah, a spokesperson for the Salt Lake City Police Department said Friday.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Phil Helsel |Joe Kottke

    A federal judge in Louisiana said Friday that a 2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been deported with her mother to Honduras with no meaningful due process. In an order scheduling a hearing for next month, U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty wrote that the child was sent to Honduras on Friday with her mother who had been ordered to be removed. “The Government contends that this is all okay because the mother wishes that the child be deported with her,” Doughty wrote.

  • 3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Minyvonne Burke |Joe Kottke

    A New Mexico teenager was detained by immigration agents while reportedly visiting Arizona this month after being accused of illegally entering the United States, his family said. Jose Hermosillo, 19, was detained near Nogales, Arizona, on April 8, court documents state.

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Joe Kottke
Joe Kottke @joekottkeNBC
6 May 25

RT @NBCNews: The family of a 25-year-old man is calling for the staff members involved in an incident that led to his death while in custod…

Joe Kottke
Joe Kottke @joekottkeNBC
3 May 25

RT @NBCNews: The woman who kidnapped and held Elizabeth Smart captive for nine months in the early 2000s was arrested in Utah this week aft…

Joe Kottke
Joe Kottke @joekottkeNBC
2 May 25

Twenty former federal judges signed a letter released today emphasizing the importance of maintaining three separate, co-equal branches of government and pledging to protect the independence of the judiciary. https://t.co/RnBZeUUZGL via @nbcnews