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Avelo Ending Deportation Flights After Protests, Boycotts As ICE Backlash Grows Avelo Ending Deportation Flights After Protests, Boycotts As ICE Backlash Grows
Avelo Ending Deportation Flights After Protests, Boycotts As ICE Backlash Grows Avelo Airlines will stop running deportation charter flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement as outrage grows against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The Houston-based airline confirmed in an email to the Daily Voice on Wednesday, Jan. 7, that it will end its controversial partnership with ICE. Avelo will shut down base operations at Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) in Arizona on Tuesday, Jan. 27, as it discontinues the Department of Homeland Security's chartered flights. The decision comes after months of boycotts and protests, particularly in one of its main hu…

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by Chris Spiker
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CT Community Mourns Death Of 'Champion Of The Vulnerable,' Compassionate Advocate For Others CT Community Mourns Death Of 'Champion Of The Vulnerable,' Compassionate Advocate For Others
CT Community Mourns Death Of 'Champion Of The Vulnerable,' Compassionate Advocate For Others Jamie Mullen Rude was larger than life, deeply kind, and endlessly welcoming. That sentiment echoed through the scores of memorial posts honoring the 69-year-old Milford community leader who died suddenly on Dec. 9. He is survived by his husband of 20 years, Walter Mullen Rude. A co-founder of Milford Pride and a longtime leader at the First United Church of Christ of Milford, Jamie Rude was a fierce advocate for change. Friends said he was driven to confront injustice wherever he saw it, fueled by what seemed like an inexhaustible well of energy. "Jamie was larger than life. Accomplished,…

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by Josh Lanier
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Journalist Richard Cohen, Husband To Meredith Vieira, Dies After Half-Century MS Battle Journalist Richard Cohen, Husband To Meredith Vieira, Dies After Half-Century MS Battle
Journalist Richard Cohen, Husband To Meredith Vieira, Dies After Half-Century MS Battle Journalist and author Richard Cohen has died after inspiring countless people through his decades-long battle with MS and cancer. Cohen, the husband of former TODAY anchor Meredith Vieira, died on Tuesday, Dec. 24, TODAY reported. The Plainview, New York, native was 76 years old. A veteran reporter, Cohen lived with multiple sclerosis for more than 50 years and overcame two cancer diagnoses during his life. He was also legally blind. Cohen, who worked for CBS News, was given his MS diagnosis in 1973.  "I was diagnosed when I was 25 years old and essentially told there is no…

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by Chris Spiker