At least 39 people were killed in a fire that broke out late Monday at a migrant detention facility in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, in what The Washington Post called "one of the deadliest tragedies in years involving foreigners crossing Mexico to reach the United States." The fire started shortly before 10 p.m., the National Immigration Institute (INM) said in a statement. At least 68 men from Central and South America stayed at the center in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, the institute stated. The facility hosts migrants waiting for their requests for asylum in the U.S. to be processed. INM officials say that at least 29 migrants were wounded in the...
For nearly a century, defense attorney Perry Mason has been the fictional face of the wrongly accused, a crusader for justice who's determined to clear his clients' names using every trick in the book. The character was first created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, whose works were adapted into a radio show and, eventually, the formative CBS courtroom drama starring Raymond Burr. No matter the circumstances, the Perry Mason of the halcyon days of television could rise to the occasion.But television has changed a lot since the 1960s, and so has Perry Mason. HBO's reboot of the series, now in its second season, stars Matthew Rhys as a version of the attorney who's both deeply jaded — there's a noirish tone...
Here we go… the first recipe post. One of my many passions is cooking. I am by no means a chef but I have learned some tips and tricks and yummy recipes along the way. I find cooking and baking therapeutic. After working on business all day, going into my kitchen is sometimes the best way to take my mind off things. I love trying new ways of making dishes and exploring recipes. The first recipe I will be sharing is not one I created all on my own but one I tweaked along the way. This recipe is Empanadas. It is a family staple in our household and I find it worth the steps to make it. Now don’t...
The United States will announce a deal with Mexico to stop illicit substances from crossing the southern border, NBC News reported Monday, with Americans working to halt the flow of guns into Mexico while the Mexican government cracks down on fentanyl moving into the U.S. Two sources familiar with the deal told NBC that the Mexican military and police will focus on stopping the raw materials used to create fentanyl. This will include "shutting down labs that make the deadly synthetic opioid and going after key players in the illicit fentanyl trade," the sources said. Mexican drug smugglers have made significant efforts in the past few years to try and move fentanyl across the border. Statistics from the U.S. Customs...
There's no symbol of luxury more universal than the four-poster bed. In this lookbook, we select eight bedrooms elevated by their presence. Beds with vertical columns in each corner supporting an upper panel date back to the medieval period. Originally built with wraparound curtains to keep out the cold and provide privacy, they have historically been associated with highly ornate designs for nobility. Today the four-poster bed remains an unmistakable statement piece of furniture, and the list below sees the concept applied to a variety of bedroom settings, from the traditional to the contemporary. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring bedrooms with wood panelling,...
