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PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.Abrego Garcia’s attorney confirmed he was released just before 5 p.m. Thursday and told The Associated Press he plans to return to Maryland, where he has an American wife and child and where he has lived for years after originally immigrating to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said he’s not sure what comes next, but he’s prepared to defend his client against further deportation efforts.U.S. District...

A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now leads former President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Trump previously led DeSantis by double-digit margins among registered voters who describe themselves as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents. Meanwhile, DeSantis is ahead by even more — a whopping 11 points — among Americans who say they voted in a 2016 Republican primary or caucus in their state. The poll of 1,635 U.S. adults, which was conducted from Dec. 1 to 5, is one of the first to confirm how far...

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Just as my wife and I were leaving for the hospital ( only minutes from when the prayer request went upon FR ) my wife received a call from the ICU. Cathy has partially awakened!!! She responds to voices, breathing mostly on her own - best part - the brain scan shows NO DAMAGE AT ALL! She has contracted an infection, which has yet to be identified. But, truth is ..hospital's are where you go to find all sorts of creepy infections. After all the gloom and doom scenarios from the docs this is great news. Thank you...

A far-reaching web of trade is expected to come here for the Super Bowl -- one police wish wasn't and can do little about. Internet message boards rating hot spots for finding sex for cash have been rife with Jacksonville references lately, and hotel reservations for prostitutes are booked. The so-called oldest profession is expected to be invading hotel rooms across the city throughout the week. Men have been lining up women -- and some men -- for weeks, some for more than $2,000 an hour. As far as the escorts are concerned, this is the perfect chance to meet...