Grand strand crime articles
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Brazil floods: Residents stranded on rooftops in Rio Grande do Sul
At least 10 people have died and more than 20 are missing after storms caused flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
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US asylum app strands migrants and aids organised crime, rights group says
CBP One app offers far too few appointments, meaning asylum seekers must wait or pay human trafficking groups, report revealsA US government smartphone app that tightly limits asylum appointments at the US-Mexico border is stranding vulnerable migrants in Mexico and enriching organised crime groups, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW).The report, which draws on interviews with more than 100 migrants, as well as officials and activists, documents how the CBP One app – which is...
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Grand jury indicts man accused of stabbing Palestinian-American with aggravated assault despite calls for hate crime charges
By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with the stabbing of a Palestinian-American was indicted by a Texas grand jury Tuesday on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, despite calls from Muslim civil rights advocates to have him charged with a hate crime. Austin police arrested