DHS officers on leave, face prosecution over false statements after Minneapolis migrant shooting

WASHINGTON — Two officers at the Department of Homeland Security have been placed on leave and may face criminal charges after giving false reports about a migrant-involved shooting incident in Minnesota last month. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons said in a statement Friday the unidentified officers made “untruthful statements” under oath and had “been immediately placed on administrative leave pending the completion of a thorough internal investigation.” “Upon conclusion of the investigation,” Lyons added, “the officers may face termination of employment, as well as potential criminal prosecution.” The fabrications relate to an incident in which an officer…

Riley Weiss’ growth makes anything possible for Columbia

The buzzer at the end of the first half Friday night signaled relief for Riley Weiss.  It was a rough start for the Columbia guard. Friday’s game against No. 24 Princeton was one of the biggest games on the Lions’ schedule and Weiss came out flat.  She scored only three…

Inside the Ruffles Celebrity All-Star Game at the Forum

The ghosts still live in the rafters of the Forum. You can feel them the moment you walk through those circular corridors in Inglewood — the echoes of Magic’s no-look passes, Kareem’s skyhook carving air like a sculptor’s blade, the bass line of the Showtime Lakers pulsing through a building…

3 dead after US strikes another alleged drug boat in Caribbean

The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” It…

Exclusive | Trump urged to impose ‘zero tolerance and total pressure’ on Cuba – as expert warns regime will try to ‘dupe’ US

Cuban-American lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to impose maximum pressure on the island’s totalitarian regime, arguing the Communist government is weaker than it has ever been. “It’s a failed nation, and they’re not getting any money from Venezuela, and they’re not getting any money from anyone,” President Trump, who…

Impossibly powerful ‘ghost particle’ that slammed into Earth may have come from an exploding black hole — and it could upend both particle physics and cosmology

An impossibly powerful “ghost particle” that recently slammed into Earth may have come from a rare type of exploding black hole, researchers claim.If true, the extraordinary event may prove a theory that could upend our understanding of both particle physics and dark matter, the team argues. However, this is just…

Drink this much coffee a day to lower your dementia risk: study

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but your morning java might keep you sharp. While the scientific opinions on life’s greatest pleasures — coffee, alcohol, dark chocolate — seem to be in a constant state of flux, researchers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this week are giving your caffeine addiction…

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