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China Condemns U.S. Arrest Warrant for Raul Castro, Paying Lip Service to Cuba Without Actually Helping

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry belatedly condemned on Wednesday the issuing of an arrest warrant by Florida authorities for Raúl Castro, the 95-year-old communist dictator of Cuba, referring to the widely hated repressor as a "venerated revolutionary leader."

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Lawyer: Pike's Veins May Have 'Blown' During Execution

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Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms during her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with pentobarbital, her attorney wrote.

Girls on cross-country team walk off to PROTEST biological male who wants to run with girls

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Washington state officials are facing criticism over their handling of a protest related to a biological male trying to run on the girls' cross-country team.

About a dozen girls on the Camas High School cross-country team walked away when their race began at a district-level cross-country event on Tuesday.

'Students do not need to provide medical or legal documentation to participate in athletics matching their gender identity.'

They are opposed to the inclusion of a biological boy who decided to switch to the girls' team mid-season after initially joining the boys' team.

Protests and counter-protests have erupted over the issue, and sometimes they got physical.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association oversees high school sports and said only that students can compete in a sport consistent with their gender identity.

"School personnel responsible for student eligibility work collaboratively with the student athlete to determine eligibility under those rules," reads the policy from WIAA.

The WIAA handbook adds: "Students do not need to provide medical or legal documentation to participate in athletics matching their gender identity."

One student athlete spoke to KING-TV about her fellow students' decision to protest. She did not want to be publicly identified.

"A lot of the girls on my team decided that they felt it was unfair to their sport, like it could affect their times and their places," the girl said. "Besides that, it's not my issue. Live your life how you want. I am completely fine with trans kids."

A protester with a sign that read, "Let our trans kids play" offered the counter-opinion.

"They deserve to be included as representatives of their own identity. They are trans girls. They are girls," she claimed.

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The biological male finished second out of 26 runners on Wednesday and displaced a biological girl from competing in the regional race. He had placed 76th among boys just a few weeks prior.

Camas is a city of about 26,000 people in the southwest corner of the state.

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Carlos Garcia

Goldman Sachs: Next Recession Could Trigger AI Layoffs

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Artificial intelligence could eliminate millions of American jobs, with the biggest wave of layoffs potentially coming during the next recession as companies move to replace workers with technology, Goldman Sachs warned Thursday.

Honduran illegal alien assaulted ICE officers with HAMMER, feds claim

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in New Jersey led to assault charges for an illegal alien from Honduras, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The incident unfolded on Oct. 4 when ICE officers ran a license plate check on a truck in the area of another federal operation in Gibbsboro.

'Licona Amador will be held accountable under federal law for allegedly defying lawful commands from ICE officers and escalating the encounter by threatening violence.'

Officers discovered the truck was registered to 27-year-old Reinieri De Jesus Licona Amador, and the driver of the truck matched a photo of Licona Amador on file, the complaint claimed. Immigration records said he was illegally present in the U.S. and subject to removal.

The officers lit up their emergency lights, and Licona Amador pulled over. When they approached the truck, they were wearing badges and clothing that clearly identified them as "ICE" and "police," the press release said.

At that point, the officers saw Licona Amador reach back into a tool container in the back and pull out a hammer, the complaint claimed.

According to the allegations, the officers ordered him to stop moving, but he refused to follow their orders and moved to the passenger seat with the hammer. They tried to physically restrain him, but he was able to climb out of the truck and then allegedly "swung his hammer multiple times" at two officers, according to the press release.

The complaint indicated that the suspect did not manage to strike the officers, identified as Victim 1 and Victim 2.

"Victim 2 also stated that, had the hammer actually made physical contact with either Victim 1 or Victim 2, Victim 2 thought that the hammer would have caused serious, and potentially fatal, injuries to Victim 1 or Victim 2," Special Agent Javed Narain wrote in the complaint.

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U.S. Attorney's Office of New Jersey press release

The U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey released images from body camera footage showing a man with a hammer.

Officers sprayed him with pepper spray and were able to subdue him after that. They also called for EMS, but Licona Amador refused treatment, the complaint said.

Another passenger in the vehicle at the time was identified as an illegal alien from Honduras who had been previously issued a final order of removal, the complaint noted.

"Threats, violence, and obstruction directed at federal law enforcement officers are unacceptable and jeopardize the safety of both our personnel and the public," reads a statement from Michael McCarthy, the special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New Jersey.

"Licona Amador will be held accountable under federal law for allegedly defying lawful commands from ICE officers and escalating the encounter by threatening violence," he added.

"These acts of violence cannot be tolerated and must end," McCarthy concluded.

Licona Amador was arrested Monday. If convicted on the assault charge, he faces a possible sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

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