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Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official. Edgard Leblanc Fils, the president of Haiti’s transitional council, spoke to world leaders about gang violence in his...
Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats attempted Wednesday to quickly censure a Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a post he made on social media, but GOP leadership stamped out the effort. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana described Haitians in racist terms...
Ohio sheriff deletes online post about Harris supporters and their yard signs after public outcry
After a public outcry and under threat of litigation, an Ohio sheriff has deleted a social media post in which he said people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses written down so that immigrants can be sent to live with them. Portage County Sheriff Bruce...
Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community invoked a private-citizen right to file charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread...
Massachusetts trial attorney to lead investigation of state police recruit's death
The Massachusetts attorney general has named a veteran trial attorney to lead an outside investigation into the death of a state police recruit following a training exercise earlier this month. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, of Worcester, died at a hospital on Sept. 13, a day after the...
AP PHOTOS: Life continues for Ohio community after Trump falsely accused Haitians of eating pets
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Their city has been in the eye of a political storm since former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, falsely accused legal Haitian immigrants in Springfield of eating dogs and cats. One consequence: a rash of hoax bomb threats...
A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on. Between the...
Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric, says voters should make sure he 'can't have that microphone again'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he “can’t have that microphone again.” Sitting down for a rare...
Ohio state police to protect schools after furor over Haitian immigrants in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants, the governor announced Monday, while local officials canceled an annual celebration of cultural diversity in the fallout over former President Donald Trump’s...
