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Mike Hixenbaugh
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Years of ignored warnings freed a children’s pastor to sexually abuse girls, lawsuit says
Long before Tony Waller, an Assemblies of God pastor, was convicted of raping girls, children told church leaders about hidden cameras, drugged drinks and abuse,…
Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom
President Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts and emerging attacks on paid family caregiving have people fearing financial ruin as they fight to keep loved ones out…
RFK Jr. draws backlash for ripping Medicaid programs that pay people to care for relatives
Advocates for disabled people and caregivers said they were insulted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allegations that Medicaid programs are "rife with fraud."
9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee is released from ICE detention
A 9-year-old boy who begged to be released from an immigration detention center so he could attend his state spelling bee has been freed with…
Nonverbal 5-year-old who met Ms. Rachel over Zoom is released from ICE detention
A 5-year-old nonverbal boy whose plight in a South Texas immigration detention center drew national attention after a video call with children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel…
Children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention
Like many Americans, Ms. Rachel said she first became aware of the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, after federal immigration agents detained a 5-year-old…
‘This place broke something in us’: Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day limit
ICE is not supposed to detain children for longer than 20 days under a decades-old court settlement. The Trump administration has routinely violated that limit.
911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center
EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.
Russian family who complained of mistreatment in ICE facility is released after 4 months
The family’s lawyer had sought their release from the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas on medical grounds. They were freed days after NBC News…
Russian family who complained of mistreatment in ICE facility is released after 4 months
The family’s lawyer had sought their release from the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas on medical grounds. They were freed days after NBC News…