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Donald Trump Plans on Executing Immigration Plan Through 'Management’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump today defended his newly released immigration reform plan, which calls for the deportation of millions of undocumented workers in the United States, saying he’ll accomplish the objectives through “management.”In a plan released earlier this month, Trump called for an end to birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and for the deportation of undocumented workers. He did not offer more specifics as to how

Koreas resume crisis talks, South says North deploying subs

North and South Korea resumed top-level talks Sunday on avoiding a threatened military clash, even as Seoul accused Pyongyang of undermining the process with provocative naval and land deployments. The South Korean defence ministry said the North had doubled its artillery units at the border and deployed two-thirds of its total submarine fleet — or around 50 vessels — outside their bases. “The North is adopting a two-faced stance with

Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins

National Zoo staff are helping giant panda Mei Xiang adjust to life with her newborn twins by occasionally switching out one cub and keeping it in an incubator, zoo officials said on Sunday. Mei Xiang, a star tourist draw, took staff by surprise on Saturday by giving birth to twins about four-and-a-half hours apart. Giant pandas are among the world’s most endangered species and she had been artificially inseminated.

Blighted houses still mar New Orleans a decade after Katrina

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – From the hardscrabble Lower Ninth Ward to middle-class Gentilly, thousands of abandoned homes still litter neighborhoods in New Orleans, a glaring reminder of the mass exodus of residents that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005.A decade after the storm triggered flooding that damaged 70 percent of the city’s housing stock, the most-blighted streets in town are still lined with boarded-up houses that pose safety

New Hampshire beach set for topless beach demonstration Sunday

Hundreds of bare-breasted women are expected to converge on a popular New Hampshire beach on Sunday to push for greater acceptance of topless sunbathing, much to the consternation of some local residents and officials. The event at Hampton Beach was inspired by “Free the Nipple,” a 2014 documentary and a movement that seeks to “stand against female oppression and censorship, both in the United States and around the globe,” according