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A federal judge did not have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday ordered the administration to “facilitate and effectuate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. by late Monday night. Justice Department lawyers asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately pause the judge’s order.”A judicial order that forces the Executive to engage with a foreign power…

The lawyer for Karmelo Anthony, a Texas high school student accused of stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death during a confrontation at a track meet Wednesday, plans to ask for his $1 million bond to be lowered, according to a report.”I know that my client said it was self-defense. I don’t have any reason to disbelieve that, but I need to develop facts, talk to people and figure out what’s going on before I make any statements about what I think happened,” attorney Deric Walpole, who was hired by Anthony’s family Friday, told KXAS-TV. “I don’t have any…

Police are seeking witnesses to an early morning incident in Geraldton on Saturday, after a man was found dying on a street. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that he was revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders because the country’s transitional government had refused to accept in a “timely manner” citizens who were being deported by the Trump administration.Mr. Rubio also said in a social media post that he would “restrict any further issuance to prevent entry” of South Sudanese, blaming the “failure of South Sudan’s transitional government” to accept the repatriations. In a statement issued through the State Department, Mr. Rubio said, “we will be prepared to review these actions when South Sudan is in full…

If you passed through the unlocked gate and rambling garden into Ruth Asawa’s Noe Valley home between 1966 and 2000, the 5-foot-tall Japanese American artist would likely have persuaded you to lie down on the kitchen table or living room floor and let her cover your face in plaster. Ethereal clusters of her undulating, looped-wire sculptures would have dangled from the rafters of the cathedral ceiling while her six children, and later 10 grandchildren, ran underfoot.“Ruthie could get people to do very bizarre things — because to have your face cast is a completely intimate act,” said Addie Lanier, one…

Bill Murray had a fiery response to allegations of past inappropriate behavior, including the time actress Geena Davis claimed in a memoir he pulled down her dress strap 35 years ago.When Murray, 74, was asked about Davis’ claims that he “dressed her down” by The New York Times, he called the allegations “outrageous.””When someone has an episode like mine on ‘Being Mortal,’ the world goes searching for more proof that this person is a monster — an absolute monster,” Murray remarked.BILL MURRAY SNAPS AT MAN IN NEW YORK MOVIE THEATER, ACCUSES HIM OF ASSAULT Bill Murray opened up during an…

Elon Musk has been promising investors for about a decade that Tesla’s cars are on the verge of turning into robotaxis, capable of driving themselves cross-country, after one big software update.That hasn’t happened yet.What Tesla offers is a sophisticated, but only partially automated, driving system that’s marketed in the U.S. as its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) option, though many Tesla fans refer to it as FSD. In China, Tesla recently changed the system’s name to “intelligent assisted driving.”Full Self-Driving, as it was previously called, relies on cameras and software to enable features like automatic navigation on highways and city streets, or…

Only three days after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, including a 20 percent tariff on goods from the European Union, Elon Musk said on Saturday that he hoped that Europe and the United States moved “to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone.”Mr. Musk made the remarks during a videoconference appearance with Italy’s far-right League party in Florence. They came after the tech billionaire turned presidential confidant had stayed largely silent about Mr. Trump’s tariffs.During Mr. Trump’s first term, Mr. Musk had said there should be “no tariffs at all either way” between the United States and Britain.Mr. Musk…

As he continues playing for a national championship, Cooper Flagg has added another honor to his résumé. The Duke superstar was named this year’s recipient of the Wooden Award, given to the best college basketball player in the country.Flagg becomes just the fourth freshman in history to win the award, joining Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson. Duke Blue Devils forward Cooper Flagg reacts in the second half at Dean E. Smith Center.  (Bob Donnan/Imagn Images)Flagg received the nod over Johni Broome, Walter Clayton Jr., Mark Sears and Braden Smith.This season, Flagg is averaging 18.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2…

A man fatally shot a Catholic priest outside his parish rectory in Kansas on Thursday in an attack with no known motive, the authorities said.The priest, Arul Carasala, 57, was found with gunshot wounds at around 3 p.m. by state troopers outside the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church rectory in Seneca, Kan., according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The priest was brought to a hospital where he died from his injuries.Shortly after, the authorities arrested Gary L. Hermesch, 66. On Friday, prosecutors charged Mr. Hermesch with first-degree murder, saying that the shooting was intentional and premeditated, according to…