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Search results for "Human remains belonging to multiple young children found in Memphis"

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Stand For Children Tennessee stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.:
Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.
By Zack McMillin• November 4, 2012
Katie Pavlich stated on April 01, 2021 in a TV segment:
“The Biden administration is engaging in human trafficking because they are enabling this to happen” at the southern border.
By Bill McCarthy• April 6, 2021
Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says white vans with external locks are “utilized for sex trafficking.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 29, 2020
Tammy Baldwin stated on May 05, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
By Madeline Heim• May 17, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2023 in an image shared on Facebook:
Giant human skeletons as large as 36 feet have been “unearthed and documented” in historical records.
By Madison Czopek• September 22, 2023
Facebook posts stated on October 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 26, 2021
Viral image stated on May 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The National Parks Service posted about children who have been freed from human traffickers.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023
Instagram posts stated on January 09, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Video shows people in Los Angeles looting from homes during wildfires.
By Jeff Cercone• January 13, 2025
Steve Cohen stated on October 31, 2012 in a press release.:
Says Delta Air Lines has "once again broken a promise they made to me and to the people of Memphis."
By Bartholomew Sullivan• November 25, 2012
Eric Hovde stated on October 08, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Milwaukee is one of the sex trafficking capitals in our country.”
By Ricardo Torres• October 29, 2024
Joe Brown stated on April 18, 2012 in a City Council presentation on the Memphis budget.:
"Nobody is leaving Memphis. That's a myth."
By Zack McMillin• May 1, 2012
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."
By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020
Ben Carson stated on September 16, 2015 in the second GOP debate:
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
By April Hunt• September 23, 2015
Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2024 in reel:
“Any type of ground or processed meats have human flesh in them.”
By Katelyn Ferral• January 19, 2024
Lamar Alexander stated on March 22, 2012 in a press release.:
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
By Bartholomew Sullivan• April 15, 2012
Emma Watson stated on September 20, 2014 in a speech at the UN:
Based on current trends, "15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children."
By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2014
Chris Thomas stated on February 06, 2012 in a Shelby County Commission meeting.:
"Shelby County donated – I’m sorry, gave – 44 schools to the city of Memphis."
By Zack McMillin• February 19, 2012
Lou Dobbs stated on July 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Lou Dobbs Tonight":
Obama’s 2012 policy on younger immigrants "created these children coming across" the border.
By Jon Greenberg• July 23, 2014
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address:
Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018
X posts stated on November 12, 2024 in a social media post:
“Red Cross is set to close shelters across North Carolina on Nov. 15. Families staying in these shelters are being told: ‘If you don’t have a safe place to take your children, you won’t be leaving with them.’”
By Paul Specht• November 18, 2024

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