9 h. ago Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing

U.S. officials say the wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a security check

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16 h. ago Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, a dancer with a 40-ft braid attached to her head glided across a narrow concrete walkway. The audience sat on chairs in front of a long wooden building: a former detention center where – from 1910 to 1940 – half a million people, the majority Chinese, were held for months, even years, in prison-like conditions.Sometimes called “the Ellis Island of the west”, Angel Island’s immigration station is the unlikely setting, and inspiration, for an ambitious new work by the Oakland Ballet Company. It’s based on the people from 80 countries who were confined to the the island’s detention center, which was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other racist laws designed to keep Asian people out of the United States. In response, the detainees carved over 200 p...

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69 h. ago Husband and wife found dead inside own home in double tragedy

An inquest has now been opened and adjourned after Brian and Carol Makin were found dead

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3 d. ago Bride shot dead two days before Disney wedding after exposing husband's secret double life

Molly Watson was found dead just two days before her Disney-themed wedding and her fiance James Addie was later convicted of her murder after his secret life was exposed

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1 week ago At least 32 dead after Vladimir Putin launches brutal double Iskander

Russia staged a barbaric new double Iskander-M missile strike on Ukraine today hitting a trolley bus, killing at least 21 people and leaving 83 injured. 

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1 week ago At least 21 dead after Vladimir Putin launches brutal double Iskander

Russia staged a barbaric new double Iskander-M missile strike on Ukraine today hitting a trolley bus, killing at least 21 people and leaving 83 injured. 

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2 w. ago Australia on brink of Billie Jean King Cup exit after defeat to Kazakhstan

Kim Birrell and Maya Joint lose singles in straight sets in Brisbane Storm Hunter and Ellen Perez win doubles in BJK Cup qualifying tieKazakhstan have placed Australia on the brink of Billie Jean King Cup elimination with a 2-1 victory in their qualifying tie in Brisbane.Big-hitting former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina out-gunned Kim Birrell to secure victory for Kazakhstan before the hosts picked up a precious point with success in the not-so-dead-rubber doubles. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago One dead after double stabbing near tube station in West London

One dead after double stabbing near tube station in West London  Yahoo News UK

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3 w. ago Road closed after fatal stabbing and arrest near West London tube station

Road closed after fatal stabbing and arrest near West London tube station  Guardian Series

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3 w. ago Major brand announces new flagship store in Oxford Street to open this autumn

The global brand will welcome shoppers to the new 24,000 sq ft space in the former Gap store at 376-384 Oxford Street located near Bond Street station in London's West End.

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