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Arfat Sheikh, whose work explores conflict in the disputed Himalayan region, entered the U.S. in 2019 on a student visa and filed for asylum in 2020, supporters said.

The complaint seeks damages for what plaintiffs describe as “educational ​and economic injuries” caused by decades of underfunding.

People between eastern Louisiana and the western Florida Panhandle have been urged to prepare for the storm.

Some Gulf oil wells paused production, and at least four Florida school districts canceled classes for later in the week.

Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been behind bars in New York since early January, when U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home.

FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager after selling him the gun and then arresting him on the spot, the complaint said.

A petition filed Wednesday for Gillio Lopes says James has “unequivocally demonstrated a bias and presumption of guilt against the defendants.”

Because the same drug used in Pike’s attempted execution — pentobarbital — would be used in Texas for Jamaal Howard, his attorneys had argued that it posed the same risks.

A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the FDA to provide an update on its safety study as part of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a provision allowing mifepristone to be delivered by mail.

A judge ruled Wanying Zhang, 34, should be held in custody after federal prosecutor argued that she has substantial foreign assets that would allow her to flee.

Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim extremist religious leaders helped the hijackers. The Saudi government denies any involvement in the attacks.