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Mexico Investigates Migrant Deaths in Border City Fire as Homicide Case

By Simon Romero, Natalie Kitroeff & Eileen Sullivan | The New York Times

Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they were investigating a fire at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez as a homicide case, saying that government workers and private security employees had not allowed detainees to escape from the blaze that killed at least 39 people.

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Russian Security Service Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich

By Daniel Michaels | The Wall Street Journal

Russia’s main security agency said it had detained a Wall Street Journal reporter for what it described as espionage.