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U.S. Border Patrol agents take a father and son from Honduras into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center for possible separatio

National

Judge: Immigration Must Identify Thousands More Migrant Kids Separated From Parents

5:49pm March 09, 2019

by Julie Small

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling expanded the number of families potentially eligible for relief under a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

A Police officer stands guard in front of a window riddled with bullet holes in an Ebola treatment center, which was attacked in the early hours of the Saturday morning in Butembo. The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing one of the larg

1 Killed In Latest Attack On Ebola Treatment Center In Congo

3:29pm March 09, 2019

by Gabriela Saldivia

An Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been attacked for a second time in the past month, as the country deals with one of the largest outbreaks of the epidemic in history.

Scholars believe this drawing was likely made by Leonardo da Vinci. It was originally credited to one of his students.

Arts

Mystery Sculpture Thought To Be The Work Of Leonardo da Vinci Is Unveiled In Italy

3:15pm March 09, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Since da Vinci's death, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified. That is, until now, say curators in Italy.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to announce whether he will run for president in 2020, but there may be an opening in the field for a candidate with cross-party appeal.

Politics & Government

As Possible Rivals Pass On 2020 Race, Biden May See A Path Clearing

12:52pm March 09, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

Politicians who decided this week not to run would have offered voters some of the same attributes as the former vice president, spurring speculation there's a possible clearing of the field going on.

School Funding Up In Teacher Protest States; Parkland Superintendent Keeps Job

7:00am March 09, 2019

Also in this week's education roundup: a new head for Federal Student Aid, and a California law aims to make charter schools more transparent.

An asylum-seeking boy Central American boy runs after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego in December 2018.

National

Judge Says Government May Have To Reunite More Migrant Families Separated At Border

11:26pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A federal judge rejects the government's argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.

Shamima Begum was stripped of her citizenship last month but her child, a boy, was still considered a British national. However, the government argued it was too dangerous to try to retrieve the newborn from the sprawling refugee camp where the pair lived

World News

Baby Of British ISIS Woman Stripped Of Citizenship Has Died

10:27pm March 08, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Shamima Begum, who was 15 when she fled to Syria in 2015, had been begging to return to the U.K. prior to her son's birth last month, saying she feared for his health. He died of pneumonia.

National

Maryland Court Denies New Murder Trial For 'Serial' Convict Adnan Syed

9:23pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The ruling is the latest in a protracted legal drama surrounding a 20-year-old murder case. Attorneys for the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend say they haven't exhausted their legal options.

A satellite image taken Feb. 22 shows the Sanumdong research center near Pyongyang, North Korea

Activity At 2nd North Korean Missile Site Indicates Possible Launch Preparations

7:54pm March 08, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Satellite imagery shows that vehicles and rail cars appeared in late February at Sanumdong, a facility where the North has built some of its largest rockets and missiles.

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Empire actor Jussie Smollett leaves Cook County jail following his release in Chicago last month.

National

Jussie Smollett Indicted On 16 Felony Counts By Chicago Grand Jury

7:22pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The charges expand the initial single count of filing a false police report. Now Smollett is charged with multiple counts tied to different aspects of his alleged false report about being attacked.