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1 week ago | yahoo.com | Morgan Winsor |Liezl Thom

An American missionary allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday has been rescued in "a high-intensity shootout" between police and his suspected captors, authorities said on Wednesday. Three unidentified suspects were killed during Tuesday's rescue operation, which was led by the South African Police Service's elite Hawks unit, according to a statement from police spokesman Lt. Col. Avele Fumba.

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Max Zahn |Morgan Winsor |Liezl Thom |Luis Martinez

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump earlier this month announced far-reaching “reciprocal tariffs” on scores of countries, but he soon suspended the levies on all but one: China. Instead, Trump ratcheted up China tariffs to a whopping total of 145%. In response, China slapped 125% tariffs on U.S. goods and issued other countermeasures.

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Luis Martinez |Morgan Winsor |Liezl Thom |Max Zahn

(FORT HUACHUCA, AZ) -- U.S. Army soldiers will soon be patrolling a 170-mile buffer zone along the southern border with Mexico in a newly created "National Defense Area" in Arizona and New Mexico. It's part of the Trump administration's efforts to use the U.S. military to stop the flow of undocumented migrants into the United States.

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Deena Zaru |Morgan Winsor |Liezl Thom |Max Zahn

International students pursuing degrees at Michigan public universities sought relief from detention and deportation during a federal court hearing on Tuesday, after their student immigration status was terminated this month, jeopardizing their legal status in the U.S. The students -- two citizens of China, one of Nepal and another from India -- filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and immigration officials, claiming that their student immigration status...

1 week ago | thepulseofnh.com | Morgan Winsor |Liezl Thom |Max Zahn |Luis Martinez

(LONDON and PRETORIA) -- An American missionary who was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday evening was rescued in "a high-intensity shootout" several days later, South African police said Wednesday. Three unidentified suspects were killed during Tuesday's operation, which was led by the South African Police Service's elite Hawks unit, according to a statement from spokesman Lt. Col. Avele Fumba.