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Agents Bust Alleged Human Smuggling Attempt at Texas Airport near Border

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Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents and local police officers disrupted an attempt by alleged human smugglers to transport four Central American migrants on a private aircraft. The incident took place at the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas.

Rio Grande Valley Sector agents assigned to the Border Patrol Intelligence team received information regarding suspicious activity at the Valley International Airport on May 25. Agents responded with the assistance of Harlingen, Texas, police officers and approached an aircraft at Gulf Aviation.

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— Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez (@USBPChiefRGV) May 28, 2023

Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez tweeted photos showing a person believed to be the aircraft’s pilot escorting four individuals to the aircraft. Agents moved in and questioned the five people involved in the alleged smuggling activity.

The agents identified the four passengers, two men and two women, as citizens of Guatemala and Honduras. The four migrants had no documents permitting them to legally be present in the United States.

The agents arrested the four migrants and two pilots. The Harlingen Police Department seized the aircraft used in the alleged smuggling attempt, according to a statement from CBP officials.

“Great work to all involved,” said Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez, “This particular case highlights the importance of our law enforcement partnerships, especially intercepting unconventional smuggling methods.”

In September 2022, Texas Department of Public Safety special agents and Border Patrol agents interdicted another aviation-related human smuggling incident at the McAllen, Texas, airport, Breitbart Texas reported .

In this incident, 19 migrants were found in the attempted human smuggling incident. The Central American migrants were allegedly being smuggled to the Houston area.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team . He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX.

Key artifact helps illuminate historic moment in JFK assassination

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Dallas, Texas — Just 12 hours after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, reporters from all over the world crammed into Dallas police headquarters to try and interview the suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald.

“I got jostled,” said reporter Bill Mercer, who was with CBS affiliate KRLD at the time. “I’m small, so I got pushed behind the door one time, I’m pummeled.”

Mercer had just received a tip from an officer that Oswald had formally been charged with murdering the president, something that Oswald didn’t even know, until Mercer broke the news to him on camera.

“You have been charged, sir,” Mercer told Oswald on camera. “You have been charged.”

“And he looked at me, ‘What?'” the now 97-year-old Mercer recounted to CBS News this week. “And I said, ‘You have been charged with the murder of the president.'”

Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police headquarters on Nov. 24, 1963, two days after Kennedy’s assassination.

Nearly 60 years later, Camera No. 3 from that interview finally belongs to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, which chronicles the Kennedy assassination.

In January, Mercer was reunited with this piece of history in a visit to the museum.

“This is particularly special because we have the footage, we have the artifact, and we have the man who was reporting that news,” Nicola Longford, Sixth Floor Museum CEO, said.

Longford explained that, decades later, physical artifacts are still popping up from that moment in time.

“We need to have physical items that animate people’s imaginations and try to step back into a historic moment,” Longford said.

Camera No. 3, which is almost too heavy to lift, will go on display to the public later this year to mark 60 years since Kennedy’s death. For Mercer, it’s a piece of history that he will never forget.

“Well, it’s great because, what if we hadn’t had the camera?” reflects Mercer. “It would just be a nothing piece of audio, maybe.”

Omar Villafranca

Omar Villafranca is a CBS News correspondent based in Dallas.

Keanu Reeves performs live with Dogstar band after 20 years

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John Wick star Keanu Reeves made a highly anticipated comeback as he reunited with his rock band, Dogstar, at the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival.

The reunion was the first time in over two decades that Reeves publicly played bass with the group.

Before taking the stage, Reeves received some encouragement from his bandmate, Robert Mailhouse.

“He was just super positive. He was like, ‘Listen to the music. Just be present in the song, and it will go from there,’” he told the San Francisco Chronicle.

The reunion of Dogstar was a special moment, considering the band’s formation in 1991 when Reeves and Mailhouse met at a supermarket and formed a friendship. Reeves assumed the role of bassist and backup vocalist, while Mailhouse showcased his skills as the drummer and percussionist.

Following the band’s initial lineup, Gregg Miller joined Dogstar as the lead guitarist and vocalist a year later. However, Miller’s departure in 1995 led to Bret Domrose taking over as the lead vocalist after joining as a guitarist and vocalist in 1994.

Speaking to Billboard , Reeves also admitted he missed the band all these years.

