ICE detains a U.S. citizen in L.A. and charges her with obstructing an arrest

The family of a 32-year-old U.S. citizen said she was wrongfully detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers and falsely accused of “forcefully obstructing” officers during an immigration raid in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. Andrea Velez appeared in federal court Thursday charged with assaulting a federal officer while he was attempting to arrest a…

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China purges senior military official Miao Hua from top ruling body

BEIJING — China’s top legislature has voted to remove senior military official Miao Hua from the Central Military Commission, its highest-level military command body, according to a statement published Friday by Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency. Miao, 69, was put under investigation for “serious violations of discipline” in November. The former political ideology chief of…

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