RELATED STORIES This Sunday on NCIS: Los Angeles, Kensi and Deeks tried to be in the holiday spirit — even though one of them has a murderous sociopath on the loose and vowing vengeance, and the other is fresh out of a job. Kensi actually kept the Kessler threat in perspective, while Deeks worried about […]
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Here’s what a Medal of Honor recipient says you should do if you find yourself in a firefight
Reuters US Army Captain Florent Groberg received the Medal of Honor for tackling a suicide bomber in 2012. Task & Purpose asked Groberg what he’d tell his soldiers to do in combat, and he replied, “Keep a cool head and mind and do your job.” Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg’s advice for the next […]
Uterus transplant recipient gives birth for the first time in the US
A woman who received a uterus transplant has given birth to a baby — a first in the US, Time reports. She is part of an ongoing uterine transplant clinical trial taking place at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and she, like the other women in the trial, has a nonfunctioning or nonexistent uterus. […]
Trump is getting slammed for saying ‘congratulations’ to a Purple Heart recipient
Shawn Thew/Getty Images President Donald Trump raised more than a few eyebrows during his first visit as president to Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday when he awarded the Purple Heart to Army Sergeant First Class Alvaro Barrientos. “When I heard about this, I wanted to do it myself,” Trump told Barrientos as he […]
Congressman files special bill to shield one particular DACA recipient from deportation
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Democrat Rep. Bennie Thompson moved to shield from deportation Thursday an illegal immigrant living in Mississippi who is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Thompson introduced a private bill to restore protected status to Daniela Vargas, a 22-year-old student who received temporary legal status under former President Obama’s Deferred […]
ICE releases DACA recipient after over 6 weeks of detention
A 24-year-old Mexican “dreamer” arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now been released after posting a $ 15,000 bond. The undocumented immigrant accused of gang ties has been in detention for 46 days. Daniel Ramirez Medina was released Tuesday after being detained for more than six weeks, despite having papers that authorized him to […]
ICE claims detained DACA recipient has gang ties
A 23-year-old illegal immigrant currently being detained may no longer have protection from deportation under the DACA program, as the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement claim he is a “self-admitted gang member.” Daniel Ramirez Medina, who was brought to the US illegally at age 7, was arrested at his home in […]