“I missed playing together, I missed writing together, I missed doing shows together. It’s something I’ve always missed,” Reeves told Billboard.

“We came to a spot where we weren’t playing anymore, and I missed it … Once we started to play, and it felt good, and really positive and creative, that’s when it was like, ‘Okay, let’s make this happen.’”

‘Bring back Middlesex’ say campaigners as King urged to support return of historic county

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The inexorable growth of London spelled the end for Middlesex County Council almost 60 years ago, when it was abolished during the reign of Elizabeth II.

But now campaigners are calling on her son, Charles III, to back their demand to bring back the 1,300-year-old county name.

The group, Middlesex Heritage, has written to the King to urge him to recognise the county he was born and crowned in by supporting the appointment of a lord lieutenant to represent it.

Number 10 led the flying of flags across the traditional county , which covers central London and much of the north and west, to celebrate Middlesex Day.

The ancient banner, consisting of three Saxon swords , flew over Lord’s cricket ground, the Supreme Court and Harrow School.

Boris Johnson, whose seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip sits in what he called a “quite astonishing county”, wished his constituents a happy Middlesex Day – and said traditional counties were an “important part of our local culture and heritage”. Among the county’s famous offspring are actress Keira Knightley and singer Elton John.

And Russell Grant, the TV astrologist and founder of the Association of British Counties, said: “Middlesex Day recognises that Middlesex has a heritage and identity that continues to be the roots of many born, bred or living in it.”

The day, May 16, was chosen to recognise the achievements of the 57th West Middlesex Regiment of Foot, at the 1811 Battle of Albuhera during the Napoleonic Wars, where they were the first to use the phrase “Die hard”.

Middlesex dates back at least to the eighth century – it is mentioned in a chronicle in 704AD – but it has been gradually eroded by the growth of London.

In 1889, around a fifth of its area was given to the new County of London, with the rest forming Middlesex County Council.

When Greater London was created in 1965, it incorporated almost all the historic county of Middlesex, and the county council was scrapped. Small parts ended up in Hertfordshire and Surrey.

Campaigners are not calling for the county council of Middlesex to be restored, but they would like to see the ceremonial county re-established.

This would mean it would have its own lord lieutenant and could see more people using Middlesex in their addresses.

In his letter to the King, Jeff Barnes, Middlesex Heritage chairman, said: “The 16th May has become an annual day of celebration to honour the continuing existence of the historic county of Middlesex, the county of your Majesty’s birth and Coronation, since being first recorded in a Saxon charter over a thousand years ago, AD 704.

“If your Majesty would consider marking his appreciation for both county and regiment and the centuries of loyal service the people of Middlesex have given to both Crown and Nation, by restoring the historic County of Middlesex’ Lord-Lieutenancy, such a decision would be received with enormous pride.”

Mr Grant said: “Considering Middlesex has been around for 1,319 years it’s depressing that the abolition of a 76 years old Middlesex County Council, that didn’t even cover all of the historic county, is assumed to be the demise of the real Middlesex.”

In a message on Facebook, Mr Johnson said: “Happy Middlesex Day folks. Some say Middlesex is the county that’s been almost forgotten and yet it is still there. You go to those wonderful old village centres and you see the Norman churches, the half-timbered Tudor houses, the beautiful riparian landscape of the Thames, the Arcadia that J M W Turner painted himself.

“And it’s just incredible to think that all this fantastic cultural interest is at the heart of what is also the most economically powerful and productive region in the whole of Europe. That’s to say, Greater London. And it’s quite astonishing. Middlesex is a quite astonishing county.

“So think about Middlesex, folks. Have a very happy Middlesex Day, May 16th.”

Writing on Twitter, he added: “Happy Middlesex Day! Historic counties are an important part of our local culture and heritage.

“For many in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Middlesex remains a significant part of our local identity. So it’s with great pride that the Middlesex flag will fly in the London borough of Hillingdon and across the county today.”

Middlesex is the only county to be completely erased by the expansion of London. Essex, Surrey and Kent – all of which used to extend far into central London – were all much reduced in size, but were not abolished.

The only parts of Middlesex which stand outside Greater London are Potters Bar, now in Hertfordshire, and Sunbury and Staines, now in Surrey.

