Ghanaian woman found dead near border
The body of a woman from Ghana was found just south of the Manitoban border in far northwestern Minnesota, and authorities suspect she died from exposure while trying to reunite with her daughter in Canada.
Mavis Otuteye, 57, was found dead a half-mile from the border by local and U.S. Border Patrol investigators in a watery drainage ditch near Noyes, Minn., late in the afternoon on Friday, according to the Kittson County Sheriff’s Office.
While it’s not yet clear whether Ms. Otuteye’s effort to enter Canada included seeking asylum there, Minnesota has become a key stop for a soaring number of migrants from Somalia and other African countries who sneak in with that intent.
The exodus of hundreds is coinciding with new steps by the Trump administration to tighten immigrant and refugee entry.
Hackers hide attacks
It took only one attempt for Russian hackers to make their way into the computer of a Pentagon official. But the attack didn’t come through an email or a file buried within a seemingly innocuous document.
A link, attached to a Twitter post put out by a robot account, promised a family friendly vacation package for the summer. It was the kind of thing anyone might click on, according to the official hit by the attack.
That is exactly the problem, Pentagon officials and cybersecurity experts said. While experts around the world are training people to think twice before opening anything sent by email, hackers have moved on to a new kind of attack, targeting social media accounts.
SpaceX starts recycling
On this week’s supply run to the International Space Station, SpaceX will launch a Dragon capsule that’s already traveled there. The milestone comes just two months after the launch of its first reused rocket booster for a satellite.
This particular Dragon flew to the station in 2014. SpaceX refurbished it for Thursday evening’s planned launch, providing a new heat shield and fresh parachutes for re-entry at mission’s end.
While this Falcon booster is new, SpaceX will attempt to land it at Cape Canaveral following liftoff so it, too, can be reused.
Monument moved
Even as some cities in the South are dismantling Confederate memorials that leaders say celebrate a shameful past, at least one is eager to host a statue that its leader calls an important historical marker.
On Monday, a crowd of hundreds gathered to celebrate a Confederate monument’s new home in Brandenburg, Ky., where it was moved after it was disassembled in November and taken away from its original site near the University of Louisville campus.
Shootings in Chicago
Shootings over the Memorial Day weekend left seven people dead and another 45 wounded in Chicago, a sharp drop.
The authorities took extra steps to tamp down the gun and gang violence that brought Chicago more homicides than any other U.S. city in 2016.
The police held raids targeting gangs and illegal clubs, arresting hundreds of people and seizing almost 100 guns. And they relied on new, real-time crime analysis to decide where to send officers in the most dangerous districts.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden is prepared to launch a new political action committee on Thursday. ... Ashton Whitaker, a 17-year-old transgender Kenosha high school student, can continue using the boy’s restroom at school after a federal appeals court ruling. ... Venezuela opposition leaders are decrying Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s purchase of bonds from the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.