The flag consists of a gold crown and three short notched seaxes on a red background. Seaxes are a type of Anglo-saxon sword.

It was also flown above Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities, and above Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square, which used to be the headquarters of Middlesex county council and is now home to the Supreme Court.

The flag was also flown at Lords, where Middlesex County Cricket Club plays most of its matches.

On Tuesday the club tweeted: “We wish all of our members and supporters a very happy Middlesex Day.

“Today, the Club flag is flying above the Pavilion at the Home of Cricket as we mark the occasion.”

Middlesex Day also commemorates the 57th West Middlesex Regiment of Foot, which played such a key role at the Battle of Albuhera in the Peninsula War.

Its commander Colonel Inglis had his horse shot from under him and called to his men “Die hard!” – the origin of the phrase. The infantry regiment has now been merged into the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.

Paul Senter, deputy regimental secretary, said: “We are very happy to support Russell Grant and to bring Middlesex as an entity to the fore. Good luck with the campaign.”

Gerard Dugdill, chairman of the British Counties Campaign, asked why the whole county should be subject to Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emissions zone.

“Why should nearly all of Middlesex come under ULEZ, a money-making war on the motorist from those paid to push the global agenda,” he said.

“People in Hillingdon and Harrow don’t want it. Should they secede from London? Middlesex should decide for itself what’s best. We encourage all those in support to fly the county flag.”

Seattle Business Owner Issues Public Apology For Wearing Dreadlocks | The Daily Wire

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On Monday, a Seattle business owner issued a public apology for her dreadlocks after she was vilified on social media.

Rachel Marshall, founder of Rachel’s Ginger Beer in Seattle, responded on Instagram to critics who viewed her dreadlocks as cultural appropriation.

One critic wrote :

Seattle, we gotta talk. @rachelrgb owns @rgbsoda here in Seattle with multiple locations. She is a white woman with dreadlocks and allegedly gives her product to cops (the people brutalizing her customer base) for free. It has always confused me that we have seen this woman speak at @cherrybombe and cozy up regularly with @lindaderschang (owner of multiple restaurants here in Seattle) and no one has confronted her about how her choice to willfully appropriate Black hairstyling is highly problematic.

We aren’t in a post-racial utopia. And there is no federal law to protect Black people from being penalized for their natural or protective hairstyling. Hell, we are still trying to convince everyone Black Lives Matter. So, until racial equity is achieved in wealth, politics, education and work, white people should not be wearing dreads out of love, solidarity and respect for Black people. At least, this is my current understanding.

Another wrote: “I was trying to find this post for so long after first seeing it! I’m glad I found it again – sounds like a boycott is appropriate.”

Marshall, founder of Rachel’s Ginger Beer in Seattle, wrote :

hello everyone, its rachel: i have come to understand — far too belatedly — that my hairstyle is harmful. It is clear that I have been stubbornly resistant, and I sincerely apologize to those I hurt. I am deeply sorry for the pain I caused to members of the african-american community, who have been and still are discriminated against & mistreated for having dreadlocks, and I’m so sorry that it took so long to admit and address my mistake. I have an appointment to remove my dreadlocks, and more broadly, am committed to earnestly listening to and learn from the voices and lived-experiences different from my own. I never want to cause any harm.

Going forward, I will work in consultation with diversity and equity representatives to ensure my companies’ policies, practices and actions align with our intention to maintain a fair, equitable and enjoyable workplace for everyone. I commit to doing better, as an individual and with my companies, and to being more responsive to feedback in the future. I thank the people who have taken the time to express their concerns and help me learn.

The argument over dreadlocks goes back years, as many people in the black community regard it as an important part of their cultural heritage while other people point out that many ancient cultures, including the Celts and Vikings, wore their hair in dreadlocks.

“Dating as far back as 2500 B.C., The Vedas , Hinduism’s oldest scriptures, depict the Hindu God Shiva wearing locs or ‘jaTaa’ in the Sanskrit language, according to Dr. Bert Ashe’s book, Twisted: My Dreadlocks Chronicles ,” Ebony.com noted, adding, “‘Dreadlocks can be traced to just about every civilization in history,’ says Chimere Faulk, an Atlanta-based natural hair stylist and owner of Dr. Locs . ‘No matter the race, you will find a connection to having dreadlocks for spiritual reasons.’”